Following two 7" singles (one being a split with Linda Heck), Shangri-La Records released the seven song 10" EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, Lazy in 1994. Two years later it would be expanded into More Than Lazy

More Than Lazy

More Than Lazy expands 1994's Lazy from seven songs to nineteen and gives even more insight into Scott Taylor's song writing, as the listener is treated to the greatest number of "Grifterized" Hot Monkey tunes.-Track listing:# "Favors" 2:28...

. Like other Hot Monkey releases, Lazy features song elements and lyrics that would later be recorded by the Grifters. The short instrumental "4 Eyes" features the lead guitar riff of Crappin' You Negative

Crappin' You Negative

Crappin' You Negative is the third full-length album from The Grifters and was released on Shangri-La Records.-Track listing:# "Rats" - 3:46 # "Maps of the Sun" - 3:52 # "Dead Already" - 4:18...

's "Cinnamon", "Steam" would become "Stream" on the Grifters' 1995 single for Derivative Records.

The dead vinyl of Side A is etched with the words, "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show", while Side B carries the words, "Try It On Headphones"

Track listing

Side A

1. "Favors" 2:28
2. "That Certain Thing" 2:34
3. "4 Eyes" 1:17 (instrumental)
4. "Steam" 4:38

Side B

1. "Wheel" 2:24
2. "Sometimes" 3:40
3. "Monty Carlo" 4:22

Hot Monkey

• Scott Taylor - vocals, guitars, bass, drum machine, percussion, keys.