Laying down a frantic sound displaying the influences of the New Bomb Turks, the Humpers, and the Pagans, Million Dollar Marxists began earning a reputation as a potent live act by the time they self-released a six-song EP in 2002. Thanks to the intervention of their friend Donny Gilles, an underground comic artist who publishes under the name Dirty Donny, the EP got a hearing by the folks at Gearhead Records, who were excited enough about the band's fifth gear attack that they expanded the EP into a full-length album and released it in the fall of 2004 under the title Give It a Name. Million Dollar Marxists celebrated the release by hitting the road and playing extensive through both Canada and the United States. ~ Mark Deming