Albini summed up several of the band's core ideals in his notes to the Pigpile album: Organizationally, we were committed to a few basic principles: Treat everyone with as much respect as he deserves (and no more), Avoid people who appeal to our vanity or ambition (they always have an angle), Operate as much as possible apart from the "music scene" (which was never our stomping ground), and Take no shit from anyone in the process.
Albini resumiu varias das principais ideas da banda nestas notas do seu álbum Pigpile: Organizativamente, comprometémonos a un feixe de principios básicos: tratar a todo o mundo co respecto que se merece (e non máis), evitar ás persoas que apelan á nosa vanidade ou ambición (eles sempre teñen un punto de vista), operar o máximo posible a parte da "escena musical" (que nunca foi o noso principal terreo), e non tomar a merda de ninguén no proceso.