While the guys are in jail in Wyoming, the old drunk is singing "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo.
The opening scene shows The Vandals performing the song "Urban Struggle" where part of the lyrics say "After a couple shit kickin' Cowboy movies I'll check out the Cowboy scene down at Zubie's". Zubie's was an urban-cowboy bar located at 1712 Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa, California. The Vandals frequently performed at the Cuckoo's Nest next door at 1714 and there were numerous clashes between the punkers and cowboys in the 1970's and early 1980's.
Flea played bass for Lee Ving's band Fear from 1982 to 1984.
Catherine Mary Stewart broke her ulna near the end of filming when she was thrown off her horse into a Jeep that was parked in the path of where she was supposed to ride in a scene.
Music videos from the film's soundtrack aired on MTV almost a year before its limited theatrical release.