Eric Drew Feldman arranged most/all of the songs for Frank Black (and Teenager of the Year?) in MIDI first, and then had all the boys play the parts on real instruments. I believe. What's a drud? OOOOHHHH drug, right? ok.
I have a Mondo 2000 magazine with an FB interview in it, and he talks about this. He basically says that while it's great to get together in a room with some people and rock out, it was nice to be more clinical about it for once! He mentions that he'd like to try it again-although judging by albums since then, he certainly enjoys just rocking out without using to much technology!