The Vandals
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The Vandals are a wonderfully zany and dynamic tongue-in-cheek punk
rock group from Orange County, California. The band was formed by
guitarist Jan Nils Ackermann in Huntington Beach, California in 1980.
The other original members were singer
Steven 'Stevo' Jensen, bassist
'Steve
Pfauter' and drummer
Joe Escalante. The Vandals are well-known
for their insanely catchy and energetic melodies, rousing live shows,
and often cheerfully juvenile, yet still sidesplitting humorous lyrics.
They released their debut EP "Peace Thru Vandalism" in 1982. This was
followed by their first full-length album "When in Rome Do as the
Vandals" in 1984. The group's other albums include the country music
parody "Slipper When III", the raucous yuletide outing "Oi to the
World! Christmas With the Vandals" and the live albums "Sweatin' to the
Oldies: The Vandals Live" and "Live at the House of Blues". The Vandals
appear as themselves in the movies
Suburbia (1983) and
Dudes (1987), both of which were directed
by Penelope Spheeris. Their songs have
been featured on the soundtracks to such films as
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989)
(they do the hilarious ending credits theme song),
Glory Daze (1995),
SLC Punk! (1998),
Saving Silverman (2001),
That Darn Punk (2001) and
Run Ronnie Run (2002). Despite
several line-up changes throughout the years, the Vandals still
continue to record the occasional album as well as tour and perform in
concert on a regular basis.
