Hitler Bad Vandals Good - Vandals

This is the first (and currently only) Vandals album i bought. I bought it on reccomendation and knowing the style I knew i was going to like it. Vandals are what is now known as Punk in the US. The thing that I particularly like about them, is that their songs aren't too serious - why should they push thier views onto their fans. So what you get are great sounding catchy and funny tracks. The album is a good length - 14 tracks (as you will find with most albums on Vandals label Kung Fu). It has numerous great tracks. such as 'My Girlfriends dead' which starts with a good whistled tune, the lyrics are humourous with them being ...

The Vandals. What can you say about a band who cover such diverse topics as mullets, dead girlfriends, government conspiracy theories and Tubas? Well, you can say that The Vandals were formed in the early 80’s in Orange County and are perhaps the biggest ‘comedy’ punk group around. By ‘comedy’ I don’t mean the music – The Vandals play full on punk music – they just have very bizarre lyrics covering a vast range of topics…. At the time of this album, the line was: Dave Quackenbush (Vocals), Joe Escalante (Bass, backing vocals), Warren Fitzgerald (Guitars, backing vocals, Keyboards) and Josh Freese (Drums and ...

First things first...do not take this album, or anything by The Vandals seriously! This album is packed full of, to say the least, somewhat amusing songs. Anyway, lets allow the music to do the talking... Album opener 'People That Are Going To Hell' is an incredibly lively and sing-a-longable song. Extremely happy and upbeat, it tells us what happens to the people who do bad things in life, only to spend the rest of their days in agony (nice!). Interesting for the first few listens but after a while, is easily skipped, but is bearable most of the time as it is only just over 2 minutes long. Track 2, 'Cafe 405' holds far more longetivity ...