The Vandals Topics

• personality clashes
• mohawk town
• oi to the world
• kung fu films
• falling idols
• country tunes
• trust records
• world songs
• chalmer
• fan favorites
• original country
• quackenbush
• punk rock
• escalante
• vandals
• mackinnon
• band members
• national trust
• obscurity
• new songs

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By the time of the album's release in 1985 on National Trust Records Chalmer Lumary had joined as the band's full-time bassist. The album explored different musical styles and contained several songs that would become fan favorites. "Ladykiller" incorporated scratching and dance beats, while "Mohawk Town" explored a mixture of punk rock and country music. Personality clashes between members led to Stevo's departure from the band shortly thereafter. He was replaced by Dave Quackenbush of the band Falling Idols, who would remain the Vandals' vocalist for the rest of their career.

The joking style confused many of their fans and the album would remain in obscurity until its 1999 re-release as The Vandals Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes . By the time of the album's release the band had recruited new drummer Doug MacKinnon and Escalante had moved to bass, a position he would remain in for the rest of the band's career.

Their version was produced by Fitzgerald and made into a music video. Other than "Oi to the World!," songs from the album are generally not part of the Vandals' live setlist, except for their annual "Winter Formal" concert at which they generally perform the album in its entirety.

This was followed by Look What I Almost Stepped In... , their final album under their contract with Nitro. Because of other musical commitments Freese was unavailable to play on the album, so substitute Brooks Wackerman filled in as drummer for the album's recording and some accompanying tours. At the end of the year Kung Fu re-released Oi to the World! , making it much more widely available than it had been in previous years. Escalante also launched the Kung Fu imprint Kung Fu Films in 2000 with the release of the film That Darn Punk , in which he starred and the other band members also appeared. The Vandals also contributed new songs to the film's soundtrack.

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