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- Date Released: July 6, 1999
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: Kung Fu Records / The Orchard
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L.A.'s Vandals have more or less parlayed a novelty hit on the early-'80s version of "modern rock" radio, off their first LP (on then-fledgling Epitaph Records), into a sporadic decade-long career, much like a more punk, less-metal Suicidal Tendencies (their L.A. scene contemporaries), only the Vandals' record was better. That song, "Urban Struggle" -- better known by the tag line "I want to be a cowboy" -- is here, as well as the other good songs on that punk/comedy record, "Pirate's Life" (this is actually their best-ever song, but it's done way too fast here), "The Legend of Pat Brown," "Anarchy Burger (Hold the Government)," and their goofy trashing of Elvis' "Heartbreak Hotel," known as "H.B. Hotel," no doubt, in tribute to Huntington Beach, CA, and its infamous hardcore scene of that time. Part Fear (from whom they got the string-of-obscenities stage banter), part Dickies, part plain old obnoxious cretins (see their tasteless new lyrics to Grease's hit "Summer Lovin'"), these guys are your basic snot-nose punks/no-goodnicks who don't care 'bout nothing and have reverence for no one. The songs off later records are not as fun, as funny, or as good, and vapid juvenilia wears thin (if it wears at all!), but this live, "Up Yours" LP has its moments. [Kung Fu's 1999 reissue included bonus tracks.]
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| 01. |  |
1. Anarchy Burger (Hold The Government) |
2:46 |  |
| 02. | |
2. The Legend of Pat Brown |
4:24 | |
| 03. | |
3. Join Us For Pong |
2:54 | |
| 04. | |
4. Pizza Tran |
4:08 | |
| 05. | |
5. The Master Race In Outer Space |
2:26 | |
| 06. | |
6. Wanna Be Manor |
3:37 | |
| 07. | |
7. Mohawk Town |
2:30 | |
| 08. | |
8. Lady Killer |
5:16 | |
| 09. | |
9. Girls Turn 18 Every Day |
3:40 | |
| 10. | |
10. Hey Homes! |
2:50 | |
| 11. | |
11. H.B. Hotel |
2:27 | |
| 12. | |
12. Pirate's Life |
1:41 | |
| 13. | |
13. Summer Lovin' |
4:08 | |
| 14. | |
14. Urban Struggle |
4:59 | |
| 15. | |
15. Teenage Idol |
10:18 | |
| 16. | |
17. (But Then) She Spoke |
3:50 | |
| 17. | |
18. N.I.M.B.Y. |
2:33 | |
| 18. | |
19. And Now We Dance |
2:02 | |
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