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  • Artist: The Vandals
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: June 23, 1998
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Sixteen years ago, these greater-L.A. punks released an EP everyone laughed along with (the first non-Bad Religion record on the mighty Epitaph), with its novelty underground radio hit "Urban Struggle (I Want to be a Cowboy)." Who'd have thought the Vandals would still be around, making the same herky-jerky punk, with the same sense of humor? There have been times over their LPs that they've gotten a bit coarse (but remained funny, like the sexual double-entendre here of "Cafe 405"), but their lyrics could make the straightest financial analyst laugh. "My Girlfriend's Dead" is hilarious, a nutty solution for someone who's been dumped and hates being asked what happened ("I say it's leukemia or sometimes bulimia or a great big truck ran over her")! Not only are the words funny, but just as "Urban Struggle" lampooned Western movies' music and archetypes, "Money's Not an Issue" briefly sends up the worst big oldies band ever, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, and "Too Much Drama" trashes TV sitcoms. And who wouldn't get some guffaws at the ridiculously oversentimental The Sound of Music getting its comeuppance (ever read the story of the Von Trapps fighting over control of their resort in the U.S., and what a jerk their stepmom really was?!) on this snotty cover of "So Long, Farewell," similar to what Vandals did to a Grease song last time? And doesn't "F'd Up Girl" give the finger to Billy Joel's "Still Rock 'n' Roll to Me"? Ha ha. ~ Jack Rabid, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
People That Are Going to Hell Warren Fitzgerald The Vandals (2:14)
Cafe 405 Josh Freese The Vandals (2:11)
My Girlfriend's Dead Warren Fitzgerald The Vandals (2:40)
I Know, Huh? Joe Escalante The Vandals (2:55)
Money's Not an Issue Warren Fitzgerald The Vandals (3:00)
I've Got an Ape Drape Joe Escalante The Vandals (3:30)
If the Gov't Could Read My Mind Warren Fitzgerald The Vandals (2:22)
Too Much Drama Warren Fitzgerald, Josh Freese, Joe Escalante The Vandals (2:45)
Come Out Fighting Jason Thirsk The Vandals (2:52)
Euro-Barge Josh Freese The Vandals (1:53)
F'D up Girl Warren Fitzgerald The Vandals (2:36)
An Idea for a Movie Joe Escalante The Vandals (2:39)
OK Dave Quackenbush The Vandals (2:05)
So Long, Farewell (Lyrics) Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II The Vandals (2:51)

Credits

Greg Koller (Engineer), Jason Freese (Saxophone), Gabrial McNair (Trombone), Jerry Finn (Engineer), Warren Fitzgerald (Illustrations), Stan Freese (Tuba), Adrian Young (Bongos), Lisa Johnson (Photography), Joe Escalante (Bass), Mackie Osborne (Design), John Tyree (Mixing Assistant), Dave Quackenbush (Vocals), Waf (Engineer), John Tyree (Assistant Engineer), Josh Freese (Drums), Josh Freese (Vocals (Background)), Joe Escalante (Vocals (Background)), Josh Freese (Cymbals), John Ewing, Jr. (Engineer)
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Hitler Bad, Vandals Good
Studio album by The Vandals
Released June 23, 1998
Recorded 1997-1998 at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, California
Genre Punk rock
Length 36:40
Label Nitro
Producer Warren Fitzgerald
Professional reviews
The Vandals chronology
Oi to the World!: Christmas With the Vandals
(1996)		 Hitler Bad, Vandals Good
(1998)		 Look What I Almost Stepped In...
(2000)

Hitler Bad, Vandals Good is the seventh studio album by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals, released in 1998 by Nitro Records. Much of the album is characterized by the pop-punk music and humorous lyrics for which the band is known, and it became their most popular and commercially successful album to date. While the band has utilized humor as a basis for much of their lyrical content throughout their career, the humor on their previous album The Quickening had been rooted heavily in sarcasm and dealt with themes of nihilism and apathy. By comparison, the humor in Hitler Bad, Vandals Good is more lighthearted, dealing with subjects such as girlfriends, fast food and hairstyles.

The album contains two cover songs. "Come Out Fighting" was originally performed by fellow southern California punk rock band Pennywise and is dedicated to the memory of Pennywise bassist Jason Matthew Thirsk, who had committed suicide the previous year. "So Long, Farwell" is a Rodgers and Hammerstein song from the musical The Sound of Music, which has here been re-interpreted using electric guitar, bass and drums as the closing song on the album.

An independent music video was later filmed for the song "My Girlfriend's Dead." Two different videos were released: One features the actual band members and was filmed as part of the Kung Fu Films movie That Darn Punk in 2000, while the other is a fan-created animated video that was included on one of Kung Fu Records' DVD releases. The song "An Idea for a Movie" was used in the video game Aggressive Inline, while "Euro-Barge" was used in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.

Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Length
1. "People That Are Going to Hell"   Warren Fitzgerald 2:14
2. "Café 405"   Josh Freese 2:11
3. "My Girlfriend's Dead"   Fitzgerald 2:41
4. "I Know, Huh?"   Joe Escalante 2:55
5. "Money's Not an Issue"   Fitzgerald 3:02
6. "I've Got an Ape Drape"   Escalante 3:30
7. "If the Gov't Could Read My Mind"   Fitzgerald 2:22
8. "Too Much Drama"   Dexter Holland, Escalante, Freese, Fitzgerald 2:47
9. "Come Out Fighting" (originally performed by Pennywise) Jason Thirsk 2:52
10. "Euro-Barge"   Freese 1:56
11. "F'd Up Girl"   Fitzgerald 2:36
12. "An Idea for a Movie"   Escalante 2:38
13. "OK"   Dave Quackenbush 2:05
14. "So Long, Farewell" (cover of song from The Sound of Music) Rodgers and Hammerstein 2:51
36:40

Performers

Album information

  • Record label: Nitro Records
  • Recorded at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, California
  • Engineered by:
  • Mixed at Ocean Way in Hollywood, California
  • All songs copyright 1998 by Puppety Frenchman Music, SEAC except:
    • "Café 405" and "Euro-Barge" copyright Slip n Bleed Music, BMI
    • "An Idea for a Movie" and "Too Much Drama" copyright Slip n Bleed Music, BMI and Puppety Frenchman Music, SESAC
    • "Come Out Fighting" copyright Westbeach Music and Pound Foolish Music, BMI
    • "So Long, Farewell" copyright Williamson Music Co., ASCAP
  • Produced by Warren Fitzgerald
  • Drawings by Warren Fitzgerald
  • Design by Mackie Osborne
  • Band photo by Lisa Johnson
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