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Sweatin' to the Oldies: The Vandals Live

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Artist
  
The Vandals

Producer
  
Warren Fitzgerald

Release date
  
1994

Label
  
Triple X Records

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Released
  
1994 (re-released 1997)

Length
  
Original: 58:10, re-release: 1:06:37

Sweatin' to the Oldies (1994)
  
Live Fast, Diarrhea (1995)

Genres
  
Emo/hardcore, Alternative/Indie

Similar
  
The Vandals albums, Punk rock albums

Sweatin' to the Oldies is a live album and video by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals, originally released in 1994 by Triple X Records. It consists of a live concert recorded at the Ice House in Fullerton, California, as well as interviews with the band members and an overview of their history. The original version was released both on CD and VHS. With most of their back catalogue out of print, the album and video were seen as a retrospective of the band's past, as performed by its most recent stable lineup.

Contents

Throughout the set the band performs all 6 songs from their 1982 debut EP Peace thru Vandalism, as well as a few songs from their first album, 1984's When in Rome Do as the Vandals, and a few from their 1990 album Fear of a Punk Planet. Notably absent from the set list are any songs from their 1989 album Slippery When Ill, which was composed primarily of country-style songs. Partway through the song "Wanna Be Manor," the band breaks into a cover of the song "Superficial Love" by T.S.O.L., another Orange County punk band who were contemporaries of the Vandals in the early- to mid-1980s.

In 1999 the album was re-released on the band's own Kung Fu Records label. This "Special Edition" re-release contained 3 bonus tracks not on the original release, which were recorded live on college radio station KUCI 88.9 at the University of California Irvine just prior to the release of their 1996 album The Quickening. The video was re-released by Kung Fu in 2002 as a double-disc DVD with additional performances, band commentary and other bonus material.

Personnel

  • Dave Quackenbush - Vocals, guitar on "Teenage Idol"
  • Warren Fitzgerald - guitar, vocals on "Teenage Idol"
  • Joe Escalante - bass
  • Josh Freese - drums
  • Technical

  • Warren Fitzgerald - producer
  • Lisa Johnson - photography
  • Grace Walker - art direction
  • Songs

    1Anarchy Burger (Hold the Government)2:33
    2The Legend of Pat Brown4:45
    3Join Us for Pong4:00

    References

    Sweatin' to the Oldies: The Vandals Live Wikipedia