The Vandals Distinguished Themselves In Their Scene To Humorous, Don't Care About Politics !!

The Vandals formed in 1980 in Huntington Beach California by guitarist Jan Nils Ackermann. Soon vocalist Steven Ronald Stevo Jensen was found and he and Ackermann practiced and performed with a rotating cast of other members before a permanent lineup coalesced to include bassist Steve Human Pfauter and drummer Joe Escalante. Other early members included Steve Gonzalez on bass and Vince Mesa on drums. The band quickly built a reputation in the Los Angeles and Orange County punk rock community, The Vandals distinguished themselves in their scene by sticking to humorous subject matter rather than the typical social and political topics addressed by most punk bands of the time. In 1982 the group became the second band to sign with Epitaph Records, the Los Angeles label run by Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz, who released their first EP Peace thru Vandalism. The record contained several songs that would become fan favorites and remained in the band's live set well into the 1990s, including Urban Struggle which became a local hit after receiving airplay on KROQ FM's Rodney on the ROQ program. Most of the record's subject material was drawn directly from the band's own experiences in their local punk rock scene. The Legend of Pat Brown told tales of a substance abusing friend of the band who was notorious for causing mayhem, while Pirate's Life dealt with the experience of riding Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride while taking LSD. The aforementioned Urban Struggle dealt with the constant fights that would occur between the punk rock fans who congregated at a Costa Mesa club called the Cuckoo's Nest and the country music fans who gathered at nearby Zubie's. Anarchy Burger approached the philosophy of anarchism, advocated by many early punk bands from a humorous perspective and became one of the band's most popular songs throughout their career. In 1984 the band appeared in the film Suburbia by invitation of director Penelope Spheeris, who had also directed the influential The Decline of Western Civilization. They also played a benefit concert for the Cypress College Young Republicans, along with the Circle Jerks, the Dickies and DI, an action which prompted derision from the traditionally leftist and anarchist punk community. It would not be the last time the band's actions would draw criticism with their music generally maintaining an apolitical position.
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