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    • Limited edition PINK/BLACK SPLATTER vinyl edition of the 1985 full-length debut album from Huntington Beach punk legends, The Vandals!

    • Includes the classic "Ladykiller" plus several more fan favorites!

    • Produced by legendary producer Thom Wilson (TSOL, Adolescents, Offspring)

    Includes unlimited streaming of When In Rome (Do As The Vandals) Plus 3 Bonus Tracks via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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about

Music by Nils Ackermann, lyrics by Joe Escalante. This song was inspired by the contrast between the mainstream radio success the Vandals were having with "Urban Struggle" and the violent punk culture they were a part of. People thought they were a fun band, but were in for a surprise if they dared to come to a show.

This became even more of an Issue when Lady Killer reached the #7 spot on the Top 106 songs of 1984.

lyrics

House all to myself
it was my birthday present
But total wrack'n'ruin
soon became apparent

I just wanted a band
to play my favorite song
I thought that it would be mellow
but boy was I wrong

I thought they'd played the cowboy song
(I heard it on the radio)
I thought it could be mellow
(but how could I know)

I just wanted a band
to play my favorite song
I thought that it would be mellow
but boy was I wrong

Asked to bring some friends
In walked in 50 mohawks
As the band began to play
they started to throw rocks

Now I thought that this was cool
til they threw me in the pool
The sofa must of missed me
cause now it's in here with me

I just wanted a band
to play my favorite song
I thought that it would be mellow
but boy was I wrong

I thought they'd played the cowboy song
(I heard it on the radio)
I thought it could be mellow
(but how could I know)

War declared on furniture
still no mercy shown
Anything not nailed down
was immediately thrown

Final damage toll
is better left unspoken
By the time they left my house
there was nothing left unbroken

credits

from When In Rome (Do As The Vandals) Plus 3 Bonus Tracks, released December 19, 2013

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The Vandals Los Angeles, California

This is the Vandals, a punk rock band . from Orange County, California that started up in the early 1980s and for some reason still has some shows to play. (See below).

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