November 22, 2024

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Jolly Punk Rock Elves THE VANDALS Come To Stuff Your Stocking With A Brand New Holiday Concert Film/Album!

It’s been a Holiday tradition for a quarter of a century now; punk rock icons, The Vandals, put on a high energy, hit-packed Christmas concert to celebrate the Spirit Of The Season and all things punk rock. Well, things went a little sideways in recent years, but the boys weren’t going to let a little global pandemic get in the way of their yuletide mission. So in lieu of performing before a live audience, the band filmed their entire 2020 Holiday show in HD video, recorded it with crystal clear audio and are now releasing it as a very special multi-media concert extravaganza! 

25th Annual Christmas Formal finds The Vandals – bassist Joe Escalante, guitarist Warren Fitzgerald, vocalist Dave Quackenbush and drummer Josh Freese – performing not only the many beloved holiday classics they’ve written over the year, such as “Christmastime For My Penis,” “My First Christmas As A Woman,” and the now perennial classic “Oi To The World,” but also several of their most requested non-holiday treats such as “My Girlfriend’s Dead,” “Euro Barge,” and “Anarchy Burger (Hold The Government)!” The film also includes tons of additional footage and interviews with the band shot at the newly renovated Santa’s Village adventure park in Lake Arrowhead, a staple of Southern California Christmas season nostalgia. 

Order the CD/DVD:https://cleorecs.com/store/shop/the-vandals-25th-annual-christmas-formal-cd-dvd/
Pre-order/Pre-save the digital:https://orcd.co/the_vandals_25th_annual_christmas_formal

And be sure to catch this year’s return of the in-person Christmas show at the House Of Blues Anaheim on December 18. No streaming simulcast for this one, so be there or miss out!

Track List:

  1. Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairies
  2. Gun For Christmas
  3. Nothing’s Going To Ruin My Holiday
  4. Grandpa’s Last Christmas
  5. Thanx For Nothing
  6. Christmas Time For My Penis
  7. I Don’t Believe In Santa Claus
  8. My First Christmas As A Woman
  9. Here I Am Lord
  10. C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S.
  11. People That Are Going To Hell
  12. Idea For A Movie
  13. Change My Pants (I Don’t Wanna)
  14. I’ve Got An Ape Drape
  15. Live Fast Diarrhea
  16. Anarchy Burger (Hold The Government)
  17. Urban Struggle
  18. Euro-Barge
  19. It’s A Fact
  20. And Now We Dance
  21. My Girlfriend’s Dead
  22. Hang Mysef From The Tree
  23. Hungry For You
  24. Oi To The World