The Vandals - Sweatin' to the Oldies: The Vandals Live [Bonus Tracks]

L.A.'s Vandals have more or less parlayed a novelty hit on the early-'80s version of "modern rock" radio, off their first LP (on then-fledgling Epitaph Records), into a sporadic decade-long career, much like a more punk, less-metal Suicidal Tendencies (their L.A. scene contemporaries), only The Vandals' record was better. That song, "Urban Struggle" -- better known by the tag line "I want to be a cowboy" -- is here, as well as the other good songs on that punk/comedy record, "Pirate's Life" (this is actually their best-ever song, but it's done way too fast here), "The Legend of Pat Brown," "Anarchy Burger (Hold the Government)," and their goofy trashing of Elvis' "Heartbreak Hotel," known as "H.B. Read More