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The Vandals' Joe Escalante on SOPA: How the Daily Variety Lawsuit Proves it Will Ruin the Internet

​ We all know about the Daily Variety suit that plagues the Vandals, but yesteday bassist Joe Escalante published a column over at Huffington Post that talks about SOPA and how it bodes ill for the Internet...using their case as an example. Read an excerpt after the jump. (That case, by the way, i ... More >>

RIP, Lloyd Knibb of the Skatalites

[Mental Notes] Also, the Vandals make a movie and ask you to do the same!

Make a Movie for the Vandals!

​Support the Vandals in their fight against The Daily Variety and their parent company Reed Elsevier! If you remember, the Daily Variety sued the Vandals over the use of their logo. Now the Vandals want you to make a movie with the theme: "What Kinds Of Things Do The Employees of Daily Variety, ... More >>

The Vandals Win First Round in Variety Lawsuit

​The Vandals scored a major victory today in their ongoing legal frivolity of a lawsuit filed against them by entertainment trade publication The Daily Variety. The entertainment trade magazine had filed a second trademark infringement suit against the OC punk band for their cover artwork of 2004' ... More >>

TGIF: The Vandals, X, Los Lobos, The Angry Samoans, Kottonmouth Kings and More

Myspace.com​It's Christmas time, and that means 'tis the season for a lot of classic punk rock. The Angry Samoans are back to ring in the holidays this Friday night. Playing at the Doll Hut in Anaheim along with The Rocket and Scattergood, the Samoans may be one of the many bands who have gone thr ... More >>

The Vandals

House of Blues

20 Best Concert Photos of 2010

Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyAerosmith​It's terribly difficult to condense a whole year of spectacular concerts into 25 photos, but here we are: OC Weekly's best concert photos of the year. If you missed these shows, relive the moment through our slideshows.1. Aerosmith Aerosmith was a spectacle ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

The Vandals at the Glass House Over The Weekend

Chad Sengstock/OC Weekly​Check out our Vandals slideshow here!The VandalsSeptember 10, 2010Glass HouseOnly a band like the Vandals would warn the crowd that they hadn't even rehearsed before playing a single note. Touted as a benefit to help fight their legal battle against the Daily Variety, the ... More >>

Before Going to the Vandals' Benefit Tonight, Read Joe Escalante's Uncut, Expanded OC Weekly Interview

Fever Dragon/OC Weekly​This week, web editor Vickie Chang talked to the Vandals' Joe Escalante about the lawsuit involving the band's 10th full-length record, Hollywood Potato Chip. As Chang says in her story:The original cover art featured the top of a building with the words "Hollywood Potato Ch ... More >>

The Vandals

The Glass House (200 W. Second St.)

Painful Parody

In the battle of the Vandals vs the Daily Variety, there seems to be no end in sight

Passion of the Zombies

Dawn of the Dead eats Mel Gibsons brain

Diary of a Mad County