''BBC Sessions and Other Polished Turds'' is a

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The Vandals The Vandals are an American punk rock band, established in 1980 in Orange County, California. They have released ten full-length studio albums, three live albums, three live DVDs and have toured the world extensively, including performances on ...

, released August 12, 2008 by

Kung Fu Records Kung Fu Records is an American independent record label founded in 1996 by Joe Escalante and Warren Fitzgerald of the punk rock band The Vandals. Founded in order to release a record by the Riverside, California band Assorted Jelly Beans, the l ...

. It was released as a digital download through

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and the band's website, as well as on CD in Japan, and finally on CD and Vinyl in the US in 2019. The album collects rare songs by the band from compilations and out-of-print singles, as well as five songs recorded during various sessions at the

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. It was promoted as "A collection of the band's most rare tracks all sharing one thing in common in that they were recorded when the band didn't give a crap, so they are fun, funny, and unpretentious". Included are

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s of songs by the

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, Little Jimmy Osmond, the Falling Idols (in which Vandals singer

Dave Quackenbush The Vandals are an American punk rock band, established in 1980 in Orange County, California. They have released ten full-length studio albums, three live albums, three live DVDs and have toured the world extensively, including performances on ...

played guitar before joining the Vandals),

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Jilted John ''Jilted'' is the past tense of jilt and may refer to: * "Jilted", the eighth song from The Puppini Sisters' 2007 album '' The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo'' * ''Jilted'' (film), a 1987 film directed by Bill Bennett * "Jilted" (song), a popular ...

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, Sublime,

ZZ Top ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. For almost 56 years, it consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard (musician), Frank Beard, and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill prior to his death in 2021. ZZ ...

, and

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, as well as a cover of the song "

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" from the

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film ''

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'' which originally appeared on a Japanese Disney tribute album. In fact, only four of the album's sixteen songs were written by The Vandals. "Change the World with My Hockey Stick" originally appeared on the

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to the film '' Glory Daze''. The BBC sessions include performances of "My Neck, My Back" from the band's album '' Hollywood Potato Chip'' and "Canine Euthanasia" from '' The Quickening''. The album's final track is a

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of "You're Not the Boss of Me (Kick It)" from the album '' Look What I Almost Stepped In...'' The band described the album in typical tongue-in-cheek fashion:

Some may think this is a joke, or a hoax, but over the years the Vandals have indeed recorded over a dozen songs for the BBC, mostly for BBC 1’s Lock-Up Sessions with Mike Davis. Here are some of the best from those sessions featuring some ZZ Top, Sublime, Queen, and a tear jerking piano version of the dead pet lament "Canine Euthanasia."

The cover songs come from ancient Ramones tributes (try to find any better Ramones renditions than these – impossible), lame Alice Cooper tribute albums, and even a Japanese Disney tribute. The gayest of the gay, however, has to be the Vandals version of the song 9 year-old Jimmy Osmond topped the U.K. pop charts with for 6 weeks in 1972 "Long Haired Lover From Liver Pool." Think of this release as 20 years of people asking for extra songs and the Vandals delivering in their own special way.

Track listing

Personnel

– lead

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Warren Fitzgerald Warren Fitzgerald (born September 15, 1968) is an American punk rock guitarist, songwriter, and record label owner. He is best known for being the guitarist of The Vandals and Oingo Boingo. He is also co-founder of Kung Fu Records, along wi ...

–

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, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" and "Don't Stop Me Now" *

Joe Escalante Joseph Patrick Escalante (born January 30, 1963) is an American musician, television writer, film and television director, radio host, and former television executive. He is known professionally as the bassist and songwriter for the punk rock ba ...

–

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, backing vocals *

Josh Freese Joshua Ryan Freese (born December 25, 1972) is an American drummer. A member of punk rock band the Vandals since 1989, Freese has also been a member of new wave band Devo since 1996. He was previously a member of hard rock band Guns N' Roses ...

–

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, lead vocals on "Costa Mesa Hates Me" *

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– backing vocals on "Heigh-Ho"

References

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