''That Darn Punk Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is a soundtrack album to the 2001 independent film ''

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''. The film was released by

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and starred

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as the lead character. Escalante is also in charge of Kung Fu Films and

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, which put out the film's soundtrack. The label was co-founded by Escalante and Vandals guitarist

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, who also appears in the film. In fact, all the members of the Vandals appear in the film as the fictional band the Big Tippers, alongside several other punk rock personalities. The soundtrack album was released to coincide with the release of the film, which went straight to video on

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formats. Nearly all of the music in the film's soundtrack was supplied by punk rock bands, several of which were signed to Kung Fu Records at the time. The soundtrack includes several rare and unreleased songs from these bands which are not available on other releases. The

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track was listed on the back sleeve as "Doodis," but on the inner sleeve as "Pic 'n' Save." Since "Pic 'n' Save" more closely resembles the song's lyrics, this has generally been accepted as the song's correct title. Interspersed throughout the soundtrack album are dialogue clips from the film.

Track listing

# ''Joey & Lenny - "Well That's Queer"*'' #

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- "Still" # ''Johnny Puke - "Palookaville"*'' #

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- "After You My Friend" #

- "Right on Q" # ''Mr. Hollywoodpants - "Good vs. Great"*'' # Ozma - "Domino Effect" # Pennywise - "Alien" # ''Dirk Castigo - "It's Not Like That"*'' #

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- "Dream of Waking" # ''Doll Part Girl - "Sex With a Man"*'' #

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- "Jabberjaw" # ''Officer Shithead - "My Property"*'' # Rancid - "GGF" #

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" # ''Pink Lady - "Bad Boyfriend"*'' # Sloppy Seconds - "Queen of Outer Space" #

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- "The Lonely" # ''The Drummer - "Funky See, Funky Do"*'' #

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- "Why Won't

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Get With Me?" # ''Merla - "Potent Potables"*'' #

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'' ''*dialogue clip from film''

Album information

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*Music Supervisor:

*Art Director: Kris Martinez *Cover concept: Mickey Stern *Mastering by Greg Koller at Formula One Studios in

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References

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