Live Fast, Diarrhea is the fourth studio album by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals, released in 1995 by Nitro Records. It was the band's first album for Nitro, a label started and co-owned by Dexter Holland and Greg Kriesel of The Offspring. It was also the first to be produced by Vandals guitarist Warren Fitzgerald, who would continue to produce most of their albums throughout their career, and the first to include Brooks Wackerman, who often substituted for regular drummer Josh Freese. It was a breakthrough release for the band, who would release three more albums on Nitro before moving to their own label Kung Fu Records in 2002.
Live Fast, Diarrhea
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, 3 live DVDs and have toured the world extensively, including performances on the Vans Warped Tour. They are well known for their use of humor, preferring to use their music as a vehicle for comedy and sarcasm rather than as a platform for more serious issues. Kung Fu Records, founded in 1996 by Escalante and Fitzgerald has signed and launched many punk rock bands.
Left to right: Escalante, Quackenbush, Freese, and Fitzgerald in 2011
The Vandals performing in Tucson, Arizona, in 1984, showing original members Stevo and Jan Nils Ackermann, with bassist Chalmer Lumary in the background).
Dave Quackenbush replaced Stevo as the Vandals' singer in 1985.
After the departure of the band's early members, bassist Joe Escalante retained rights to the Vandals' name and catalogue.
