Look What I Almost Stepped In...

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Look What I Almost Stepped In...
The Vandals - Look What I Almost Stepped In... cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 29, 2000
RecordedGrand Master, Hollywood, California
Studio2000
Genre
Length38:30
Label Nitro
Producer Warren Fitzgerald
The Vandals chronology
Hitler Bad, Vandals Good
(1998)
Look What I Almost Stepped In...
(2000)
Internet Dating Superstuds
(2002)
Professional ratings
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Look What I Almost Stepped In... is the eighth studio album by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals, released in 2000 by Nitro Records. It was recorded in April 2000. [3] It was the band's final album for Nitro, as they moved to their own label Kung Fu Records the following year.

Contents

Composition

Much of the album is characterized by the pop-punk music and humorous lyrics for which the band is known.

Although regular Vandals drummer Josh Freese is credited as a band member and appears in band photos in the album's liner notes, he was unavailable to play on the album due to other musical commitments. The band therefore called on regular substitute Brooks Wackerman, who had filled in for Freese on several occasions as a touring drummer. Wackerman himself is an accomplished drummer who would join Bad Religion the following year. The album also features guest appearances by Dexter Holland of The Offspring (who also co-wrote "Jackass"), Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D, musician/actor/screenwriter Scott Aukerman, and members of the New Jersey band Bigwig.

Release

Look What I Almost Stepped In... was released in August 2000. In October, the band embarked on a tour of the UK, with support from the Ataris and Bigwig. [4] Between June and August 2001, the group performed on the Warped Tour. [5] Later in the month, the band played three shows in the UK as part of the Extreme 2001 festival. [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Warren Fitzgerald, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Behind the Music"2:44
2."Sorry, Mom and Dad"2:34
3."Go"2:17
4."The New You" (Fitzgerald, Dave Quackenbush)2:41
5."Flowers Are Pretty"3:17
6."Jackass" (Joe Escalante, Dexter Holland)3:20
7."What About Me?"2:20
8."You're Not the Boss of Me (Kick It)" (Quackenbush)3:21
9."I'm the Boss of Me"2:00
10."That's My Girl"2:26
11."Get a Room"2:48
12."San Berdu"3:13
13."Crippled & Blind"2:25
14."Fourteen"3:04
Total length:38:30

Personnel

Album information

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