Punk Rock is Your Friend: Kung Fu Records Sampler No. 5
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Punk Rock is Your Friend: Kung Fu Records Sampler #5 is the fifth compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by the Seal Beach, California
Seal Beach, California
-Neighborhoods:Seal Beach encompasses the Leisure World retirement gated community with roughly 9,000 residents. This was the first major planned retirement community of its type in the U.S...

 record label Kung Fu Records
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 label soon grew to include a roster of notable artists...

, released in 2004. It features artists signed to the label at the time, as well as others who were not signed to the label but had participated in some of their releases such as The Show Must Go Off! live DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 series. It also includes audio clips from the Kung Fu Films movie Cake Boy interspersed between the songs. It is an enhanced CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....

 that also includes several music videos.

Track listing

  1. "Merchandise"*
  2. Underminded
    Underminded
    Underminded is a hardcore band from San Diego, California. The band is currently taking a break as its members concentrate on side projects. Frontman Nick Martin is currently in Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows and drummer Tanner Wayne is now drumming for Chiodos.-History:Band members Nick Martin...

     - "It's Kinda Like a Bodybag" (from Hail Unamerican!)
  3. "Band meeting"*
  4. The God Awfuls
    The God Awfuls
    Brand New War are a punk rock/street punk band from Los Angeles who began their career as The God Awfuls and are currently signed to Kung-Fu Records....

     - "Watch it Fall" (from Next Stop Armageddon)
  5. Underminded - "The Heart of a Traitor" (from Hail Unamerican!)
  6. Audio Karate
    Audio Karate
    -History:Audio Karate signed to Kung Fu Records in fall 2001. They put out their debut album, Space Camp, on May 14, 2002. The album featured the songs "Nintendo 89," "Rosemead," and "Senior Year." After the release of Space Camp, Audio Karate toured the world with bands such as The Ataris, NOFX,...

     - "Jesus is Alive and Well (And Living in Mexico)" (from Lady Melody
    Lady Melody
    - Track listing :# "Jesus is Alive and Well " - 3:35# "Party at the Lexington Queen" - 2:44# "Hey Maria" - 4:41# "Ms. Foreign Friendly" - 3:14# "A Whole Lotta Weight" - 2:40# "Catch and Release" - 4:21# "Gypsyqueen" - 3:00...

    )
  7. "Ska took a dump"*
  8. The Vandals
    The Vandals
    The Vandals are an American rock band established in 1980 in Huntington Beach, California. They have released ten full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured the world extensively, including performances on the Vans Warped Tour...

     - "How They Getcha'" (from Hollywood Potato Chip
    Hollywood Potato Chip
    Hollywood Potato Chip is the tenth studio album by the Southern California punk rock band The Vandals, released in 2004 by Kung Fu Records. A music video starring guitarist and producer Warren Fitzgerald was filmed for the band's cover version of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now". The album's title is a...

    )
  9. Antifreeze - "Pointless Emotion" (from The Search for Something More)
  10. Stiff Little Fingers
    Stiff Little Fingers
    Stiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star , doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. They split up after six years and four albums, although they...

     - "Guitar and Drum" (from Guitar and Drum
    Guitar and Drum
    Guitar and Drum is the ninth studio album recorded by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 2004.- Track listing :#"Guitar & Drum" – 3:11#"Strummerville" – 3:19#"Can't Get Away With That" – 3:16...

    )
  11. "Per diem"*
  12. The Adolescents
    The Adolescents
    The Adolescents are an American punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. It is a punk supergroup, made up of early members of Agent Orange and Social Distortion. They are often credited as one of the leading bands of the 1980s hardcore punk scene....

     - "Creatures" (live) (from Live at the House of Blues)
  13. Useless I.D.
    Useless ID
    Useless ID is a four-piece punk rock band, formed in Haifa, Israel in 1994. Known as one of the most successful Israeli punk bands worldwide.-History:...

     - "Pink Stars and Magazines" (from Redemption)
  14. Tsunami Bomb
    Tsunami Bomb
    Tsunami Bomb was a punk rock band from Petaluma, California that was active between 1998 and October 2005 and released 2 studio albums and 4 EPs. They were founded by Dominic David who left in 2003...

     - "Roundabout" (Shingo remix) (previously unreleased)
  15. "Bofunk"*
  16. The God Awfuls - "Power Animal" (from Next Stop Armageddon)
  17. The Vandals - "Lord of the Dance" (Shingo remix) (previously unreleased)
  18. "LTJ
    Less Than Jake
    Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida. Originally formed in 1992 as a power pop trio, the band evolved into a hybrid of ska punk. Less Than Jake have also been cited as showing influences from a wide variety of genres including post-grunge, heavy metal, alternative...

     gave us a compliment"*
  19. Pistol Grip
    Pistol Grip
    Pistol Grip is a street punk band, formed in Walnut, California in 1997.-Discography:* Sounds of the Street Vol. 1 , Urgent Music* The Shots from the Kalico Rose , BYO Records...

     - "Claustrophobia" (live) (from Live at the Glasshouse)
  20. Useless I.D. - "Kiss Me, Kill Me" (from Redemption)
  21. Ozma
    Ozma (band)
    Ozma is a rock band from Pasadena, California. The band's sound is a mix of new-wave–influenced power pop and Casiotone-driven melodies sustained by heavy guitar riffs. The complexity of Ozma's songs grew considerably during the band's initial nine-year history...

     - "Utsukushii Shibuya" (Japanese version) (from Spending Time on the Borderline
    Spending Time on the Borderline
    Spending Time on the Borderline is Ozma's third full length studio album.-Track listing:# "Spending Time" - 4:02# "Your Name" - 2:31# "Come Home Andrea" - 3:58# "Bad Dogs" - 3:07# "Utsukushii Shibuya" - 4:57# "Turtleneck Coverup" - 3:45...

    )
  22. "Enthusiasm director"*
  23. The Matches
    The Matches
    The Matches are a United States-based band formed in 1997 in Oakland, California. It currently is composed of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Shawn Harris, lead guitarist and backup vocalist Jonathan Devoto, bassist and backup vocalist Dylan Rowe, and drummer Matt Whalen...

     - "Chain Me Free" (live) (from Live at the House of Blues)
  24. No Use for a Name
    No Use for a Name
    No Use for a Name is a punk rock band from San Jose, California, United States formed in 1987 by Chris Dodge , Steve Papoutsis , Rory Koff and John Meyers...

     - "This Ain't No Way to Live" (from the film Cake Boy)
  25. Tsunami Bomb - "Dawn on a Funeral Day" (from The Definitive Act
    The Definitive Act
    The Definitive Act was the second and final album by Tsunami Bomb, released in 2004.-Track listing:# "Dawn on a Funeral Day" – 3:08# "Being Alright" – 3:03# "5150" – 2:44# "Safety Song" – 2:12# "I Bought You" – 3:13...

    )
  26. "No talent"*
  27. Guttermouth
    Guttermouth
    Guttermouth is an American punk rock band formed in 1988 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Hopeless Records. They have released nine full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured extensively, including performances on the Vans Warped Tour...

     - "1, 2, 3...Slam!" (live) (from Live at the House of Blues
    Live at the House of Blues (Guttermouth album)
    Live at the House of Blues is a live DVD and CD by the Huntington Beach, California punk rock band Guttermouth, released in 2003 by Kung Fu Records. It was released in 2 packages, one a DVD with a bonus concert CD, the other a CD with a bonus DVD. Both packages contain the same discs and material,...

    )
  28. Audio Karate - "Ms. Foreign Friendly" (from Lady Melody)
  29. "TBC"*


*Dialogue from the Kung Fu Films movie Cake Boy
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