This gig's great, let's slash the seats

Cult American punks The Vandals play what we reckon to be their first Dublin show at The Ambassador on December 12.

Ahead of that comes the release next month of Internet Dating Super Studs, their new album which explains where the skate punk fraternity got their riffs from.

Talking of things spiky, The Vandals are part of the bill on September 14 when the Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, The Damned, Offspring, Blink-182 and Bad Religion converge on California for the KROQ Punk Party.