Those Damn Bandits is the first full length release by the then-ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

 band The Pharmaceutical Bandits, now known as Rx Bandits

Rx Bandits

RX Bandits is a four-piece band based in Seal Beach, California. The band formed in 1995 in Orange County, California. They have appeared on the Vans Warped Tour, at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and at The Bamboozle.-Early years :Originally known as...

. Originally released in 1997 through Antedote Records (CDSmallwood), the album was later re-released in 1998 after Drive-Thru Records

Drive-Thru Records

Drive-Thru Records, established in 1996, was a California-based record label owned by siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines. It has produced various pop punk bands, many with a distinct SoCal sound....

 signed the band. The new version featured slightly different artwork, including the Drive-Thru logo, and was branded DTR release number 5.

Track listing

1. "Teen Idol" – 2:27
2. "I Will Live" – 2:44
3. "Milk" – 1:52
4. "Innocence" – 4:13
5. "S.A.M." – 3:16
6. "Maybe" – 3:31
7. "Valentine's Day" – 5:21
8. "Too Tone" – 2:44
9. "More" – 4:02
10. "Band-Aid" – 3:02
11. "I Don't Care" – 4:30
12. "?!?" – 5:52

The Pharmaceutical Bandits

• Matt Embree - Vocals, Guitar
  Guitar
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• Rich Balling - Trombone
  Trombone
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  , Vocals
• Noah Gaffney - Tenor sax
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  , Alto Sax, Vocals
• Franz Worth - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Chris Tsagakis - Drums
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Additional personnel

• Neil Burdick - Alto Sax, vocals
• Chris Colonnier - Trombone, Keyboard
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  , vocals
• Diana Smallwood Bond - vocals
• James Randall Briggs II aka "Jaime the Robot" - Sax
• One Ball Jay - Gang vocals
• Pickle - Gang vocals
• Jackie Ojeda - Gang vocals
• Sonny Johnston - Gang vocals
• Chris Rush - Gang vocals
• CDSmallwood aka Caroline Smallwood aka Carolyn Smallwood - Producer
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• Jeff Stambaugh - Engineer
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• Rich Vollaire - Graphic layout
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• Artwork - Chris Tsagakis

Additional Notes

• "I Don't Care" - although noted on the album as being three minutes long - instead runs four minutes, thirty seconds. It features the band and some friends singing "I'm in a Band" by The Scholars
  The Scholars (band)
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   a cappella
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  . The track fades out, and a few seconds later a bonus track fades in; it is listed as "?!?" in the album's liner notes.
• "?!?" begins with the group still singing "I'm in a Band." Following this, a number of conversations can be heard at once, and the group sings another song by The Scholars entitled "I Love Guys in Bands." Matt Embree can also be heard playing both "Pool Shark" and "Saw Red" by Sublime
  Sublime (band)
  Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1988. The band's line-up, unchanged until their breakup, consisted of Bradley Nowell , Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh . Michael "Miguel" Happoldt also contributed on a few Sublime songs, such as "New Thrash." Lou Dog, Nowell's...
  
   on an acoustic guitar. "Saw Red" was recorded for the Punk vs. Ska Round 2 compilation with Matt Embree and Diana Smallwood Bond on vocals.
• The album is seen as a collector's item to many Rx Bandits fans, and has been sold on eBay
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   for upwards of $150.
• Included among the additional personnel are members of other SoCal ska-punk bands. Namely, James Randall Briggs II of The Aquabats
  The Aquabats
  The Aquabats are an American rock band formed in 1994 in Orange County, California. They have released five full-length studio albums and have toured internationally. They are best known for their mythology, in which they claim to be superheroes on a quest to save the world from evil through music...
  
   (where he is better known as Jaime The Robot), Chris Colonnier of Jeffries Fan Club
  Jeffries Fan Club
  Jeffries Fan Club was a southern California Third-wave ska band formed in 1996. The band released several albums on now-defunct Vegas Records before breaking up in 2001. The band played their final show January 6, 2001 at The Glasshouse in Pomona, which was later released on CD under the title...
  
   and The Forces Of Evil
  The Forces of Evil
  The Forces of Evil was an Orange County-based third wave ska band, formed in January 2001 with the intention of creating a ska supergroup. The band split in 2005 after releasing a four-song EP, which was available on their website...
  
  , and Jackie Ojeda of Low Pressure.