Christmas With the Vandals, The Vandals (Kung Fu)

This still-existing band's 1996 album is as punk as punk rock Christmases get: fast, loud and profane (Parental Advisory sticker needed here). Nevertheless, there's plenty of dark humor in the lyrics; tunes like "Thanx For Nothing," "A Gun For Christmas" and "Grandpa's Last X-mas" more than live up to their titles, as do a couple of tunes whose titles I won't include here in deference to the younger folks who might stumble across this site. They give a high-energy shredding to "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" and even cover The Yobs' "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S." The Damned's Rat Scabies guests on drums. Definitely not for the sentimental, not to mention the easily offended. UPDATE: It's been reissued as Oi To the World, with an additional track, an orchestrated overture featuring a medley of the album's songs.