That Darn Punk is the first feature from the film production leg of Vandals bassist Joe Escalante's Kung-Fu Records. Escalante himself stars as Dirk Castigo, a down-on-his-luck punk rock bass player, who's been kicked out by his girlfriend (Mia Crowe) with nothing but a pair of boxer shorts. As if that weren't bad enough, throughout the film Dirk faces everyone from kidnappers to aliens from outer space. Released straight to video in 2001 and featuring an appearance by Kyle Gass of Tenacious D, That Darn Punk was partially ...
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That Darn Punk is the first feature from the film production leg of Vandals bassist Joe Escalante's Kung-Fu Records. Escalante himself stars as Dirk Castigo, a down-on-his-luck punk rock bass player, who's been kicked out by his girlfriend (Mia Crowe) with nothing but a pair of boxer shorts. As if that weren't bad enough, throughout the film Dirk faces everyone from kidnappers to aliens from outer space. Released straight to video in 2001 and featuring an appearance by Kyle Gass of Tenacious D, That Darn Punk was partially made as a showcase for its soundtrack which included new music by such bands as Rancid, Guttermouth, Lagwagon, Swingin' Utters, Pennywise, The Ataris, and Ozma. In fact, the pre-orders for the soundtrack are said to have paid for the production of the movie four times over. Matthew Tobey, Rovi
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