released their debut album

Lagwagon originally started under the name Section 8 but were dissatisfied with the name because multiple other bands were already using it. According to the liner notes of the re-release of Duh , it was Fat Mike ‘s idea to switch to Lagwagon based on the already written song of the same name about the band’s unreliable touring van. After signing to Fat Mike’s label Fat Wreck Chords , Lagwagon released their debut album for the label, Duh , in 1992. Frontman Joey Cape commented on how the album was made, “Back then, we were inexperienced in the studio. It was less about the recording process and more about rehearsing. We recorded and mixed Duh in 4 days. There’s something to be said for a budget. You have to have your shit together before you go into the studio and the end result is a record that better reflects the band’s sound at the time.” Two years later, Lagwagon released Trashed , their second record on Fat, which turned out to be highly successful, leading to the eventual production of a video for “Island of Shame.” During this time, a number of punk bands, such as Green Day , The Offspring and Rancid , had hit the mainstream and Lagwagon turned down offers to join several major labels. Hoss , the third Lagwagon album, was released on November 21, 1995. After the release of that album and an extensive tour in Europe, Australia, and Japan, both guitarist Shawn Dewey and drummer Derrick Plourde would leave the band and be replaced temporarily by Kenneth Stringfellow ( The Posies ) on guitar, and permanently by Dave Raun ( RKL ) on drums. Shawn Dewey, already in the side project band Buck Wild on Lobster Records would go on to release two full-length LPs, Beat Me Silly and Full Metal Overdrive , and do two European tours with Good Riddance and Ten Foot Pole .