Discography

Mistakes Were Made - Live! (Album)

Release Date: August 28, 2026

Track List

Disc 1

1. Roots (Live at The Aardvark, Fort Worth, TX, October 25, 2002)
2. Superstar (Live at The Ridglea Theater, Fort Worth, TX, February 7, 2003)
3. Remote Dub (Live at The Ridglea Theater, Fort Worth, TX, February 7, 2003)
4. Little Vessel (Live at Club Indigo, Dallas, TX, July 25, 2003)
5. My Place (Live at The Curtain Club, Dallas, TX, September 14, 2003)
6. Up Your Body (Live at Scooners, Fort Worth, TX, February 24, 2004)
7. Ain’t Got No (Live at The Wreck Room, Fort Worth, TX, May 28, 2004)
8. Havoc (Live at Alex’s Bar, Long Beach, CA, August 5, 2004)
9. Call It Quits (The Ziggens) [Live at The Moon, Fort Worth, TX, September 3, 2004]
10. Echo My Love (Live at The Ridglea Theater, Fort Worth, TX, September 10, 2004)
11. Everytime (Live at The Gypsy Tea Room, Dallas, TX, December 1, 2004)
12. Another Ska Song (Live at Trees, Dallas, TX, February 9, 2005)
13. Police Dub (Live at The Moon, Fort Worth, TX, April 9, 2005)
14. FTW (Live at The Moon, Fort Worth, TX, April 9, 2005)
15. So Jah Seh Love (Live at The Engine Room, Houston, TX, April 29, 2005)
16. Seven Seas (Live at Headhunters Tiki Bar, Austin, TX, June 11, 2005)
17. Take Down (Live at Lucy’s Retired Surfers Bar, San Marcos, TX, June 17, 2005)
18. Pass Me By (Live at Axis, Fort Worth, TX, March 18, 2006)
19. Seven Seas (Live at Axis, Fort Worth, TX, March 18, 2006)
20. Smilin’ Today (Live at The Moon, Fort Worth, TX, April 22, 2006)
21. My Girlfriend’s Dead (The Vandals) – [Live at The Wreck Room, Fort Worth, TX, October 13, 2006]

Disc 2

Situation Overload (Live at Doctor Rockit’s Blues Bar, Corpus Christi, TX, February 11, 2007)
I Took My Mom To The Prom (The Ziggens) [Live at Doctor Rockit’s Blues Bar, Corpus Christi, TX, February 11, 2007]
D’reetos (Live at 6th Street Live, Fort Worth, TX, April 14, 2007)
Had Your Chance (Live at The Wreck Room, Fort Worth, TX, April 27, 2007)
War on the West Side (Live at The Wreck Room, Fort Worth, TX, June 2, 2007)
In with the Brew (Live at The Flying Saucer, Fort Worth, TX, June 24, 2007)
Ocean Front Property (George Strait) [Live at Fitzgerald’s, Houston, TX, June 30, 2007]
Dealbreaker (Live at Fitzgerald’s, Houston, TX, June 30, 2007)
Never Win, Always Complain (Live at Maggie Mae’s, Austin, TX, March 8, 2008)
Less Than Meets the Eye (Live at Lola’s Saloon, Fort Worth, TX, May 30, 2008)
Consolidate and Savior! (Live at Lola’s Saloon, Fort Worth, TX, May 30, 2008)
(Oh Great. It’s a Bunch of) Amateurs (Live at Lola’s Saloon, Fort Worth, TX, May 30, 2008)
Going Down with the Ship (Live at The Longhorn Saloon, Fort Worth, TX, December 31, 2008)
Clocked Out! (Live at The Longhorn Saloon, Fort Worth, TX, December 31, 2008)
The Longest Line (NOFX) [Live at The Flying Saucer, Fort Worth, TX, March 21, 2009]
Drivin’ My Life Away (Eddie Rabbitt) [Live at The Chat Room Pub, Fort Worth, TX, March 27, 2009]
Up Your Body (Live at Halo Lounge, Fort Worth, TX, April 10, 2009)
In with the Brew (Live at The Moon, Fort Worth, TX, April 17, 2009)
Second-Guessed Memory (Live at The Moon, Fort Worth, TX, April 17, 2009)
D’reetos (Live at Lola’s Saloon, Fort Worth, TX, April 25, 2009)
Havoc (Live at Lola’s Saloon, Fort Worth, TX, April 25, 2009)
Puzzle Pieces (Acoustic) (Live at The Moon, Fort Worth, TX, September 18, 2009)
Madness (Live at The Where House, Fort Worth, TX, December 26, 2010)
Madness (Live at Lola’s Trailer Park, Fort Worth, TX, May 7, 2022)

Playing With Fire (EP)

Release Date: August 28, 2026

Track List:

1. Playing With Fire
2. Puzzle Pieces
3. Extra Pieces
4. Little Ditty
5. Superstar

Oh No, We're Doing Great! (Album)

Release Date: May 30, 2008

Track List:

1. Clocked Out!
2. D’reetos
3. Less Than Meets the Eye
4. In with the Brew
5. Never Win, Always Complain
6. (Oh Great. It’s a Bunch of) Amateurs
7. Madness
8. Had Your Chance
9. Dealbreaker
10. War on the West Side
11. Consolidate & Savior
12. Going Down with the Ship
13. Second-Guessed Memory
14. Good Guys (Don’t Wear White)

Seven Seas (EP)

Release Date: July 8, 2005

Track List:

1. War on the West Side
2. Seven Seas
3. Take Down
4. Pass Me By

Memories: On Sat, June 10, we played at Headhunters in Austin, TX. On Sunday we drove straight to the recording studio. Seven Seas was recorded at Artisan Recording Studio in Farmer’s Branch, TX. We went there to get a new sound. Jordan Richardson manned the ProTools board, and Carter Albrecht played the guitar solo on War on the West Side. It seems that Darth Vato is in the business of farming out guitar solo tracks. Carter is amazing, and he is also a Jedi. He came in to the studio never having heard that song, and two hours later, we had a harmonized guitar solo that fit right in with the song.

We spent Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday recording those 4 songs, and then we mixed on Thursday. On Friday, we went back to Crystal Clear Sound in Dallas to have Nolan Brett master the mix. Then we left for San Marcos for a show at Lucy’s. It was an extremely busy week. The sound on Seven Seas was so much more aggressive than anything we had ever recorded. I don’t think that any of us imagined those 4 songs sounding so good.

Our CD Release Party was at the Moon bar in Fort Worth on July 8, 2005 with our friends Can’t Hang from Baltimore. Can’t Hang put on a great show, and they really won over our crowd. A shout out to my parents: My mom and stepdad worked the merch table during our set. It was classic parental support. I think that they even refrained from stealing money from the merch cash bag. They are so honest.

Havoc (Album)

Release Date: May 28, 2004

Track List:

1. Little Vessel
2. Havoc
3. Echo My Love
4. Up Your Body
5. Situation Overload
6. My Place
7. Smilin’ Today
8. Ain’t Got No
9. Another Ska Song
10. Police Dub
11. FTW
12. Every Time

Memories: Havoc was an interesting adventure. We went to First Street Audio on January 31, 2004 to record a demo that would feature two songs, Havoc and Little Vessel. Jordan Richardson was still recording, engineering, and producing the songs, and this time we brought Joshua Loewen to play the solo on Little Vessel. I still have no idea how to play that solo. It’s awesome. We spent all day recording the tracks separately, and I went back on Monday night to record the vocals. I remember that we recorded all day Saturday, and then we had go play a show at Scooners in Fort Worth.

Because we had no money, we could not print any CD’s. Furthermore, we had bigger aspirations than a demo that was burned on my CD-ROM. So we waited. At some point, I thought to myself, “Why record a demo, when you could record an entire full length album?” Only one thing stood in the way of a Darth Vato album: money. No third party was going to give three broke ass white boys any money, so I took out a loan on my car. The entire situation fit right in with the title track. You cannot count on someone else handing you opportunities and dreams.

I got the check from the bank, and I immediately paid Bart at First Street. We recorded the rest of that album in April 2004. Towards the end of the month, Justin Pate stopped by to record some keyboard parts on Echo My Love, and he ended up creating parts for Situation Overload, Police Dub, Another Ska Song, Every Time, and FTW. He’s a Jedi. Jordan also added his hot lixx in the bridge of Echo My Love. We then took Havoc to Crystal Clear Sound in Dallas, TX to be mastered by Nolan Brett., and he did an amazing job.

Our CD Release Party was at the Wreckroom on May 28, 2004. We played with Pablo & the Hemphill 7, a bad ass Fort Worth reggae band who had not played in 6 months. It had all the elements of a show to remember. That night the line was around the building, and to this day, I cannot believe how amazing it was. Up until that show, our largest crowd was 50. So wild.

Aloha Chingaso (EP)

Release date: May 24, 2003

Track List:

1. So Jah Seh Love
2. Up Your Body
3. Second-Guessed Memory
4. Smilin’ Today

Memories: I remember walking into First Street Audio with no idea what to expect. Jordan was still learning the Mackie system, so Bart was there to help out for part of the session. With no previous knowledge of recording studios or the recording process, I was overly surprised when Jordan and Eric spent over 4 hours setting up the drums. Looking back, I’m amazed that we did not layer those tracks. Eric got the main room, and Steve got the other room. I ended up recording my parts in the storage closet.

Let me tell you: Fitting me, my pedal board, and my Roland Jazz Chorus 120 in that closet was no easy feat. Nevertheless, we recorded So Jah Seh Love, Up Your Body, and Smilin’ Today during those two days, and I recorded Second-Guessed Memory at my Stonegate apartment. I used Fruity Loops 3 to create the drum loop Acid Pro 4.0 to record the tracks. I’m still impressed with the sound quality I got from a home computer.

We had our Aloha Chingaso Release Party on May 23, 2004 at Scooners in Fort Worth. Our initial printing of 100 cd’s sold out in less than 2 months, so we had a Re-Release Party on Sat, August 9, 2003 at the Aardvark. We ended up printing another 100 copies and selling them in 2005. In total, there are 300 copies of the Aloha Chingaso EP floating around. The last 100 copies are distinguished by the blue cover art on the back of the cd tray and the black cd with the white Darth Vato logo. Get one of these before you see them on eBay for like $5.