Editing Kung Fu Records (section)

==History==
Kung Fu Records was founded by [[The Vandals|Vandals]] [[bassist]] [[Joe Escalante]] and [[guitarist]] [[Warren Fitzgerald]] in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-18|title=Punk rocker turned TV producer Joe Escalante to appear at Chico State|url=https://www.chicoer.com/2018/10/18/punk-rocker-turned-tv-producer-joe-escalante-to-appear-at-chico-state|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Chico Enterprise-Record|language=en-US}}</ref> Escalante had been urged by his wife to allow the [[Riverside, California]] band Assorted Jelly Beans to open for The Vandals, and he and Fitzgerald were so impressed by their performance that they decided to start a record label in order to release the band's debut album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kungfurecords.com/html/ajb.shtml|title=Assorted Jelly Beans artist page at Kung Fu Records|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329001856/http://www.kungfurecords.com/html/ajb.shtml|archivedate=2007-03-29}}</ref>

In 2010, the label and the band Vandals were sued by [[Variety (magazine)|Daily Variety]] stating it violated an agreement stemming from a complaint Variety registered in 2004 over the design of the Vandals’ “Hollywood Potato Chip” album cover, looking like the Variety logo.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stableford|first=Dylan|date=2010-04-13|title=Variety Sues Punk Rock Band The Vandals|url=https://www.thewrap.com/variety-sues-punk-rock-band-vandals-16181/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=TheWrap|language=en-US}}</ref> The label won the first round and the case was sent from [[Delaware]] to the [[California]] courts.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Gardner|first1=Eriq|date=2011-04-15|title=Variety Loses Round One to Punk Band In Album Cover Dispute (Video)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/variety-loses-round-one-punk-179026/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref> The case was finally settled in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Belloni|first1=Matthew|date=2012-02-13|title=Variety Settles Long-Running Lawsuit Against L.A. Punk Band (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/variety-lawsuit-vandals-punk-band-289700/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref>