than glamorous. All of us crammed into one non-air-conditioned car with our equipment in tow. Redding was the hottest place on earth. The shows went good. It was a great feeling to have the people respond to us like we were stars! One more road trip to Monterey, the highlight of which was my first visit to a Denny’s restaurant, and the I Really Want To Want You tour was over. Back to the teen clubs. Our gray suits could stand up by themselves.
In 1967, because of our success at the H. Liebes in-store performances, Macy’s decided to use us as the featured band for their It's Like Now campaign. This included playing shows at all the Macy’s stores in northern California, an appearance on a TV special that aired on KGO channel 7, and making a promotional record to be given away at each performance. Not to mention all the "groovy" clothes we got to wear and keep!
With Cosmo having met the love of his life, he decided to leave the band for a more normal existence. The
  remaining four of us began what would be The Vandals last hurrah. In May, we went into the studio to record It's Like Now, a rewrite of Ned’s That's The Way Of The World. Part of our agreement with Macy’s was to record Wet and Wild and Mustang Georgie. At that session we also recorded I Paved My Way, which was to be the last song Nick was to write for the band. That summer we played all the Macy's shows. We had a great time getting the 'star' treatment. Having just graduated from high school, none of us wanted to go back to the teen clubs, so it was time to go our separate ways.
These were some of the best years of my life. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.