At a New Year's Eve party at which Escalante was unable to play, actor Keanu Reeves filled in for him on bass. Fitzgerald and Freese, meanwhile, moved towards careers as professional musicians. Freese became a sought-after studio drummer, while Fitzgerald began a three-year stint as guitarist for Oingo Boingo. In 1992, Freese and Fitzgerald formed Xtra Large with vocalist Darren McNamee and Big Drill Car bassist Bob Thomson. Xtra Large released one album on Giant Records, titled "Now I Eat Them". In 1994 the band released "", a live album and video which featured mostly performances of songs from "Peace thru Vandalism" and "When in Rome". From this point on the band would play fewer and fewer of these older songs in their live sets, concentrating instead on newer material. By 1995 punk rock had gained nationwide mainstream popularity, and The Vandals signed to Offspring singer Dexter Holland's new label Nitro Records. They released the album "Live Fast, Diarrhea" to positive reception and supported it with tours throughout the United States and Europe, including a spot opening for fellow Orange County rockers No Doubt. The album and band garnered increased attention thanks to an episode of the popular television show "The X-Files" in which actor Giovanni Ribisi played a character who wears Vandals T-shirts and listens to their music.  1996 saw the release of "The Quickening", a slightly more nihilistic and aggressive album that was supported by a music video for "It's a Fact." That year Escalante and Fitzgerald also founded the record label Kung Fu Records, initially created in order to release an album by the Riverside band Assorted Jelly Beans. The label also released the soundtrack to the movie "Glory Daze", which featured music from both the Vandals and Assorted Jellybeans and a theme written by Fitzgerald. At the end of the year the band also released a Christmas album, "Oi to the World!", on Kung Fu. Although it remained the band's most obscure release for a several years, the title track became somewhat famous when it was covered by No Doubt in 1997. Their version was produced by Fitzgerald and made into a music video. Other than "Oi to the World!," songs from the album are generally not part of the Vandals' live setlist, except for their annual "Winter Formal" concert at which they generally perform the album in its entirety. "Sweatin' to the Oldies" was also re-released by Kung Fu in 1997 with bonus tracks.