Ok here is something out of the norm for me. When I first started this blog last January, I was just going to post stuff that I liked regardless of region. Well Longy convinced me to maybe do stuff from my area which is the San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area. That was the music scene that I cut my teeth on, but to be honest, my first love of all things punk rock were the bands from The UK between 1976-1979 or so. With that said, there were many bands from that time frame that I absolutely LOVE! From The Damned to The Clash, and of course THE JAM to SLF, Undertones, 999, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Wire, Boys, Adverts, Slaughter and The Dogs, Joy Division, etc. This band is also quite special to me. Yep, The Vibrators! You see I was too young to catch The Stranglers, Penetration etc coming to town, but a band that released stuff that was during my teen to early twenties age time was The Vibrators. I am re-grouping my music on my iPod and have 100 gigs to work through. I came across this gem and wanted others to know how damn good it is. This is my fourth fave Vibrators album ever. With Nigel Bennett from The Members lending second guitar licks on this, it is no wonder it is good. This album is not as urgent as Pure Mania or V2 but is more of a Buddy Holly meets punk rock kinda thing. I love this album! I have had the pleasure of talking to Knox a few times over the years (or should I say accosting him......it usually happens when I am drunk. I find someone from my favorite band and ask a million questions in rapid fire form). Anyways here is Vicious Cirle (No not the Zero Boys!). If you dig The Vibrators please check out The Cute Leppers.....but that is another story! Aside from a few other bands like 999 or the UK Subs, you have to love that The Vibrators have been going at it since 1976!
Ken
Ken
Nice one Kenny. This is easily their best later period lp.
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This is a really good read for me, Must admit that you are one of the best bloggers I ever saw.Thanks for posting this informative article.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment Vibrators. It's the music that I love. Between myself and Angry we have enough passion and enthusiasum to write about and share this great music.
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Just found your blog- thanks for all the cool music you take the time to post. The Vibrators have always been one of my fave bands and saw this in Vancouver BC saturday night for the first time. Now a three piece,they still ripped it up! Briefly chatted with Eddie as I bought a t shirt off him, and he said they were planning to come to US (seattle) late summer or early fall, so be on the look out!
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