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Picture of usual line-up (see below for current line-up):

The Vibrators (Eddie, Pete, Knox),
May 2004 (picture: Gary Coward-Williams)
VIBRATORS' NEWS:


NEWS: This is the current touring line-up as Knox (singer-guitarist) has heart disease and is being sorted out, hopefully back with band in the summer. The band are doing a fanatastic job in Knox's absence so please come along and support them.


TEMPORARY LINE-UP: Nigel Bennett, Eddie, Pete.


NEW ALBUM: The latest album, GARAGE PUNK, is a '60s garage cover's album recorded at Pat Collier's studio (Perry Vale Studio), is being manufactured right now for release 30th June in the USA on Cleopatra Records. Pat Collier was the band's original bass player. The album will be in CD and vinyl formats, and tracks include "Psychotic Reaction", "Pushing Too Hard", "Have Love Will Travel", plus many more. We will try and find out who will have it here in the UK for either a domestic release or on import, so check back here in a few days.

RECENT ADDITION: All the lyrics to the "ENERGIZE" album here.

LAST ALBUM:



The Vibrators last album was a '77 punk covers CD for US label Cleopatra. Called "PUNK: THE EARLY YEARS". It includes a version of the Dead Boys "SONIC REDUCER" featuring Wayne Kramer (MC5) on vocals and guitar, and Leonard (The Dickies) singing Motorhead's "VIBRATOR".
CD released in the States on 14th March 2006, and distributed in the UK by Plastic Head.
We have copies for sale, details here.
TRACK LIST:
1. White Riot
2. New Rose
3. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
4. Automatic Lover
5. Grip
6. Sonic Reducer
7. Pretty Vacant
8. Emotional Blackmail
9. Stranded
10. Baby Baby
11. Nasty Nasty
12. Into The Valley
13. Vibrator
14. Rip Up The City
15. Judy Is A Punk
16. Born To Lose
17. Teenage Kicks
18. Whips & Furs
19. Borstal Breakout
20. Beat On The Brat

OTHER NEWS: The Vibrators' LIVE ENERGISE CBGB's 2005 DVD is now distibuted in Japan by MOVIENET INTERNATIONAL. which is a big music DVD distributor.

CHECK OUT: www.myspace.com/thevibrators

CHECK OUT: www.myspace.com/nodirectionhq - Pete's (The Vibrators' bass player) other band NO DIRECTION - music, gigs, pics, etc.

CHECK OUT: www.robbietart.com where you'll find his solo CD + DVD (details here) plus the "Rock The Kids" live video for downloading


2008 - EUROPEAN TOUR: The band completed a successful European tour with the UK Subs, and would like to thank all the people who helped us and made it enjoyable.


PHOTOS: There are some photos added to end of the pictures pages (from 2 April 2005).

PICTURES FROM: ANTI FEST, Czech Republic (5 Aug.2005): www.MusicPhoto.cz


OLD 1984 INTERVIEW!: check out this old interview!


OLD PHOTOS: If you want to see what the band looked like years ago (1982) it's well worth checking out Ian Turner's brilliant photos at: www.2brilliant.net/photos/puremania, and don't we look young!

 

RELEASES:
DVD RELEASES:

LIVE ENERGIZED CBGB'S 2004

To see full cover with contents click here

VIBRATORS 1976-2004.

A must for all Vibrators' fans! On Cherry Red.

"HUNTING FOR YOU" ALBUM RE-RELEASED
The band had the HUNTING FOR YOU album (originally on Dojo, 1994) re-released on Cherry Red Records on Aug. 18th, 2003. (Cat. no. CD PUNK 132.) This is a good album!


"ENERGIZE" - OUR FIFTEENTH (COUNT 'EM!) STUDIO ALBUM, CAME OUT IN AUGUST 2002, ON TRACK RECORDS.
We finished making this studio album (our fifteenth) in the autumn 2001, with Pat Collier (original bass player) producing. The album has sixteen new songs on it, and has John Ellis (the original Vibrators' guitarist) playing on two tracks (X-Files and 3/4 Angelina). Knox thinks this might be the band's best album since Pure Mania and V2.
List of tracks: "X-Files", "Your Love Is Fading Away", "So Far Down", "Animals," "Shine", "3/4 Angelina", "Rock The Kids", "New Brain", "Band New", "General Purpose", "Jukebox Light", "Tears Are Falling", "Moonlight", "I Knew It Must Be Love", "2nite", "No More".


NEW COMPILATION OF "PURE MANIA" + "V2" IN THEIR ENTIRITIES, PLUS TWO BONUS TRACKS, WAS RELEASED JUNE 2002 ON TRACK RECORDS.
The two bonus tracks are: a cover of the Flaming Groovie's "Shake Some Action" (with original guitarist John Ellis on it), and "Rock The Kids" from the new Vibrators' studio album ENERGIZE (see above).

 


The band recently recorded a version of Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" for a single for Cleopatra Records (USA) soon, with new studio albums coming in the fairly near future. We've got a lot of the songs for this sorted out. More on this later.

 

V2 - the band's 2nd album, originally released in 1978 on Epic - we now have copies of this for sale (see our merchandising page or punkrockshop.co.uk).

 

2002: the band toured the UK, and Europe.

2001: the band toured Brazil, the UK, Europe and Japan.

2000: the band toured Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Holland, Sweden, and Norway.

Also take a look at Knox's web site (includes his solo gigs, paintings, etc.)
www.knox76.com



Last update: 5 May 2009

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