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Picture of current line-up:

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

VIBRATORS' NEWS:


BAD NEWS: Knox has hurt his shoulder and requires an operation to fix it. The band will be off the road until July, when Nigel Bennett (ex-Members and The Vibrators) will initially be helping out on guitar.

LISTEN AND SEE KNOX INTERVIEW ON DONTMAGAZINE! http://dontmagazine.com/#/6/the-vibrators/

"I HATE XMAS" and "I MISS YOU MOST AT XMAS" on CrushWorld Records now available for download on iTunes.

REVIEW OF GIG AT CAMDEN UNDERWORLD 17 AUGUST 2007 HERE

SAD NEWS: David Wernham
, original manager of The Vibrators (later managed such acts as Oletta Adams, Des'ree, etc.), and Knox's cousin, died on the morning of 29th May 2007, in Italy, where he was living with his girlfriend.
www.myspace.com/davidwernham



The Vibrators most recent 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 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.

We had a whole glass case to us in The Church Farmhouse Museum, Greyhound Hill, Hendon, London. (Finished 10th September 2006.)

FILM: The Vibrators are featured in a film called PUNK'S NOT DEAD, which has just now come out.
Check here for details: www.punksnotdeadthemovie.com

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


2007 ANTIFEST - though we're not playing it this year.

CHECK OUT: www.myspace.com/thevibrators

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


2007 - RECENT 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).


OLD 1984 INTERVIEW!:
check out this old interview!


2004 EUROPEAN TOURS
: The band was out in Europe in 2004 with the UK Subs for two tours. The tours visited France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Italy, and were very successful. Photos: Düsseldorf, 9 Jan. 2004 and Berlin, 14 Jan 2004, and possibly more coming on pictures page soon.


2003 TOURS: The band did two European tours. Countries visited were: France, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Norway, Austria, Italy, and Spain.


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!


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).

 


No recording news at the moment.

 

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: 6 May 2008

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