Vibrators are one of the longest running original punk bands!They were formed back in 1976 and in their 30-year career they released more than 16 albums ,not to mention the huge number of 7" singles,12" singles , cassettes and compilations! The great guitar work from Ian "Knox" Carnochan (he became occasional session guitarist for major acts like Peter Hammill) and John Ellis along with the tight rhythm section of Pat Collier and Eddie , made Vibrators one of the bands that forced a lot of music journalists of the time , to have a look over the new (in those days) movement of punk rock!"Pure Mania" is like that!It was released in 1977 , featuring one of the band's greatest hits , the song "Baby,Baby" .An album which shows the band's garage and pop influences , but so well performed!A real punk classic!
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Even if they were part of the mid '70's New York's CBGB's scene , this band's roots were from Cleveland Ohio and the legendary band "Rocket From The Tombs" , which included two future members of the Dead Boys: Cheetah Chrome on guitar and Johnny Blitz on drums (the other two would be members of Pere Ubu).The Dead Boys were heavy influenced from Iggy & The Stooges , New York Dolls and the punk scene and their outrageous,wild and agressive live performances remained in history!They moved in NY in 1976 after Joey Ramone booked them for some tryout gigs in CBGB's.Six months later they signed a contract with the "Sire" label,already home of the Ramones and they relesed their debut album, featured in this post.A classic punk rock album including songs like "Sonic Reducer" , often reffered as a great punk anthem,"All This And More","High Tension Wire" .It was a real punk rock album , from the ones that the American music press of the time was afraid and misunderstood and didn't gave a lot of coverage and acceptance and , as a result of this, the album didn't perform the expected sales!
To be continued with the next post...
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Due to the low sales , "Sire Records" pressured the band the change their sound , look, even and their name!So, to do that ,Felix Papallardi (from Mountain) was brought , as a producer ,but it was a disaster!However , the album,featured here , includes great songs again ( 3rd Generation Nation is one of my favour)! But "Sire" seemed determined to "kill" the Dead Boys and when the band's drummer was stabbed and put into intensive care , dropped them from the label!The end came in 1979 when Cheetah Chrome cracked his hand and he was thrown out of the band.A few months later they will reunite due to contractual obligations to "Sire",recording a live album!Stiv Bators sung off the mic and the recording became unusable .Something like a payback to what "Sire" did to them .When it was released from "Bomp!" in 1981 , Stiv re-recorded the tracks in the studio!The Dead Boys were one of the best punk rock bands and these great albums , featured in these posts , made them undead!
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Vibrators are one of the longest running original punk bands!They were formed back in 1976 and in their 30-year career they released more than 16 albums ,not to mention the huge number of 7" singles,12" singles , cassettes and compilations! The great guitar work from Ian "Knox" Carnochan (he became occasional session guitarist for major acts like Peter Hammill) and John Ellis along with the tight rhythm section of Pat Collier and Eddie , made Vibrators one of the bands that forced a lot of music journalists of the time , to have a look over the new (in those days) movement of punk rock!"Pure Mania" is like that!It was released in 1977 , featuring one of the band's greatest hits , the song "Baby,Baby" .An album which shows the band's garage and pop influences , but so well performed!A real punk classic!
