The Vibrators
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Sep 19, 2026
Ivor HamiltonHOST
And to me, one of the greatest shows that I ever saw was when you had the Dead Boys play with the Vile Tones.
Ivor HamiltonHOST
And I think it was, and I always get the bill wrong, but I think it was the Vibrators, and that was at the New Yorker Theater.
Gary ToppGUEST
No, the Vibrators were on their own.
Ivor HamiltonHOST
Okay.
Ivor HamiltonHOST
But I remember this show was the Vile Tones, I think.
Steve GreenHOST
no. Loads and loads and loads of music I've been playing.
Steve GreenHOST
And I've been listening to the Vibrators a lot.
Steve GreenHOST
And although Pure Mania, I think, is their best album, I'm going to start the show off with a track off their follow-up album, V2.
Steve GreenHOST
Great name for a follow-up album, if you're called Vibrators.
Clive FordGUEST
So people were starting to travel to see, to see the band right from early stages, you know, so you had a fan base.
Clive FordGUEST
I remember, um, They opened up for the vibrators at Clouds.
Clive FordGUEST
And I think there was more people there to see the skids than the vibrators.
Clive FordGUEST
That was really, really early on.
Clive FordGUEST
And then the Reckless Eric gig at the Bore Room.
Simon TeslerHOST
Okay, let's lighten up a little for our next two tracks.
Simon TeslerHOST
Bit heavy, isn't it? First up, Punk pioneers The Vibrators with a slightly out of character track from their second album, V2.
Simon TeslerHOST
Unlike every other song on their first two albums, this is not written and also not sung by frontman Knox, but by second guitarist John Ellis.
Simon TeslerHOST
And a bit like Cool for Cats, it's an observation on everyday life.
Simon TeslerHOST
of three ceramic flying ducks.
Simon TeslerHOST
These had more or less disappeared by the early 70s until they enjoyed a huge resurgence in popularity when they were used by the set decorators for the home of one of the characters in the massively successful TV soap opera Coronation Street, Hilda Ogden.
Simon TeslerHOST
After that, New Town Animal by XTC, where this is the vibrators and flying duck theory.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You're so self-published, you're so semi-detached You never see no point, you don't ever relax You get the instructions from a voice on the radio You look out your window, you stare at the door There's three flying ducks nailed to the wall Higher than the static from a voice on the radio The kids are screaming, they want their mum.
LouHOST
And then before that, I have it written down somewhere.
LouHOST
We were listening to The Vibrators with He's a Psycho.
LouHOST
A lot of
FloHOST
psychos in there.
Doomscroll AIHOST
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speaker_1UNKNOWN
The Vibrators release 3D Jesus, then claim it's pop punk.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
In a daring act of genre defiance, they resurrect a savior who shreds on a holographic skateboard, preaching the punk gospel in three dimensions.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Jamaica petitions King Charles for reparations, then colonial ghosts laugh.
GregHOST
Okay.
GregHOST
Now then my amended pick, as Mark said, as I was doing my homework in class saying, oh, poop, I'm going to go with the Vibrators, London Girls.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I want to see you tonight.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm going W1, it's pretty.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
London girls are bringing me down.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Just can't take the same old running.
GregHOST
The Vibrators, London Girls, along with Elton John, Rocketman.
GregHOST
So I have the U.S. and the U.K. version, I guess.
Dylan HensleyHOST
In 1999.
Dylan HensleyHOST
We have records from The Vibrators, the Vandals with a record called Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes.
Justin HensleyHOST
[laughs]
Dylan HensleyHOST
And, uh, the Zeroes have a record.
Steve GreenHOST
Um, but Chris Spedding was also very, very, uh, uh, influential in the punk scene.
Steve GreenHOST
I mean, The Vibrators started off with as, as Chris, as a Chris Spedding backing band to all intents and purposes.
Tim YoungHOST
No, I didn't know that.
Steve GreenHOST
And, um, yeah, their first single, uh, w- was, was Chris Spedding and The Vibrators.
Tim YoungHOST
Right.
Steve GreenHOST
But, um, yeah, and Chris Spedding, Motorbikin'.
ZackHOST
You know what I mean? It's like, that's insane.
ZackHOST
And, and a lot of bands like made like the top 50 in the national charts, right? Like the clash, the damned, the jam, even like, uh, A band like The Vibrators that you would consider a level below those all-time classic bands.
ZackHOST
They're in the top 50 of the national charts.
ZackHOST
That's insanity.