Vile Imbeciles

Vile Imbeciles
Origin	Brighton, England
Genres	Alternative Rock
Years active	2005–present
Labels	White Heat Records, Tea Vee Eye Records, Cargo Records
Website	Official Facebook page
Members
Andy Huxley Deen Lim Caspian Rospigliosi Evan Reinhold Liam Dowling
Past members
James Hair, Bertie Lean

Vile Imbeciles (or VI) are an English alternative rock band from Brighton, formed in 2005, consisting of ex-The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster chief songwriter and guitarist Andy Huxley on guitar and vocals, Caspian Rospigliosi on guitar and backing vocals, Evan Reinhold on drums, Deen Lim on bass guitar, and Liam Dowling on synth. For live performances Huxley is joined on lead vocals by the rest of the group, with Dowling sharing guitar duties.

VI combine funk, post-rock, metal and avant-garde, to make a new genre they call “post-funk”, although this has often been referred to as both “junk funk” and “death jazz” by music journalists (the latter owing to their previous concept album of the same name).

The band’s work to date comprises four studio albums and three singles, all released on independent record labels. Although typically the band has been conducted as a rotating ensemble of musicians, in recent years the band have claimed the current project's line-up and sound as a new band in it's own right (reflected in their re-emphasis since 2010 of the abbreviated "VI" pseudonym to represent this).

History

The band originally included Huxley, James Hair (lead bassist, formerly of Neils Children), and Bertie Lean (drums and vocals). Their debut album, ...Ma, was released on 4 June 2007 on White Heat Records. The follow-up single to this release "Slack Hands" was released on 18 June 2007.

The band finished recording their follow-up album in late 2007, the working title of which was 'Life Doesn't Get Any Better Than This. It Gets Worse'.

On 11 June the band announced their second album, now titled Queenie Was A Blonde, was set for release on 14 July on Tea Vee Eye Records, with Caz Rospigliosi joining the band on guitar. The first single from Queenie Was A Blonde, entitled "Bad Ideas" was released on 18 August.

On 16 March 2009 the band released the second single from Queenie Was A Blonde. A double A-side, "Jennifer" / "Tramp" with the mini album thirty minute B-Side, "Death Jazz" featuring additional drummer and new member Evan Reinhold. Lean announced his departure from the band shortly after recording, leaving the group unable to perform the album live.

D Is For W

In December 2009, bassist Hair announced his departure from the group midway through recording their forth studio album, with the working title 'These Are Not Cream Seizures', to launch his new company, Mr Hair's Pie Factory. ^[1] Early in 2010 the band embellished into a five-piece with the addition of Deen Lim and Liam Dowling. After relocating to a self built studio in an abandoned bank in Elephant & Castle, "D is for W" was released in October 2011. The album, produced by Cameron Devlin^{[citation needed]} & former Pink Grease songwriter Steven Santa Cruz^[2][3] has so far received positive reviews, and is being promoted by a UK tour. ^[4]

Discography

Albums

Date of Release	Album	Members
4 June 2007	...Ma	Hair, Huxley, Lean
14 July 2008	Queenie Was A Blonde	Hair, Huxley, Lean, Rospigliosi
16 March 2009	Death Jazz	Hair, Huxley, Lean, Reinhold, Rospigliosi
3 October 2011	D Is For W	Dowling, Huxley, Lim, Reinhold, Rospigliosi

Singles

Date of Release	Title	Album
18 June 2007	"Slack Hands"	...Ma
18 August 2008	"Bad Ideas"	Queenie Was A Blonde
16 March 2009	"Jennifer" / "Tramp"	Queenie Was A Blonde

Videos

The video for debut song "Slack Hands" was shot by Dave Ma in one take on a single roll of Super 8 film in Brighton.[1]

The video for the first single from Queenie Was A Blondie, "Bad Ideas" was released on 9 July. The video was shot by Chris Moore and features new guitarist Caz Rospigliosi.[2]

The video for "Jennifer" was released on 12 January 2009. The video was made by Jack Dixon and Millie Harvey and features new drummer Evan Reinhold.[3]

The video for "Tramp" was released on 19 January 2009. The video was made by The Softbox.[4]

References

1. ^ http://www.mrhairspiefactory.com/
2. ^ "Kicking Against The Pricks - Album Review 'D Is For W' Vile Imbeciles". http://www.kickingagainstthepricks.org/reviews/album/d-w-0. Retrieved 2011-10-30. 
3. ^ "The Quietus - Reviews Vile Imbeciles 'D is for W'". http://thequietus.com/articles/07166-vile-imbeciles-d-is-for-w-review. Retrieved 2011-05-05. 
4. ^ http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=269847196382403&set=a.269847193049070.75032.105329956167462&type=1&theater