![]() To their detractors, The Vaccines became immediate whipping boys: regressive, obvious and - the cardinal sin - secretly posh. ![]() ![]() Hyped beyond belief from Day Zero at a time when guitar bands could still thrash their way into truly mainstream cultural significance, their choice of debut single - the 82-seconds-and-out ‘Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra)’ - seemed almost like a challenge. At the start of 2011, the band were first on the bill at Brixton Academy by December, they were headlining two sold out nights at the same venue.ĭitching a previous set of lowkey, folky first steps released under the moniker Jay Jay Pistolet, singer Justin Young had assembled a group - guitarist Freddie Cowan, bassist Arni Arnason and drummer Pete Robertson - that embraced the ‘band as a gang’ in all its glory. A ramshackle demo uploaded in the summer of 2010 soon led to a then-infamous debut London show at Kentish Town’s now-defunct Flowerpot, with hundreds of fans, industry bods and music celebs queueing down the road. The Vaccines’ arrival may only have been a decade ago, but its story feels like one plucked from an entirely different universe.
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