2. The Vaccines are an English indie rock band who formed in
West London in 2010. The band's debut album, What Did You
Expect from the Vaccines?, was released through Columbia
Records on 14 March 2011 and reached number 4 in the UK
Album Chart.
They drew comparisons to Ramones, The Strokes and The
Jesus And Mary Chain. The band, however, has spoken of
influences ranging from "'50s rock 'n' roll to 80s American
hardcore and good pop music". They have opened for The
Walkmen, The Stone Roses, Arctic Monkeys, Red Hot Chili
Peppers and Arcade Fire. Their second studio album Come of
Age was released in the UK on 3 September 2012.
3. Formed in early 2010, the band consisted of Justin Young (guitar/vocals; formerly Stiff
Records solo artist Jay Jay Pistolet, Árni Hjörvar (bass), Freddie Cowan (guitar, younger
brother of Tom from The Horrors) and Pete Robertson (drums).
The band was initially formed by Young and Cowan in the Summer of 2009 with a
third member who soon left.
4. After months of attempting
to perfect their sound, the
band uploaded the demo "If
You Wanna" to YouTube in
August 2010 and the song
immediately received praise
from people such as Zane
Lowe, who named it as his
'Hottest Record in the World'
on 18 August 2010.[
After playing their first gig in
Leicester, they embarked on
their debut UK tour between
September and November
2010, and interest in the
band led their first London
performance (at The
Flowerpot in October 2010)
to sell out, with the audience
including Alex
Kapranos, Marcus
Mumford, and members of
White Lies and The
Maccabees, and 200 people
having to be turned away.
5. • The performance was awarded 4/5 by The Guardian and described by Clash as
"fantastic, exhilarating and exciting". It was in this same article that the magazine
predicted the band could help usher in a new era for guitar music.