Vincent Vincent and the Villains
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| Vincent Vincent and the Villains | |
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| Origin | England |
| Genre(s) | Indie, Rock n Roll |
| Years active | 2003 – present |
| Label(s) | EMI |
| Website | Official Site |
| Members | |
| Vincent Vincent Alex Cox Tom Bailey Will Church |
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| Former members | |
| Charlie Waller Neill Kidgell |
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Vincent Vincent and the Villains are an English rock 'n' roll group. They are signed to EMI.
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[edit] History
Vincent Vincent grew up in Hatch End, an area in the London Borough of Harrow. He later moved to East London's Bethnal Green and after leaving Art College decided to start a band. In 2003 he formed Vincent Vincent and the Villains and released a limited edition single on Smoking Gun Records in 2004 called 'On My Own'. With the band gaining local notoriety they were then talent spotted by Young And Lost Club, who signed the Villains and put out their second release, 'Blue Boy'. As well as Neill Kidgell on bass and Alex Cox on drums, the band at this time had two frontmen (Vincent himself and Charlie Waller) Waller left shortly after in 2005, to pursue his ambitions with his childhood band, The Rumble Strips. The final months in The Villains were described as "stifling, unpleasant and impossible" and inspired the song 'Johnny Two Bands' which would be the bands first major release, taking the melody from a previous song 'Making Raindrops'. Vincent Vincent found a new bassist and guitarist in Will Church and Tom Bailey (who were friends from college, and with whom Vincent worked in the Ten Bells pub), and the third single - 'I'm Alive' - was released on Young and Lost Club Records in April 2006. This secured a record deal with EMI, with 'Johnny Two Bands' being chosen as the debut single. This was performed on Top of the Pops in October 2006. The band re-released 'On My Own' the following year in October 2007. The next single 'Pretty Girl' is out on 25th February 2008 on CD/7”/digital download. The album 'Gospel Bombs' is out on March 10th 2008.
[edit] Members
- Vincent Vincent - Vocals & Guitar
- Alex Cox - Drums
- Tom Bailey - Lead guitar
- Will Church - Bass
[edit] Trivia
The Villains evolved from The Double Card Bastards, The collaboration included Vincent Vincent, Neill Kidgell, Charlie Waller and welder extroadinaire William Shannon (who made the instruments out of cardboard, string and a baked bean tin). Will Church worked with Vincent at this time in The Ten Bells pub in East London, which was frequented by Tom Bailey (who wrote songs in a band with Church), and when the Villains disbanded the two joined.
[edit] Releases
[edit] Albums
Debut album "Gospel Bombs" was released on March 10th 2008. It debuts on the UK Top 200 Artist Albums Chart at position 158 (chart date: 22 March 2008, publication date: 16 March 2008).
[edit] Singles
| Date of release | Title | B-sides | Label | UK Chart position | Album |
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| April 2004 | "On My Own" (Limited Edition 7-inch) | "B-side baby" | Smoking Gun Records | N/A | N/A |
| April 2005 | "Blue Boy/The Boy Who Killed Time" (Limited Double A-Side 7-inch) | N/A | Young and Lost Club YALC-0001 | N/A | N/A |
| April 2006 | "I'm Alive" (Limited 7-inch) | "There Is A Cloud" | Young and Lost Club YALC-0005 | N/A | N/A |
| October 2006 | "Johnny Two Bands" | "Seven Inch Record" | EMI EMVVV7 001 | N/A | N/A |
| October 2007 | "On My Own" | "Love and Pain" and "Bad Boy" | EMI EM 735 | N/A | "Gospel Bombs" |
| February 25th 2008 | "Pretty Girl" | "Radio City" and "Can't Judge A Book By The Cover" | EMI CDEM740 | N/A | "Gospel Bombs" |
