There was never to be a third album, just one more single Judy Says, before it all fell apart. Garry Tibbs replaced him for V2, after poor sales of the second album John Ellis left the band and became a hired guitar hand for a variety of bands. Pat became a producer, and still twiddles the knobs in the studio for The Vibrators to this day, as well as having recorder a variety of old and new Rock’nRollers over the years. The original bass player Pat Collier left the band after the first album. Their debut album Pure Mania is a classic, as is it’s follow up V2. The Vibrators were never a never a ‘hip’ 77 group too old, too much hair, bandwagon jumpers (never mind Knox had been preforming this shit pre 76) they were outsiders in a movement of outsiders. The Vibrators were just as important to me as The Clash back then, and they still are. I remember this because, some things you just remember, like being thirteen and hearing Baby, Baby on the radio back in 1977 and seeing them play Automatic Lover on TOTP a year later. Unfortunately the last issue was never finished as I got myself a job so the interview was never published (although it can now be seen here on The Vibrators website) I only went for the job interview because it was in London, and the Unemployment office (or Job Centres as they now call them) paid for my train travel, and I thought it would be a good excuse to visit the smoke and buy a couple of albums from Virgin Records (This was before Richard Branson took over the world with his ‘friendly capitalism’) The two albums I bought were The Fallen Angels (Knox’s album he recorded with members of Hanoi Rocks) and The Vibrators Alaska 127. I interviewed him and the rest of the band for a fanzine I had being doing on and off since 1980. I first met Knox back in 1984 when The Vibrators played at Bowes Lyon House in my home town, Stevenage.
The Vibrators at Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage 1984.
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