Vice Squad

VICE SQUAD the movie

17 last rockers

Back in the dim and distant 1980s, when yours truly did his humble best on drums, Beki tackled the vocals with aplomb, Dave did some quite remarkable, and often unintended things with his guitar, and Mark characteristically shored things up in an unassuming, but always reliable, manner on bass, there weren't really too many cameras on hand to capture the Vice Squad live experience.

Given some of our dodgy performances, that could be counted as a blessing, but now, when asked to put together the first Vice Squad film, it's proved a little frustrating for us.

I know for a fact that we were filmed in Europe, America and Canada, but despite our best efforts, none of that material seems to be forthcoming. Shawn Stern of Youth Brigade/Better Youth Organisation Records tells me that many hours of film from the legendary 1982 US BYO tour that we were lucky enough to participate in, briefly, do indeed exist, but the owner isn't parting with it. Most irritating, but one day, perhaps.

However, we've managed to pull together live footage from early shows at Cardiff Top Rank, London 100 Club, Preston Warehouse and Bristol Granary, plus interviews from that era. To up the ante a little for the faithful who have seen some of this material on previous video releases, we've filmed a new interview, conducted by Ian Glasper, author of UK82 tome Burning Britain, with the original male members of Vice Squad, Riot City boss Simon Edwards, and Tim Clench, bass player with the TV Brakes, the band that was effectively the forerunner to VS.

Shane Baldwin

Order the DVD now at http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2789

Comments

9 years ago

Matej Matevski

Vice Squad - Last RockersStumbling through the rubble,my heads in a spin.I hear them fighting,the war that no one can win.I'm too young to die,too late to live.As politicians do the thing no god can forgive...Time has come for us to die [ah ah].No memories left to cry [ah ah].No chance of a rebirth [ah ah]... for the last rockers on earth.Hadn't any chance when they dropped their bombLeft us buried in this molten tomb.While we stood in the burn radiation,they were burning up the whole of creationTime for has come for us to die,no memories left to cry.No chance of a rebirth,for the last rockers on earth.Wandering round, dream of anarchy.All we ever wanted was to be free.Our music was our only joy,but the goverments want to search and destroy.Stumbling through the rubble,my heads in a spin.I hear them fighting,the war, no one can win,I'm too young to die,too late to live,as politicians do the thing no god can forgive.On our statues to remind,those who may come in future time,and we who fought on city streets,have perished in atomic heat.Time for has come for us to die,no memories left to cry.No chance of a rebirth,for the last rockers on earth.They can't revert me from my kind.No dreams of power to control my mind.Last rockers rule the world now,there's no one left to fight now.

9 years ago

Miguel Vela

Vice Squad - Last Rockers - (Live at the Granary, Bristol, UK. 1982)

9 years ago

Gwen Ever

the best VS song ever, and this show was kick arse, :)I thought that the Apocalypse shows were filmed too, I am sure at some point I seen some cine film of those Lyceum shows.I am proud to say I still got all my vinyl, thanks to all that served in VS for the great memories!

10 years ago