THE VACCINES

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.

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.

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.

• 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.