The Vindictives

The Vindictives were a Chicago-based punk rock underground group during the 1990s. They were peers with Screeching Weasel and other bands from the era, they were also heavily-influenced by the Ramones. Joey Vindicitive's characteristic nasal melodies often told the story of alienation, psychosis, social-ills, and continually rejected rules of politeness. The lyrics were often intelligent outrages communicated through intentionally immature self-defeating soliloquies.

They began their career in 1991, cutting their first 7" record later that year with the lineup of Joey Vindictive (vocals), Johnny Personality (bass), Ben Weasel (guitar) (soon to be replaced by Billy Blastoff), Dr. Bob (guitar), and Erik Elsewhere (soon to be replaced by P.J. Parti) (drums). The band would end up releasing 12 EPs and albums until July of 1996, when Joey Vindictive revealed that his health issues would prevent the band from going on. Luckily for him, he overcame his ailments to re-form the band in 2000, cutting a new album and overseeing the re-release of a significant part of their catalog.

Guitarist Robert "Dr. Bob" Nielson died of a heroin overdose on February 22, 2003[1]. After Dr. Bob's death, The Vindictives announced that they are planning on releasing a new album and having a final tour. Afterwards, they were planning on continuing as a new band called Money Shot. To that end, they released a pair of records containing material previously unavailable on CD and two new re-recordings; Muzak for Robots with instrumental versions of their songs and Unplugged with acoustic versions.

On June 31, 2008, Bouncing Betty Records announced a new Vindictives album, Songs that the Bug Doctor Wrote[2], containing all previously released songs from the band and began taking preorders.

The Vindictives' song "The Invisible Man" was covered by Ghoti Hook on their cover album Songs We Didn't Write.

The Vindictives' song "In the Corner" was covered by Apocalypse Hoboken on their Inverse, Reverse, Perverse.

Discography

• The Vindictives 7", V.M.L. Records, 1991
• The Invisible Man, V.M.L. Records, 1991
• Ugly American 7", V.M.L. Records, 1992
• Assembly Line 7", V.M.L. Records, 1992
• This Is My Face 7", V.M.L. Records, 1993
• Disturbia 7", V.M.L. Records, 1993
• Rocks In My Head 7", V.M.L. Records, 1994
• Seventeen b/w No Feelings 5", Selfless Records/V.M.L. Records, 1994
• Johnny Where Are You? b/w Eating Me Alive Picture Disk 7", Lookout/V.M.L. Records, 1995
• Alarm Clocks b/w Left For Dead 7", Lookout/V.M.L. Records, 1995
• The Many Moods Of The Vindictives Double LP, Lookout/V.M.L. Records, 1995 Reissue: Liberation Records 1999
• Partytime For Assholes 10" - Double 10" LP, Liberation Records/Selfless Records, 1996 Reissue: Liberation Records 1998
• Pervert At Large b/w Sloppy Seconds Split 7", V.M.L. Records, 1997
• Leave Home LP, Selfless Records, 1998
• Hypno-Punko LP, Coldfront/V.M.L. Records, 1999
• Nuttin' for Christmas b/w Jingle Bells 7", Stardumb Records, 2002
• Muzak for Robots, TEAT, 2003
• Curious Oddities and the Bare Essentials, TEAT, 2003
• Unplugged, TEAT, 2003
• Original Masters (1990-1992), TEAT, 2003

External links

• Joey Vindictive's MySpace Page