"I Wanna. . ."
CD Review By Carl Macki

 

Band Members
Gus Vigilante----Guitar, Vocals
Jones Vigilante--Bass, Backing Vocals
Erik Vigilante----Drums, Backing Vocals
Joe Vigilante-----Guitar, Vocals
 

Track Listing

Here we go
I Wanna
Germany
Bill & Bob
Lonely Heart Serenade
Two Shots Of You
Third Of September
Charley Boy
Messed Up Kid
Memories Remain (Ode To Blackbastards)
I will never Take You For Granted
Barroom Heroes Are Out Tonight
Battlefield
Mass Media Mass Destruction
Results of Downsizing

Links:
www.myspace.com/thevigilantes
www.vigilantes.se

Available at:
Emusic.com
Rhapsody.com
Napster.com
Groupietunes.com (Ringtones)

 

Sweden's Vigilantes have been making melodic and classic hardcore punk music since 1999, and, with "I Wanna" they make a major move towards global recognition.

They have done two European tours, and released a debut album, "Empty
Bottles & Broken Hearts," in 2003, to generally positive, if not rave reviews.

Not bad for a band from Skoghall, a village on Hammer island in Lake Vänern that hosts several of Sweden's largest paper and chemical companies.

Along with Johnny Thunders, Sylvain Sylvain, Stiv Bators, The Lurkers, Adicts, Alternative TV and others, they were featured on the Ramones tribute release "TODOS SOMOS RAMONES (Rockaway Records)," where The Vigilantes do a version of the song "Somebody Like Me." The Vigilantes' similarity to the Ramones and the New York Dolls is easy to see.

Like they sing in "Here We Go," "we're not an illusion," so they're not going to go away. The truth is, they have nowhere to go but up.