Vandalism Begins At Home

Our series of VB@H Live Sessions continues with Milton Keynes noiseniks Space Pistol. Highlighting the importance of grassroots live music, while showcasing a different side of all our favourite artists, every second Friday of each month we’ll be bringing you some you’ll know and love and some you’ll soon fall for. So make sure you subscribe to never miss a beat. This time we welcome to VB@H HQ, The Castle in Luton, the normally pink boilersuited three-piece who usually tear the roof off with their rock riffs rampage. Here they clean up nice to deliver a suited and booted intimate, even jazzy, three-song interpretation of their tunes:

• Death Collector

• Jaws

• Exploding Whale

Between the performances hear the boys chat with VB@H co-conspirator Ben Barry, so you can get to know a little more about this madcap band. You can find Space Pistol on: Facebook:   / space_pistol   Insta:   / space_pistol   Apple Music:   / space-pistol   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6IcYf... YouTube:    / space pistol - topic   Website: https://www.spacepistol.co.uk/ This project has been a big team effort by the following local talent: VB@H Live Sessions are filmed in and supported by the Vandals’ spiritual home of The Castle Live in Luton, helping to showcase our marvellous hometown venue as much as the artists themselves. Find The Castle Live at:   / thecastlelive     / the_castle_live   We’re also supported by our friends at Seeing Eye Rum, the Bedfordshire-based rock n roll rum drink of choice. Find Seeing Eye Rum at: https://www.seeingeyerum.com/ And all hail the visual delights created by hot new Luton film production company - and now award-wining duo - Two Side Studios. Find them at: https://twosidestudios.co.uk/ VB@H Live Sessions sound is recorded by legendary Castle Live house engineer Arnie Darmanin. Check Arnie out at https://www.instagram.com/adarmaninmu... Lastly, be sure to follow us on social media for regular news of upcoming Live Sessions, live shows at Luton’s only alternative music venue, The Castle Live, and record releases:

Our series of VB@H Live Sessions continues with Luton's own quiet riot The Looted Youth. Highlighting the importance of grassroots live music, while showcasing a different side of all our favourite artists, every second Friday of each month we’ll be bringing you some you’ll know and love and some you’ll soon fall for. So make sure you subscribe to never miss a beat. This time we welcome to VB@H HQ, The Castle in Luton, Ben Thompson, aka The Looted Youth, who blew us away when he returned from a three-year live hiatus to play for us at the same venue earlier this year. Here he delivers an intimate three-song set of two spine-tingling originals and a unique cover, featuring:

• Fault

• Run A Mile

• Too Sweet/Pumped Up Kicks (cover mash-up)

Between the performances hear Ben chat with his namesake, VB@H co-conspirator Ben Barry, so you can get to know a little more about this wonderful emerging artist. Find The Looted Youth at:

• Instagram:   / thelootedyouth  

This project has been a big team effort by the following local talent: VB@H Live Sessions are filmed in and supported by the Vandals’ spiritual home of The Castle Live in Luton, helping to showcase our marvellous hometown venue as much as the artists themselves. Find The Castle Live at:   / thecastlelive     / the_castle_live   We’re also supported by our friends at Seeing Eye Rum, the Bedfordshire-based rock n roll rum drink of choice. Find Seeing Eye Rum at: https://www.seeingeyerum.com/ And all hail the visual delights created by hot new Luton film production company - and now award-wining duo - Two Side Studios. Find them at: https://twosidestudios.co.uk/ VB@H Live Sessions sound is recorded by legendary Castle Live house engineer Arnie Darmanin. Check Arnie out at https://www.instagram.com/adarmaninmu... Lastly, be sure to follow us on social media for regular news of upcoming Live Sessions, live shows at Luton’s only alternative music venue, The Castle Live, and record releases:

Number 5 is alive!!! Our series of VB@H Live Sessions continues with Blue Cabs. Highlighting the importance of grassroots live music, while showcasing a different side of all our favourite artists, every second Friday of each month we’ll be bringing you some you’ll know and love and some you’ll soon fall for. So make sure you subscribe to never miss a beat. It's a family affair as we welcome to VB@H HQ, The Castle in Luton, the "indie Von Trapps", otherwise known James Joyce 'Juice' (guitar/vocals), Ben Joyce (drums), Paul Pugh (bass) and James Fraser (lead guitar) from Blue Cabs. Ahead of the release of their second EP, 'Ignorance Is Not Bliss' on August 2, 2024, the prolific Milton Keynes rockers deliver a three-song stripped back set of gems from that record, featuring:

• Hey Presto

• Could have Been So Different

• I Love You (Remember That)

Between the performances hear a chat with the trio and VB@H co-conspirator Ben Barry, so you can get to know a little more about your next favourite band. Find Missing The Ferry at:

• Facebook:   / bluecabsband  

• Instagram:   / bluecabsband  

• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blue.cabs?_t=...

• Twitter/X: https://x.com/bluecabsband

• YouTube: ‪@bluecabs4647‬

• Spotify: https://www.tiktok.com/@blue.cabs?_t=...

• Apple Music:   / blue-cabs  

• Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/artists/B0...

• Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/36155610

This project has been a big team effort by the following local talent: VB@H Live Sessions are filmed in and supported by the Vandals’ spiritual home of The Castle Live in Luton, helping to showcase our marvellous hometown venue as much as the artists themselves. Find The Castle Live at:   / thecastlelive     / the_castle_live   We’re also supported by our friends at Seeing Eye Rum, the Bedfordshire-based rock n roll rum drink of choice. Find Seeing Eye Rum at: https://www.seeingeyerum.com/ And all hail the visual delights created by hot new film production company, Luton’s own Two Side Studios. Find them at: https://twosidestudios.co.uk/ VB@H Live Sessions sound is recorded by legendary Castle Live house engineer Arnie Darmanin. Check Arnie out at https://www.instagram.com/adarmaninmu... Lastly, be sure to follow us on social media for regular news of upcoming Live Sessions, live shows at Luton’s only alternative music venue, The Castle Live, and record releases:

Welcome, brothers and sisters, as our new series of VB@H Live Sessions continues with Luton Irish favourites, Missing The Ferry. Highlighting the importance of grassroots live music, while showcasing a different side of all our favourite artists, every second Friday of each month we’ll be bringing you some you’ll know and love and some you’ll soon fall for. So make sure you subscribe to never miss a beat. We welcome to VB@H HQ, The Castle in Luton, Chris (guitar/vocals), Paul (Mandolin/vocals/whistle) and Rich (pipes), who are three of the five band members, who play Irish-influenced songs about identity and belonging. With inspiration as diverse as Brendan Shine, The Pogues and The Stone Roses their mission is to get people dancing, singing, and thinking. Here, with a three-song stripped back set, Missing The Ferry play two songs from their new ’Lonely Londoners EP’, plus a new anthem for Luton:

• Castlebar

• Dalston Railway Tavern

• Luton You're A Lady

Between the performances hear a chat with the trio and VB@H co-conspirator Ben Barry, so you can get to know a little more about your next favourite band. Find Missing The Ferry at:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/missingthefe...

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missingthef...

• Twitter/X: https://x.com/missingtheferry

• YouTube:    / @missingtheferry  

• Bandcamp: https://missingtheferry.bandcamp.com/

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4IKUk...

• Buy the Lonely Londoners EP: https://missingtheferry.bigcartel.com...

This project has been a big team effort by the following local talent: VB@H Live Sessions are filmed in and supported by the Vandals’ spiritual home of The Castle Live in Luton, helping to showcase our marvellous hometown venue as much as the artists themselves. Find The Castle Live at:   / thecastlelive     / the_castle_live   We’re also supported by our friends at Seeing Eye Rum, the Bedfordshire-based rock n roll rum drink of choice. Find Seeing Eye Rum at: https://www.seeingeyerum.com/ And all hail the visual delights created by hot new film production company, Luton’s own Two Side Studios. Find them at: https://twosidestudios.co.uk/ VB@H Live Sessions sound is recorded by legendary Castle Live house engineer Arnie Darmanin. Check Arnie out at https://www.instagram.com/adarmaninmu... Lastly, be sure to follow us on social media for regular news of upcoming Live Sessions, live shows at Luton’s only alternative music venue, The Castle Live, and record releases:

Welcome, brothers and sisters, as our new series of VB@H Live Sessions continues with a band with plenty of bite, Tooth Marks. Highlighting the importance of grassroots live music, while showcasing a different side of all our favourite artists, every second Friday of each month we’ll be bringing you some you’ll know and love and some you’ll soon fall for. So make sure you subscribe to never miss a beat. We welcome to VB@H HQ, The Castle in Luton, Dan Briscombe (vocals/lyrics), Arunas Kaciulis (lead guitarist), David Cload (bass) and Dan Short (beats/vocals/producer). The prolific Luton tunesmiths draw influence from classic and alt-rock, while channelling an 80s pop and British post-punk. The Tooth Marks sound has been praised for its, “Powerfully produced tracks, boasting arena sized hooks and anthemic choruses, primed for mainstream radio”. But here, with a three-song stripped back set, Tooth Marks play live favourites:

• Out Of My Mind

• Fight For You Anyway

• Falling Down

Between the performances hear a chat with Tooth Marks and VB@H co-founder Ben Barry, so you can get to know a little more about your next favourite band. Find Tooth Marks at:   / toothmarksmusic   https://www.instagram.com/tooth.marks...   / toothmarksmusic   https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XbGG...   / tooth-marks   This project has been a big team effort by the following local talent: VB@H Live Sessions are filmed in and supported by the Vandals’ spiritual home of The Castle Live in Luton, helping to showcase our marvellous hometown venue as much as the artists themselves. Find The Castle Live at:   / thecastlelive     / the_castle_live   We’re also supported by our friends at Seeing Eye Rum, the Bedfordshire-based rock n roll rum drink of choice. Find Seeing Eye Rum at: https://www.seeingeyerum.com/ And all hail the visual delights created by hot new film production company, Luton’s own Two Side Studios. Find them at: https://twosidestudios.co.uk/ VB@H Live Sessions sound is recorded by legendary Castle Live house engineer Arnie Darmanin. Check Arnie out at https://www.instagram.com/adarmaninmu... Lastly, be sure to follow us on social media for regular news of upcoming Live Sessions, live shows at Luton’s only alternative music venue, The Castle Live, and record releases:

Welcome, brothers and sisters, as our new series of VB@H Live Sessions continues with those drunk-folk, acoustic-punk chaos creators, The Barrys. Highlighting the importance of grassroots live music, while showcasing a different side of all our favourite artists, every second Friday of each month we’ll be bringing you some you’ll know and love and some you’ll soon fall for. So make sure you subscribe to never miss a beat. We welcome to VB@H HQ, The Castle in Luton, Liam Burke and Mary Wilcockson, half of the Bedford-based band The Barrys, who released their Gutters and Skylines single on the Vandalism Begins at Home Records label back in 2022, and have graced the venue many times with their riotous rebel-rousing and brilliant bedlam. In this more intimate setting, singer and guitarist Liam unveils his poetic prowess for social commentary which paints a relatable, yet unique picture of the strife of which we call everyday life. Hear Liam and Mary play a three-song stripped back set of unreleased live favourites:

• These Times

• Down

• When I'm Old

This VB@H Live Session is the only place (for now) to hear these exclusive tracks, which are interspersed with a chat with Liam and VB@H co-founder Ben Barry, so you can get to know a little more about The Barrys. Find The Barrys at:   / werethebarrys     / barrys_the     / thebarrys_uk   https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Acxx...   / the-barrys   This project has been a big team effort by the following local talent: VB@H Live Sessions are filmed in and supported by the Vandals’ spiritual home of The Castle Live in Luton, helping to showcase our marvellous hometown venue as much as the artists themselves.