
It’s a one-in-a-million whirlwind success story, and it’s theirs to tell. By the end of the following year, they were one of Britain’s buzziest acts – with the biggest-selling debut by a band in 2011.
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The Vaccines uploaded their first demo to YouTube in August 2010. It’s not a particularly provocative name, but I quite like that.” “The name is kind of meaningless, but you can fill it with whatever you want. “The thing that’s great about The Vaccines is, it is this kind of empty vial you can fill with whatever you want,” Young explains. After nixing “Young Mothers” and “The Catholics,” the still fresh West London four-piece of Young, Freddie Cowan (lead guitar, vocals), Árni Árnason (bass, vocals), and Pete Robertson (drums, vocals) finally settled on “The Vaccines,” reasoning that they could mold the name to fit their sound. For what it’s worth, Young and his bandmates knew what they were getting into ten years ago. “A lot of people will tweet at the World Health Organization and us, asking for information or potentially directing a degree of hatred and animosity towards us,” chuckles Justin Hayward-Young, lead singer and guitarist of English indie rock band The Vaccines. You both are and aren’t in high demand everyone either loves you or hates you, and people often mistakenly reach out to you with important health questions. It’s an interesting time to be a band called The Vaccines.

The Vaccines are gonna save 2021, one way or another. ‘What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?’ – The Vaccines It seems like “the vaccines” are all anyone talks about these days, so we decided to join the conversation: Today, The Vaccines’ frontman Justin Young celebrates ten years of ‘What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?’ with an in-depth dive into the indie rock band’s critically acclaimed debut album.
