Vile Imbeciles (or VI) are an English alternative rock band from Brighton formed in 2005 by the ex-The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster songwriter and guitarist Andy Huxley. The band consists of Huxley on guitar and vocals, Evan Reinhold on drums and Deen Lim on bass guitar and vocals.
VI combine funk, post-rock, metal and avant-garde, to make a new genre that has been described as “post-funk”, although this has often been referred to as both “junk funk” and “death jazz” by music journalists (the latter owing to their previous concept album of the same name).
The band’s work to date comprises four studio albums and three singles, all released on independent record labels.
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