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9.22.2008

New Mullet on Monday - The Vapors

Our mullet for this week is one I actually kind of like, really not quite a full-fledged mullet -- a pre-mullet, if you will, in the vein of David Bowie or Leonard Graves Phillips of The Dickies. It's a little shorter in front, so it's alright. Anyway, this pre-mullet belonged to David Fenton, lead vocalist and guitarist of The Vapors, a British band that released a pair of albums in 1980 and 1981.

Much to my surprise, Turning Japanese was not the only Vapors video to be found on YouTube. From New Clear Days (1980), this is Waiting for the Weekend.

Trivia: The Vapors were discovered by Bruce Foxton of The Jam (and prior New Mullet on Monday), and were managed by Foxton and and Paul Weller's father, John.

A bit of an update from the fan-run MySpace page of The Vapors: Dave Fenton has recently gone back to working as a solicitor (a lawyer who offers legal services outside of the courts), Howard Smith (drums) started at PRS (not sure what this is) in 1982 and still, Ed Bazalgette (lead guitar) works as a tape editor at the BBC, Steve Smith (bass and vocals) still plays in bands and does some sound mixing etc...

Links:
The Vapors on Wikipedia
The Vapors at the AllMusic
Secret Noise - A Fan Site

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