It was a brave move by Vardis to start their recorded career in 1980 with the live album '100 MPH' as any following studio albums would have to be measured against it but the brace of 'The World's Insane' and 'Quo Vardis' released in 1981 and 1982 respectively rose to the challenge but their 4thIt was a brave move by Vardis to start their recorded career in 1980 with the live album '100 MPH' as any following studio albums would have to be measured against it but the brace of 'The World's Insane' and 'Quo Vardis' released in 1981 and 1982 respectively rose to the challenge but their 4th and unfortunately final release in 1986 of 'Vigilante' was always my favourite. The album really should have given their careers a boost but record company apathy led to Vardis going their seperate ways. The faithful have waited for a reunion and our prayers were answered online in 2013 when Vardis drummer Gary Pearson had finally managed to track down lead guitarist Steve Zodiac and rehearsals had been planned with 'Vigilante' era bassist Terry Horbury. Better news was to come with their comeback gig booked for March 1st 2014 at Brofest UK #2 where they raised the roof to a packed out room and that 'Vigilante' was to be remastered by Steve. So here we are now with 'Vigilante' available via Hoplite Records on CD with an 8 page booklet and a bonus track called 'Who Loves Ya Baby?" which was the B side of their [...]
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