The Vagabonds caught our eyes and ears via a recent free Strummerville compilation (for those who don’t know about the Strummerville charity – click here to visit and to grab the compilation) because of the title of the track: John Mellor.

Turns out as well as being on the Strummerville Songs For The Summer compilation, the track was on their EP, Another Victory For Hysteria, which was released in December last year.

The Vagabonds are a Dublin based 4-piece punk-rock band. After one listen to this track we concluded they are considerably better than another ‘punk’ band beginning with V that have taken the indie and blogging world by storm. It is a sub two minute classic punk anthem with a machine gun riff and snarled vocals that sounds like it would have been just at home in 1977 as it is today.

Visit their Bandcamp page here to grab the rest of the EP.

Download The Vagabonds – John Mellor mp3 (from Another Victory For Hysteria EP)