Category: The Vipers

In 1981 The Vipers released “Take Me” on the Room to Move E.P. This was a collaboration with the fledgling Energy Music record label, Mulligan

I only learned yesterday of the sad passing of Paul Boyle, lead singer with my old band the Vipers. We had lost contact with him

The Brown Van, the White album and the Long and Winding Road. It was almost like a storyline from the sitcom ‘Only Fools and Horses’.

Top Hat and (Tall) Tales In October 1978, I was playing bass with the Vipers when we got a support slot with The Jam on

The second version of The Vipers, or as we might call it today Vipers 2.0 was active from July 1978 to September 1979. The band

The complete session was recorded by The Vipers on 13 February 1979 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the

In November 1978 the Vipers signed a record deal with a small Irish folk label called Mulligan records. They agreed to release our first single.

When The Vipers lived in London we did our very best to not pay for drinks. We were fortunate to have toured with Thin Lizzy

Black Rose, Red Devils and Dublin in the Green The night before the Manchester gig, Philo came over to us and said; “Youse can stay