Vile Imbeciles (or VI) are an English rock band from Brighton formed in 2005 consisting of ex-The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster guitarist Andy Huxley on guitar and vocals, Evan Reinhold on drums and Deen Lim on bass guitar and vocals. The band's work to date comprises four studio albums, all released on independent record labels. Inception and ...Ma The band was formed in 2005 following Huxley's departure from The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. The original line-up was Huxley, James Hair ("lead bassist", formerly of Neils Children), and Rob "Bertie" Lean (drums and vocals). The debut album ...Ma, was released on 4 June 2007 on White Heat Records, and was shortly followed by the single "Slack Hands" on 18 June 2007. The album title was a dedication to longtime friend and supporter Dave Ma, who directed the video to "Slack Hands". The album was recorded by Huxley in his bedroom in Hove and received some attention from the press, being reviewed in both NME and Kerrang! amongst others, the former giving it 2 out of 10 and the latter 4 out of 5. Owing to the album's harsh sound the band received a mixed reception from previous fans of Huxley. Queenie Was a Blonde / Death Jazz Released under the name Queenie Was a Blonde on 14 July 2008 on Tea Vee Eye Records, the band's second album included the addition of Caspian Rospigliosi on guitar. The album title was taken from the opening line of the Joseph Moncure March poem The Wild Party. The first single from the album "Bad Ideas" was released on 18 August 2008, the promotional video being shot on the same day that Lean quit the group. The band went on to promote the album with new drummer Evan Reinhold, who had previously collaborated with Huxley in bohemian cabaret band The Dirty Cakes (featured on the BBC Three Reality TV Show Singing with the Enemy). The band completed their thirty-minute one song mini-concept-album Death Jazz in late 2008; the recording features Reinhold and Lean drumming alongside each other on the work. The band's self-styled death jazz genre and concept album had been a running joke continuously referred to in interviews since the band's inception. The Guardian subsequently released an article referring to death jazz as a new musical genre, only briefly mentioning the band. Huxley has since commented on the concept album, "The idea was that