The Yobs were the alter-egos of The Boys, adopting the pseudonyms of H J Bedwetter, Noddy Oldfield, Kid Vicious, Baron Von Bratboy and Ebenezer Polak. Having released an album and two singles on NEMS, The Boys decided to rearrange the 'B' and 'Y' and became The Yobs for their Christmas 1977 single "Run Rudolph Run". In the summer of 1978 The Boys went into dispute with NEMS and bootlegged themselves as The Yobs for their Christmas 1978 offering of "Silent Night". After signing for Safari in 1979 "Little Drummer Boy" was given The Yobs treatment and appeared as "Rub A Dum Dum" in time for Christmas. To promote "Rub A Dum Dum" The Yobs appeared live at the 1979 Safari Christmas Party at the Music Machine with Gary Holton as MC. They were supported by fellow Safari stablemates Toyah and The Boys! They came onstage with stockings over their heads to conceal their identities but only managed to play a few songs before the stage was invaded. It was to be the only time the five original Yobs appeared onstage together. "The Yobs Christmas Album" followed in 1980. In true Yobs style the album was written, recorded and mixed in two days at Pete Townsend’s Eel Pie Studios. Two further albums followed in 1991 (Xmas 2) & 1995 (Leads 3 Amps Utd 0). In 2001 the five original Yobs, along with new drummer Johnny Hosepipe re-recorded 15 old classics alongside one new song, "Who Had All The Christmas Cake?" The resultant album was "The Worst Of The Yobs" released for Christmas 2001.