"I eagerly came back to Juneau with encouragement from Sean Tracey and the members from the band that said, 'Let's rock again,'" Burrous said.

George Wallace has stepped in to play electric bass to replace Fry on the upright bass.

The new lineup has altered the band's sound a bit, but it will still retain the rockabilly feel that people could rely on in the ever-changing Juneau music scene, Burrous said.

"Anybody who has heard us knows we're more blues based," he said. "With the absence of the upright bass it lends to more of a rock-and-roll feel."

The Vaporizers will play its first gigs this weekend since the band dissolved back in May. The band will play on Friday, Dec. 21, and Saturday, Dec. 22, at the Alaskan Hotel & Bar. The shows will begin around 9:30 p.m., and there is no cover charge.

"Right now we're reforming. ... just seeing how we fit together," McFarlin said. "We'll take it one show at a time and hopefully do some recording in the future."

There may be more change on the horizon for the band other than its lineup and sound, Burrous said.

"We're revamping The Vaporizers," he said. "We're considering a name change but we haven't come up with a new name yet, so for now it's still The Vaporizers."

The band also has changed how it prepares for performances and has begun a regular rehearsal regimen, Burrous said.

"That is something we rarely did in the past," he said.

The band is hoping to bring back a genre of music that has been getting limited stage time in Juneau recently, Burrous said.

"There's been a certain lack of rock and roll and blues in town from what I've heard ... so I think it's going to be good for everyone," she said.

The Vaporizers have tended to mix up the sound at its gigs depending on the feel of the crowd, McFarlin said.

"We're a live band, and we haven't recorded so it seems our presentation changes from night to night," he said.

If the crowd is a little loud and edgy the band will pick up the tempo and play more rock-inspired music, he said. When the crowd is mellow, the band tends to play more blues-based tunes, McFarlin said.

"We kind of give people what they want," he said.