Transvision Vamp

Transvision Vamp were a popular British alternative rock group. Formed in 1986 by Nick Christian Sayer and Wendy James the band enjoyed chart success in the late 1980s. James, the lead singer and focal-point of the group, attracted media...

In this article: Wendy James, Dave Parsons, Holly and the Italians, Racine, Anthony Doughty, MCA, Matthew Ashman, and X-Ray Spex

If Looks Could Kill was the final single from Transvision Vamp and the second to be taken from their third (US only) album Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble. Although released in a variety of formats it only managed to reach #41 on...

In this article: If Looks Could Kill, Dog, Dave Parsons, Anthony Doughty, I Want Your Love, Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble, UK, and US

...released on the BBC Sessions album. The Hold Steady covered the song for the soundtrack to the Dylan quasi-biopic I'm Not There. Transvision Vamp covered the song on their third album, "Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble." Les...

In this article: Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Songbook, Nick Hornby, Blonde on Blonde, One of Us Must Know, Les Fradkin, I'm Not There, and The Hold Steady

...just that -- the sound and its evolution, rather than a strictly distaff conceit (Blondie and Holly & the Italians in the '70s and '80s, Transvision Vamp and the Primitives in the '90s and Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Raveonettes today). "In and...

In this article: Brian McKnight, Lyle Lovett, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, The Swell Season, R&B, Backstreet Boys, Raveonettes, Glen Hansard, BeBe & CeCe Winans, and Once

...supported Anthrax , Lost Cherrees, Conflict and others. The band split up in 1984. Dave Parsons later found chart success with Transvision Vamp and, even later, Bush . Andy moved to Scandinavia. Andy and Rob recorded one more session...

In this article: The Partisans, No Future, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Oi!, Dave Parsons, Lost Cherrees, and Ramones

Little Magnets Versus The Bubble Of Babble was the third album by UK pop rock band Transvision Vamp. The album was released in 1991 , two years after their UK #1 album ''Velveteen ''. This album did not follow in the successful footsteps...

In this article: Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble, Velveteen, UK, Wendy James, and US

Pop Art is the debut album from UK pop/rock band Transvision Vamp. It was released in 1988 and features the band's first top ten hit 'I Want Your Love'. The album reached #4 in the UK and over in Australia, it was the 25th highest selling...

In this article: Pop Art, I Want Your Love, UK, and Australia

...2:26 am Funny, I was just thinking I need to start running in the mornings again. Dead or alive's You spin me round (like a record) or Transvision Vamp: I want your love. A classic and one that works for me is "Lunatic Fringe" by Red...

In this article: All Out of Love, Lose Yourself, IPod, Air Supply, Eminem, Metallica, and Guns n Roses

...only days before she died, she finished repairing a gold sequinned jacket she had made for Wendy James, lead singer of Eighties group Transvision Vamp. Other clients included singer Alison Goldfrapp, for whom she designed stage dresses.

In this article: Wendy James, London, and Alison Goldfrapp

...characteristics of the emerging network society. I first noticed this back in 2004, when I was walking down the street humming Transvision Vamp's "Baby I Don't Care" and realised that I had it on my iPod, so could listen to the original...

In this article: Cory Doctorow, Karl Marx, FriendFeed, Skype, YouTube, Internet Archive, BBC World Service, and BoingBoing