Rob Chapman (musician)

Rob Chapman (born 1954) is an English rock musician, best known as the vocalist for Bristol-based band the Glaxo Babies.

Biography

He was the singer with the Bristol-based band the Glaxo Babies and with the British alternative rock band The Transmitters, a music journalist for Mojo^[1] and other magazines and newspapers, he made some broadcasting with the BBC National Network,^[2] wrote some books, including an acclaimed Syd Barrett biography, Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head (2010),^[3] and a rock-novel, Dusk Music (2008).

In 2007 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Music Journalism at the University of Huddersfield.^[4][5]

Discography

Vocals, with the Glaxo Babies

• This Is Your Life, EP, Heartbeat Records, 1979
• Christine Keeler, single, Heartbeat Records, 1979
• Various, Avon Calling – The Bristol Compilation, 33t, Heartbeat Records, 1979 ("It's Irrational"); 2×CD, Cherry Red, 2005 ("It's Irrational", "This Is Your Life", "Who Killed Bruce Lee?", "Christine Keeler", "Nova Bossa Nova")
• Various, Labels Unlimited – The Second Record Collection, 33t, Cherry Red, 1979. ("Who Killed Bruce Lee?")
• Peel session, 17/04/1979, BBC Radio One, diffusion 26/04/1979. ("It's Irrational", "Who Killed Bruce Lee?", "Burning", "She Went To Pieces").
• Put Me On The Guest List, LP, RTC/Heartbeat Records, 1980; CD, Birdsong/Hayabusa Landings (J), 2007
• Dreams Interrupted: The Bewilderbeat Years 1978–1980, CD-compilation, Cherry Red, 2006
• The Porlock Factor: Psych Dreams and Other Schemes 1985–1990, CD-compilation, Cherry Red, 2007

Vocals with The Transmitters

• And We Call That Leisure Time, LP, Heartbeat Records, 1981; CD, Birdsong (J), 2007
• Peel session, Transmitters, 22/07/1981, BBC Radio One, diffusion 29/07/198110. ("Joan Of Arc", "Love Factory", "Dance Craze", "Voodoo Woman In Death Plunge/ The Rent Girls Are Coming")

Bibliography

• Rob Chapman, Syd Barrett : A Very Irregular Head, Faber and Faber (GB), 2010. ISBN 978-0-571-23854-5 / Da Capo Press (USA), 2010. ISBN 978-0-306-81914-8 (Biography)
• Rob Chapman, Dusk Music, Flambard Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-873226-95-7 (Novel)
• Rob Chapman, Album Covers From The Vinyl Junkyard, Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1997 et 2000. ISBN 978-1-86154-075-1 (From a show at the Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, 1996.)
• Rob Chapman, Selling the Sixties : The Pirates and Pop Music Radio, Routledge, 1992. ISBN 0-415-07970-5 (From his M.Phil in Mass Communications at the University of Leicester.)

Notes

1. See : a selection on his personal page and a List of articles on Rock's Back Pages
2. According to his academic page : Radio One : Arts Programme 'The Guest List’, History Of Ambient Music, History Of The Pop Press. Radio Two : Radio Two Arts Programme. Radio Four : Kaleidoscope. Radio Five : Danny Baker’s Morning Edition, Hit The North.
3. See : Sean O'Hagan (The Observer, 25/04/2010), Toby Litt (The Guardian, 08/05/2010), Sam Taylor (The Telegraph, 07/05/2010), Jude Rogers (The New Statesman, 13/05/2010), John Walsh (The Independent, 30/04/2010), Lynn Barber (The Sunday Times, 25/04/2010) and Q&A with Rob Chapman, Foyles.co.uk.
4. "Rob Chapman - Music, Humanities and Media". University of Huddersfield. Archived from the original on 03/10/2011. Retrieved 18 July 2014. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
5. "Biography". Rob Chapman. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

External links

• Wikipedia pages : Glaxo Babies; The Transmitters, his rock bands.
• Rob Chapman's personal site, http://www.rob-chapman.com/.
• Academic page at the University of Huddersfield.
• Rob Chapman on Discogs