Rob Chapman (born 1954) is an English music journalist and rock musician, best known as the vocalist for the defunct post-punk band the

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Biography

He was the singer with the Bristol-based band the

and with the British alternative rock band The Transmitters, a music journalist for

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and other magazines and newspapers, he made some broadcasting with the BBC National Network, wrote some books, including an acclaimed

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biography, ''Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head'' (2010), and a rock-novel, ''Dusk Music'' (2008). In 2007 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Music Journalism at the University of Huddersfield.

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, ''Psychedelia and Other Colours'', Faber & Faber, 2015. (Pop culture/history) * Rob Chapman, ''Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head'', Faber & Faber (UK), 2010. / Da Capo Press (US), 2010. (Biography) * Rob Chapman, ''Dusk Music'', Flambard Press, 2008. (Novel) * Rob Chapman, ''Album Covers From The Vinyl Junkyard'', Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1997 et 2000. (From a show at the Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, 1996.) * Rob Chapman, ''Selling the Sixties: The Pirates and Pop Music Radio'', Routledge, 1992. (From his M.Phil in Mass Communications at the University of Leicester.)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Rob English male singers 1954 births Living people British post-punk musicians