Rob Chapman (journalist)
Rob Chapman is an English music journalist and rock musician, best known as the vocalist for the defunct post-punk 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 and other magazines and newspapers, he made some broadcasting with the BBC National Network, wrote some books, including an acclaimed Syd Barrett biography, Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head, and a rock-novel, Dusk Music.
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 ; 2×CD, Cherry Red, 2005
- Various, Labels Unlimited – The Second Record Collection, 33t, Cherry Red, 1979.
- Peel session, 17/04/1979, BBC Radio One, diffusion 26/04/1979..
- Put Me On The Guest List, LP, RTC/Heartbeat Records, 1980; CD, Birdsong/Hayabusa Landings, 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, 2007
- Peel session, Transmitters, 22/07/1981, BBC Radio One, diffusion 29/07/198110.
