Transvision Vamp

The band's original lineup was James, Sayer, Dave Parsons (bass), Tex Axile (keyboards), and Pol Burton (drums). Sayer was originally in an early punk band formed in 1977 and based in Bexhill-on-Sea called The Plastics, later Plastix, whose founding members were Sayer, Michael Cook and Mark Storr Hoggins and they were later joined by Mark Wilmshurst. They played gigs in Hastings, Eastbourne, and Brighton as well as in London at The Roxy. When The Plastix split, Sayer and the drummer Storr Hoggins joined the Brighton band Midnight and the Lemon Boys, who supported U2 on their first UK tour in 1979. Parsons and Axile had also both been in punk bands before joining Transvision Vamp, Parsons in The Partisans and Axile in various bands, most notably The Moors Murderers and X-Ray Spex offshoot Agent Orange. In December 1986, Transvision Vamp were signed by MCA, which released the band's first single, "Revolution Baby", the next year. It stalled at number 77 in the UK in September 1987. The album also did well in Switzerland (#20) and Sweden (#25). The 1989 releases of the single "Baby I Don't Care" and the album it was on made that year Transvision Vamp's most successful. The song peaked at number three in both the UK and becoming the 39th-bestselling album of the year. Velveteen was also a significant success in New Zealand (reaching number 12) and parts of Europe, including Switzerland, Germany, and Norway, where it entered the top twenty. Following a statement from MCA, Transvision Vamp officially disbanded in February 1992. In 1993 Wendy James launched her solo career with the Elvis Costello-written album ''Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears''. == Post-split activity and reunion ==

Anthony Doughty (Tex Axile) joined a band called Max, with Matthew Ashman, Kevin Mooney, John Reynolds and John Keogh in which he played keyboards. They released a Trevor Horn-produced album Silence Running in 1992. Keogh died soon after the release and Ashman a couple of years later. Doughty continues to release solo albums on his own label. Parsons, meanwhile, joined British post-grunge band Bush, who would achieve commercial success in the 1990s. Wendy James embarked on a solo career, first with a collaboration with her 1993 album ''Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears'', which reached number 43 on the UK Albums Chart.The lead single, "The Nameless One", reached 34 on the UK Singles Chart, MCA and James parted company in August of that same year. In 2004, James formed a band named Racine, with which she released two albums. A single, "Grease Monkey", charted at number 114 in the UK in April 2005. Racine broke up and closed down their official band site in December 2008. In July 2025, James announced that she had reformed Transvision Vamp with a new lineup, including a returning Dave Parsons and two new members: Thurston Moore collaborator Alex Ward on guitar and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds drummer James Sclavunos. The band's co-founder and songwriter, Sayer, is not part of the new lineup. == Band members ==

;Current members • Wendy James – lead vocals (1986 – 1991, 2025 – present). • Dave Parsons – bass, backing vocals (1986 – 1991, 2025–present). • Alex Ward – guitar, backing vocals (2025 – present). • James Sclavunos – drums (2025 – present). • Matt Millership - keyboards (2025 - present). ;Past members • Nick Christian Sayer – guitar, backing vocals (1986 – 1991). • Tex Axile – keyboards, sequencer, electronic drums, guitar, backing vocals (1986 – 1991). • Pol Burton – drums (1986 – 1989). • James "Jazz" Piper – guitar, backing vocals (1989 – 1991). • Martin "Mallet" Hallett – drums, backing vocals (1989 – 1991). == Discography ==

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