Rob Chapman is an English rock-musician, journalist, teacher and writer.

Biography

He was the singer with the Bristol-based band the Glaxo Babies

Glaxo Babies

Glaxo Babies were a Bristol-based UK post-punk group, formed in late 1977. There were three distinct phases in the bands life and after initially breaking up in 1980, they reformed in 1985, only to finally break-up again in 1990.-First phase:...

 and with the British alternative rock band The Transmitters

The Transmitters (band)

The Transmitters were a British alternative rock band active during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. Mixing elements of punk, jazz and psychedelia, the band were critical favourites throughout their lifetime and played support slots for a wide variety of underground and mainstream bands,...

, a music journalist for Mojo

Mojo (magazine)

MOJO is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music...

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

Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett , born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic...

 biography, Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head (2010), and a rock-novel, Dusk Music (2008).

He is also "Senior Lecturer in Music Journalism" with 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"); 2xCD, 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")

Links

• Wikipedia pages : Glaxo Babies
  Glaxo Babies
  Glaxo Babies were a Bristol-based UK post-punk group, formed in late 1977. There were three distinct phases in the bands life and after initially breaking up in 1980, they reformed in 1985, only to finally break-up again in 1990.-First phase:...
  
  ; The Transmitters
  The Transmitters (band)
  The Transmitters were a British alternative rock band active during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. Mixing elements of punk, jazz and psychedelia, the band were critical favourites throughout their lifetime and played support slots for a wide variety of underground and mainstream bands,...
  
  , his rock bands.
• Rob Chapman's personal site, http://www.rob-chapman.com/.
• Academic page at the University of Huddersfield.
• Rob Chapman on Discogs