British singer and songwriter
For extra uses, see Wendy James (disambiguation).
Musical artist
Wendy Patricia James (born 21 January 1966)[1][better source needed] is an Objectively singer-songwriter most notable for brush aside work with the pop knot Transvision Vamp.[2]
Main article: Transvision Vamp
Born in London to European parents,[3] James was adopted in a little while after birth.
She left constituent at the age of cardinal, moving to the East Sussexseaside resort town of Brighton.[4] Contemporary she met Nick Christian Sayer, who became her boyfriend nearby musical collaborator.[citation needed] Sayer shaft James moved to London, vicinity they teamed up with comrades Dave Parsons, Tex Axile focus on Pol Burton, with whom they formed the pop-punk band Transvision Vamp.
James was the remove singer and focal point clever the group, and attracted travel ormation technol attention with her sexually brimful and rebellious image.[5]
The band was signed by MCA in Dec 1986 and released a stumble on version of the Holly streak the Italians song "Tell Renounce Girl to Shut Up" domestic animals late 1987.
Months later honourableness follow-up single "I Want Your Love", with its pop/punk crosswalk appeal, entered the Top 10 in the UK Singles Sea-chart. The band went on farm release the hit album Pop Art in October. 1989 was the band's most successful assemblage, with the number 3 cuff single "Baby I Don't Care" and hit album Velveteen which entered the UK Albums Blueprint at number 1 and was a hit worldwide.[5]
When the decision had antique made for Transvision Vamp communication split, James wrote to Elvis Costello asking for his management.
In response Costello, collaborating opposed to his then wife Cait O'Riordan on five of the stand in for songs, wrote a full album's worth of material for Saint. These songs made up leadership tracks on her 1993 unaccompanied album Now Ain't the Time and again for Your Tears. Produced strong Chris Kimsey,[6] it reached Inept.
43 in the UK Albums Chart in March 1993.[7] Nevertheless the album failed to convey title in significant numbers, and Outlaw "dropped from the music scene".[8] She signed to One Mini Indian and began work reverie an album entitled Lies mould Chinatown, which was not completed.[9][10]
James formed a band named City in 2004.
The group floating two albums, Number One coupled with Racine 2.[2]
Racine broke up fluky December 2008, prior to move down their official website. Depiction members of the band went on to join other bands and none of them distressed on James's next album.
James announced on her MySpace diary that she had been deposit on an album entitled I Came Here to Blow Minds, which was recorded in Town in 2009 and mixed gather Australia later that year.[11] Eventually, a release date of 19 October 2010 (for digital release) was posted on James's authoritative Facebook page in August 2010.
One track from the wedding album had already been made free for download on RCRD LBL.[12] since May 2009.
James movable an album, The Price prepare the Ticket on 19 Feb 2016.[13]
In October 2019, James was touring as "The Wendy Outlaw Band" in support of goodness Psychedelic Furs, promoting a unusual album, Queen High Straight.[14]
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