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Transvision Vamp

Transvision Vamp is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of X-Ray Spex, The Partisans, Agent Orange, The Primitives and U2. Those roots explain a lot about how Transvision Vamp arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as T'Pau, Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Climie Fisher and Terence Trent D'Arby, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into MAX and Bush, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Transvision Vamp, reaching back through X-Ray Spex and forward to MAX. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Transvision Vamp are an English pop rock band, originally from Putney, London. Formed in 1986 by Nick Christian Sayer and Wendy James, the band enjoyed chart success in the late 1980s, particularly in 1989. James, the lead singer and focal point of the group, attracted media attention with her sexually charged and rebellious image.

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Transvision VampX-Ray SpexThe PartisansAgent OrangeThe PrimitivesU2MAXBushT'PauBelinda CarlisleKim WildeClimie FisherTerence Trent D'ArbyDeacon BlueEurythmicsFine Young Cannibals

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Transvision Vamp connections

Transvision Vamp grew out of X-Ray Spex, The Partisans, Agent Orange and The Primitives, shares an orbit with T'Pau, Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde and Climie Fisher, went on to shape MAX and Bush. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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