Rob Chapman (journalist)

Rob Chapman (born 1954) 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 (2010), and a rock-novel, Dusk Music (2008).

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 ("It's Irrational"); 2×CD, 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")