The Transmitters | |
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| Origin | Ealing, London, England |
| Genres | Post-punk, jazz fusion, art punk, psychedelic rock |
| Years active | 1977–1988 2007–present? |
| Labels | Ebony (1978–1979) Step-Forward (1979–1980) Heartbeat (1981–1988) 9CC/Craving Co (1989) You Are Not Stealing (2006) Elsewhere (2007–present) |
| Members | Dave Baby Rob Chapman Jim Chase Vince Cutcliffe Amanda de Grey Sam Dodson John Guillani Hamilton Lee Mikel Lee Christopher McHallem James McQueen Dave Muddyman Mark Perry John Quinn Bob Sargeant Joe Sax Julian Treasure Steve Walsh Simon "Sid" Wells Tim Whelan John Woodley |
| Website | elsewhen |
The Transmitters were a British art rock/post-punk 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, although this did not translate into substantial commercial success.
The Transmitters are also notable for featuring future members of Loop Guru and Transglobal Underground and for sharing two members with cult pop band Furniture, as well as a guest stint by Glaxo Babies vocalist Rob Chapman. Their sound was compared to (among others) The Fall, XTC, Gang of Four, This Heat and Magazine.
(This band should not be confused with the other British indie band called The Transmitters, who are a more conventional indie rock band with an entirely different line-up, and were formed in 2006.)