The Transmitters

The Transmitters
OriginEaling, London, England
GenresPost-punk, jazz fusion, art punk, psychedelic rock
Years active1977–1988
2007–present?
LabelsEbony (1978–1979)
Step-Forward (1979–1980)
Heartbeat (1981–1988)
9CC/Craving Co (1989)
You Are Not Stealing (2006)
Elsewhere (2007–present)
MembersDave 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
Websiteelsewhen.org.uk/transmitters.html

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.)