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.

[1] Transvision Vamp's top single was 1989's "Baby I Don't Care", which reached number three in the UK and Australian charts.

The band's original line-up was James, Sayer, Dave Parsons (bass), Tex Axile (keyboards) and Pol Burton (drums).

[2] Sayer was originally in an early Punk band formed in 1977 and based in Bexhill-on-Sea called The Plastics, later Plastix, playing gigs in Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton and in London at The Roxy.

When The Plastix split Nick and the drummer Mark Storr Hoggins joined the Brighton band, Midnight and the Lemon Boys who supported U2 on their first UK tour in 1979.

[3] Transvision Vamp were signed by MCA in December 1986 with the band's first single, "Revolution Baby", being released the following year.

Velveteen was also a significant success in New Zealand (reaching number 12), and parts of Europe, including Switzerland, Germany and Norway, where it entered the top twenty.

[7] In June 1991, MCA refused to release Transvision Vamp's third album Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble in the UK, reportedly disliking the direction of the music and after the two singles released from the album didn't chart as highly as previous singles on the UK charts.

Wendy James launched her solo career in 1993 with the Elvis Costello-written album Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears.