She became an 80s pop icon – and a media hate figure. Now, reforming her group after more than 30 years, James recalls her painful path through through the music business, surviving ‘Harvey ...

This week, it is Wendy James’s 50th birthday. To celebrate, Rock’s Backpages brings you an interview (or ‘scratch feature’) from Melody Maker in April 1988, in which she and the band talk about sex, ...

Wendy James interview: 'I was expected to be coquettish, fluttering my eyelashes' The former Transvision Vamp singer on being torn apart by the press, putting up with 'shady' comments, and posing ...

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1: Who reached Number Six in the UK Singles Chart in 2003 with a cover of Transvision Vamp’s ‘Baby I Don’t Care’? “It was the soap opera person who’d been in Brookside, but I don’t know her name.” “I ...

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Fame came knocking for Wendy James when she was 21 years old and she was absolutely ready for it, writes Ed Power. Three decades later and still a vamp. “The record company probably couldn’t believe ...

As hit singles Baby I Don’t Care and I Want Your Love set up camp on the Australian charts, the band were greeted by thousands of fans and a big police presence outside the venues they were booked to ...

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