 |
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Former singer/lyricist with Bristol based avant-punksters Glaxo Babies, Rob's chequered c.v. also includes managing a turf accountants at 19, a three-year stretch teaching remedial English in a psychiatric borstal, and broadcasting with Radios One, Two, Four and Five where he was a regular guest on Danny Baker’s Morning Edition.
Apart from contributing to a few fanzines over the years, most notably early issues of the Syd Barrett fanzine Terrapin, and the Manchester-based dance mag Jockey Slut in the early 1990's, Rob only drifted into full-time music journalism in 1995 when he began contributing to Mojo. "I sent in a letter to Jeff Dexter correcting a few errors and omissions in an article about the Hyde Park Free Concerts, almost all of which I attended. Then I thought ‘I remember all this stuff. I was there. About time I started start writing about it.’ After 8 years of writing for Mojo, including classic cover stories on Brian Jones, Keith Moon, Massive Attack and Brian Wilson’s Smile album, Rob moved to Uncut at the tail end of 2003. But like Suzie Creamcheese going back to her Mothers he returned to the EMAP fold in August 2006 just on time to write the Mojo obituary of his hero Syd Barrett. He has also contributed music related features and reviews to The Times, Guardian, and the Independent On Sunday. He is the author of two books, a history of offshore pirate radio, Selling The Sixties (Routledge, 1992) and an alternative history of the record sleeve, The Vinyl Junkyard, (Booth Clibbon 1997.)
Two Glaxo Babies compilations have recently been released on Cherry Red, Dreams Interrupted in 2006, and The Porlock Factor in 2007. Rob's debut novel, Dusk Music, was published by Flambard Press in April 2008. His Syd Barrett biography A VERY IRREGULAR HEAD will be published by Faber in march 2010. Rob is represented by the Sarah Such Literary Agency.
List of articles in the library by artist
Air/Sean Lennon: Ritz, Manchester
Live Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, January 1999
Pete Atkin: Reissues
Review and Interview by Rob Chapman, Jim Irvin, Mojo, April 1998
Kevin Ayers : Caravan/Kevin Ayers: London, Astoria
Essay by Rob Chapman, Mojo, November 1997
Syd Barrett
Obituary by Rob Chapman, Mojo, September 2006
Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me? The Best Of Syd Barrett
Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, May 2001
Beach Boys, The : The Legend of Smile
Retrospective and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, February 2002
Marc Bolan: The Jurassic Years
Retrospective and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, September 2002
Edgar Broughton Band, The : The Edgar Broughton Band: Out Demons Out
Review and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, June 2001
Can: The Albums
Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, August 1997
Can : Hildegard Schmidt and Wolf Kampmann: Can Box: Book
Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, February 1999
Caravan/Kevin Ayers: London, Astoria
Essay by Rob Chapman, Mojo, November 1997
Julian Cope: Head On/Reposessed
Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, November 1999
Holger Czukay : No Borders Here: Holger Czukay’s Movies and On The Way To Peak Of Normal
Review and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, March 1998
De La Soul: Bar Cuba, Macclesfield
Live Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, 1998
Faust: The Wumme Years 1970-1973
Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, November 2000
Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967-1969
Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, October 1999
Ian Hunter : The Gentleman Of The Road
Review and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, October 1996
Brian Jones
Retrospective by Rob Chapman, Mojo, July 1999
Sean Lennon : Air/Sean Lennon: Ritz, Manchester
Live Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, January 1999
Massive Attack : Dark Side of the Spliff: Massive Attack
Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, July 1998
Massive Attack: Mezzanine
Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, May 1998
Keith Moon: Patent British Exploding Drummer
Profile and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, September 1998
Ennio Morricone : How to Buy Ennio Morricone
Guide by Rob Chapman, Mojo, March 1999
Mott The Hoople : The Gentleman Of The Road
Review and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, October 1996
Move, The : The Move: Movements
Review and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, December 1997
Pink Floyd : Syd Barrett
Obituary by Rob Chapman, Mojo, September 2006
PJ Proby : That's Torn It! The Story of P.J. Proby
Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, May 1997
Procol Harum: The Giant Shadow
Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, September 1995
Rolling Stones, The : Brian Jones
Retrospective by Rob Chapman, Mojo, July 1999
Biff Rose : Whaddya Mean You’ve Never Heard of Biff Rose?
Profile by Rob Chapman, Mojo, November 1997
Roxy Music: They Came From Planet Bacofoil
Retrospective and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, December 1995
Todd Rundgren : Rundgren Reissued
Review and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, March 1999
Soft Machine
Retrospective and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, June 1997
Sparks
Interview by Rob Chapman, unpublished, June 2004
Sun Ra : How to Buy Sun Ra
Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, July 1998
T. Rex : Marc Bolan: The Jurassic Years
Retrospective and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, September 2002
Scott Walker: Scott; Scott2; Scott3; Scott4; Boy Child (Fontana/Mercury)
Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, August 2000
Wildeflowers, The : Wilde Flowers: Tales Of Canterbury: The Wilde Flowers Story (Voiceprint)
Essay by Rob Chapman, Mojo, April 1995
Brian Wilson : The Legend of Smile
Retrospective and Interview by Rob Chapman, Mojo, February 2002
Frank Zappa: I was a Teenage Moose Freak! List of genre pieces Apres Nous Le Deluge: The Nouvelle Vague Of Pop Francaise
Report by Rob Chapman, Mojo, December 1998
Report and Interview by Rob Chapman,
David Toop: Exotica: Fabricated Soundscapes In A Real World
Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, July 1999
Glastonbury ‘98
Live Review by Rob Chapman, Mojo, August 1998
I Feel Like I Win When I Lose: The Eurovision Song Contest
Retrospective by Rob Chapman, Mojo, May 1998
Various Artists: The Immediate Single Collection
Essay by Rob Chapman, Mojo, June 2000
Back to LIBRARY
|
||||||
 |
||||||
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Magazine Archive | About Us | Press Room | Your Account | Home