Anthony Doughty
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Anthony Doughty (born 30 July 1963, Crawley
, Sussex
, England
) is an English
rock
musician
. He was a member of a number of punk
bands
in the late 1970s, including Peroxide Romance, X-Ray Spex
, The Outpatients and The Moors Murderers
. In 1986, he and Dave Parsons
joined fellow musicians Wendy James
and Nick Sayer to form Transvision Vamp
. After they split up, Doughty joined a band called Max with Matthew Ashman
, Kevin Mooney
, John Reynolds
and John Keogh in which he played keyboards. They released a Trevor Horn
produced album
, Silence Running in 1992.
Keogh died soon after the release, and Ashman followed a couple of years later. Doughty continues to release solo albums on his own record label
.
Doughty also has a number of acting
credits to his credit, including appearing in the film
, I Hired a Contract Killer
with Joe Strummer
and Nicky Tesco, as well as appearing with Michael Clarke in Hail The New Puritan.
Crawley
Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. It is south of Charing Cross, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the 2001 Census.The area has...
, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) is an English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. He was a member of a number of punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
bands
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
in the late 1970s, including Peroxide Romance, X-Ray Spex
X-Ray Spex
X-Ray Spex were an English punk band from London that formed in 1976.During their first incarnation , X-Ray Spex were “deliberate underachievers” and only managed to release five singles and one album...
, The Outpatients and The Moors Murderers
The Moors Murderers
The Moors Murderers were a short-lived punk band who caused controversy by naming themselves after The Moors Murders. The band was founded in 1977 by Steve Strange , later to be in Visage, and comprised Chrissie Hynde , later in The Pretenders, Tex , Topper Headon , who was then borrowed from The...
. In 1986, he and Dave Parsons
Dave Parsons
Dave Parsons is a British bass guitarist, most notable as a member of The Partisans, Bush and Transvision Vamp.-With Transvision Vamp:*Pop Art *Velveteen...
joined fellow musicians Wendy James
Wendy James
Wendy James is an English singer-songwriter most notable for her work with the pop band Transvision Vamp.-Transvision Vamp:...
and Nick Sayer to form Transvision Vamp
Transvision Vamp
Transvision Vamp were a British alternative rock group. Formed in 1986 by Nick Christian Sayer and Wendy James the band enjoyed chart success in the late 1980s...
. After they split up, Doughty joined a band called Max with Matthew Ashman
Matthew Ashman
Matthew James Ashman was an English guitarist with Adam and the Ants and Bow Wow Wow. He died of diabetes-related complications in 1995, aged 35.-Career:...
, Kevin Mooney
Kevin Mooney
Kevin Mooney is an English rock bassist and guitarist who has worked with Adam Ant, Sinéad O'Connor, and others.-Career:...
, John Reynolds
John Reynolds
John Reynolds may refer to:* John Reynolds , English writer* John Reynolds , soldier in the English Civil War* John Reynolds , farmer and agricultural innovator from Kent, England...
and John Keogh in which he played keyboards. They released a Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn
Trevor Charles Horn CBE is an English pop music record producer, songwriter, musician and singer. He was born in Houghton-le-Spring in north-east England....
produced album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Silence Running in 1992.
Keogh died soon after the release, and Ashman followed a couple of years later. Doughty continues to release solo albums on his own record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
.
Doughty also has a number of acting
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
credits to his credit, including appearing in the film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, I Hired a Contract Killer
I Hired a Contract Killer
I Hired a Contract Killer is a film directed, produced and written by the Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki in 1990. It is a Finnish-British-German-Swedish co-production and stars the renowned French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud...
with Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...
and Nicky Tesco, as well as appearing with Michael Clarke in Hail The New Puritan.
With Transvision Vamp
- Pop ArtPop Art (album)Pop Art is the debut album from UK pop/rock band Transvision Vamp. It was released in 1988 and features the band's first top ten hit "I Want Your Love"...
(1988) - VelveteenVelveteen (album)Velveteen is the second album from UK pop/rock band Transvision Vamp. The album was released in 1989, a year after their debut album Pop Art. Velveteen produced such hits as "Baby I Don't Care" which reached number 3 in the UK and Australia...
(1989) - Little Magnets Versus The Bubble Of BabbleLittle Magnets Versus the Bubble of BabbleLittle Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble was the third album by UK pop rock band Transvision Vamp. The album was released in 1991, two years after their UK #1 album Velveteen....
(1991)
Singles
- "Revolution BabyRevolution Baby"Revolution Baby" was the debut single by Transvision Vamp and was originally released in 1987 when it only managed to reach #77 on the UK Singles Chart. After the band's breakthrough in 1988 with the release of "I Want Your Love", "Revolution Baby" was subsequently reissued, this time reaching #30...
" (1987) - "Tell That Girl to Shut UpTell That Girl to Shut Up"Tell That Girl to Shut Up" was the second single from UK pop/rock band Transvision Vamp, released in 1988. It is taken from their debut album Pop Art and was originally recorded by Holly and the Italians and was written by Holly Beth Vincent....
" (1988)[ UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#45, US #87, AUS #44] - "I Want Your Love" (1988) [UK #5, AUS #7, SA #1]
- "Revolution BabyRevolution Baby"Revolution Baby" was the debut single by Transvision Vamp and was originally released in 1987 when it only managed to reach #77 on the UK Singles Chart. After the band's breakthrough in 1988 with the release of "I Want Your Love", "Revolution Baby" was subsequently reissued, this time reaching #30...
" (re-issue) (1988) [UK #30, AUS #22] - "Sister MoonSister Moon"Sister Moon" was Transvision Vamp's fifth single release and the final single to be taken from their debut album Pop Art. It was a minor hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1988, peaking at #41.-Track listing:7" vinyl...
" (1988) [UK #41, AUS #91] - "Baby I Don't CareBaby I Don't Care"Baby I Don't Care" was the sixth single from UK pop rock band Transvision Vamp and the first to be taken from their second album Velveteen. It was released in 1989 and remains their highest selling and charting single...
" (1989) [UK #3, AUS #3] - "The Only OneThe Only One (Transvision Vamp song)"The Only One" was the second single to be taken from Transvision Vamp's second studio album Velveteen. It was a UK Top 20 hit in 1989 and peaked at #15, spending a total of six weeks on the chart...
" (1989) [UK #15, AUS #30] - "Landslide of LoveLandslide of Love"Landslide of Love" was the third single to be taken from Transvision Vamp's second album Velveteen. It was a Top 20 UK hit in 1989, spending five weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at #14.-Track listing:7" vinyl...
" (1989) [UK #14, AUS #65] - "Born to Be SoldBorn to Be Sold"Born to Be Sold" was the ninth single to be released by UK band Transvision Vamp. It became a hit in late 1989 and peaked at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart...
" (1989) [UK #22, AUS #97] - "Child of the Age" (1989) Exclusive track on free Record MirrorRecord MirrorRecord Mirror was a British weekly pop music newspaper, founded by Isadore Green and featured, news articles, interviews, record charts, record reviews, concert reviews, letters from readers and photographs. The paper became respected by both mainstream pop music fans and serious record collectors...
7" single. - "(I Just Wanna) B with U(I Just Wanna) B with U" B with U" was a single released by UK band Transvision Vamp in 1991 and was the first to be taken from their final studio album, Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble. It was also the first of their singles to be co-written by Wendy James...
" (1991) [UK #30, AUS #16] - "If Looks Could KillIf Looks Could Kill (Transvision Vamp song)"If Looks Could Kill" was the final single from Transvision Vamp and the second to be taken from their third album Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble. Although released in a variety of formats it only managed to reach #41 on the UK Singles Chart...
" (1991) [UK #41, AUS #51]
Compilations
- The Complete 12"ers Collection Vol. 1The Complete 12"ers Collection Vol. 1The Complete 12"ers Collection Vol. 1 is a 1990 compilation album by the British band Transvision Vamp that was released on the MCA Records label in Japan on CD only...
(1990, MCA Records) - MixesMixes (album)Mixes is a 1992 remix album by the British band Transvision Vamp that was released on the MCA Records label in Japan on CD only. The album contains extended and remixed versions that originally appeared on a variety of formats together with exclusive mixes and rare US promotional releases.The...
(1992, MCA Records) - Kiss Their SonsKiss Their SonsKiss Their Sons is a compilation album by the British pop rock band Transvision Vamp comprising all their singles and selected album tracks. The title is taken from a song originally on the Velveteen album...
(1998, Universal Records) - Baby I Don't CareBaby I Don't Care (album)Baby I Don't Care is a budget compilation album by the British pop rock band Transvision Vamp comprising all their singles, selected album tracks and extended versions...
(2002, Spectrum Music)
Sources
- Alex Ogg - No More Heroes - A Complete History of UK Punk from 1976-1980 - Cherry Red books
- http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/nomoreheroes.php
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043544/
- http://www.sci.fi/~solaris/kauris/ihireda.html
- http://www.texaxile.com