Vapors, The

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Founded: Late 1970s

Headquarters: Surrey, UK

Website Link(s): Secret Noise

Contents 1 Label(s) 2 Genre(s) 3 RIYL 4 Band Members 5 Band Biography 6 Discography 6.1 Albums 6.2 Singles 7 Appears On 7.1 Compilations 7.2 Soundtracks 7.3 Mix CDs 7.4 Radio Shows 8 Further Reading

[edit] Label(s)

United Artists, EMI

[edit] Genre(s)

New Wave

[edit] RIYL

• XTC
• DEVO
• The Jam

[edit] Band Members

• David Fenton
• Steve Smith
• Edward Bazalgette
• Howard Smith

[edit] Band Biography

After gaining a bit of fame as a support act for The Jam, The Vapors had a huge hit with "Turning Japanese" from New Clear Days. In their native UK, they had some followup chart success, but in the US, they didn't have so much luck in that department. After their demos for a third album were rejected, the band decided they'd had enough and broke up. David Fenton had a solo single, but that was about it.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• New Clear Days
• Magnets

[edit] Singles

• "Prisoners" b/w "Sunstroke"
• "Turning Japanese" b/w "Here Comes The Judge" (Live)
• "Turning Japanese" b/w "Somehow"
• "Turning Japanese" (edit) b/w "Talk Talk"
• "News At Ten" (Single Remix) b/w "Wasted" & "Talk Talk"
• "Waiting for the Weekend" (Single Version) b/w "Billy"
• "Spiders" b/w "Galleries for Guns"
• "Jimmie Jones" b/w "Daylight Titans" (both sides remixed)
• "Jimmie Jones" b/w "Silver Machines"
• "Fresh Air" b/w "Buried In Snow" (David Fenton Solo)

[edit] Appears On

[edit] Compilations

[edit] Soundtracks

[edit] Mix CDs

• Jeff Bridges... I Don't Need No Jeff Bridges To Put Music To My Poem!
• Dub Club: Creepy Crawly Creepy Crawly Creepy Creepy Crawly Crawly Creepy Creepy Crawly Crawly - Matt
• Max Tensile Strength
• Dub Club: Arlo - Xmas 2005 Sixteen Candles Soundtrack
• Dub Club: I'm Singing For You All Covered In Sequins - Matt

[edit] Radio Shows

• 50 Skidillion Watts Of Good Will Episode 5

[edit] Further Reading

• Wikipedia Page