Transvision Vamp’s Wendy James unrecognisable three decades after hit Baby I Don’t Care and quitting UK for New York
TRANSVISION Vamp’s Wendy James looks unrecognisable three decades after the band’s smash-hit, Baby I Don’t Care.
Singer Wendy, 57, who shot to fame in the 1980s with the pop group, surprised fans as she shared a recent snap to Twitter.
Now based in New York after quitting the UK earlier in her career, she sported some very heavy eyeliner in her latest selfie.
Famed for her doll-like face, peroxide blonde hair and girly-punk dress sense, former pin-up Wendy retains her rock ‘n’ roll image and continues to make music today.
The London-born star left her adoptive parents’ home at the tender age of 16 and moved to Brighton where she met boyfriend Nick Christian.
The pair started making music and teamed up with pals Dave Parsons, Tex Axile and Pol Burton to form the pop-punk band.
Wendy, the lead singer of the group, was adored for her rebellious and sexually charged antics.
Transvision Vamp released three albums – racking up sales of five million – before they went their separate ways in 1991.
Wendy launched a solo career but she failed to cause much excitement. Her album reached a disappointing chart position of number 43 in 1993.
She formed a new group called Racine in 2004 and they released two albums before breaking up four years later.
A resident of the Big Apple, she told The Scotsman what life is like now: “I’ve just got my own little life going.
“Every day I get up in the morning, pick up my guitar and a pile of lyrics.
“The music builds up in me and I write down the things I think. Then a song pings out, and the whole thing starts again.”