- Black Tambourine
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Infobox musical artist
Name = Black Tambourine
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Origin =Washington, D.C. area, U.S.
Genre =Twee pop (Indie pop )
Years_active = Early 1990s
Label = Slumberland
Audrey's Diary
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Notable_instruments =Black Tambourine were one of the earliest Slumberland groups of the early 1990s.
Formation
Formed in
Silver Spring, Maryland , thistwee pop (a branch ofindie pop ) band were influenced byThe Jesus and Mary Chain ,Phil Spector ,Smokey Robinson , Love,The Ramones , theShop Assistants ,The Pastels ,14 Iced Bears ,Orange Juice , and the English bands signed toCreation Records .The band comprised singer Pam Berry, Brian Nelson, Archie Moore and Mike Schulman. The members came to the project already acquainted with each other; both Nelson and Schulman were in Whorl together, while Schulman (also of Powderburns) co-founded Slumberland Records. Moore, meanwhile, was in
Velocity Girl , and Berry had co-founded the "Chickfactor" zine.Output
Black Tambourine only played a handful of gigs but still had a great influence on emerging American indie pop. They released one single on Slumberland in 1991 ("By Tomorrow") ( [http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/54 link] ), another on Audrey's Diary the following year ("Throw Aggi Off the Bridge") and had several other songs featured elsewhere: "We Can't Be Friends" appeared on a
spinART compilation titled "One Last Kiss" in 1992 ( [http://www.spinartrecords.com/site/popups/album.php?a=135 link] ); and "Pam's Tan" was included on a 1989 Slumberland 7" called "What Kind of Heaven Do You Want?" ( [http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/4?ret=discog link] ). A posthumous anthology, "Complete Recordings", was released on Slumberland in 2002 ( [http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/2 link] ).After Black Tambourine
After the band parted ways Berry went on to sing with numerous bands including The Shapiros, glo-worm, Castaway Stones, Veronica Lake, Bright Colored Lights, Belmondo, Seashell Sea and The Pines; she also returned to Chickfactor. Nelson went on to Velocity Girl; Moore to Heartworms; and Schulman to Magpies and Candleman.
Externals links
*The [http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/black-tambourine Black Tambourine web site] at Slumberland Records has mp3 samples and a collection of reviews.
* [http://www.spinartrecords.com/site/index.php spinART] sells "One Last Kiss".
*A [http://www.twee.net/bands/blacktambour.html discography] is available at TweeNet.
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