Tuesday, May 07, 2002

Streetwalkers

Streetwalkers
England
Blues rock, hard rock

Streetwalkers were an English rock band formed in late 1973 by two former members of Family, vocalist Roger Chapman and guitarist John "Charlie" Whitney. They were a five piece band which evolved from the Chapman/Whitney band.
After recording the album Chapman/Whitney "Streetwalkers", Chapman and Whitney changed the name of their band to Streetwalkers and Tench joined them as an official band member, when they signed to Phonogram Inc. in 1975. Tench was joined by drummer Nicko McBrain, who would later join Iron Maiden and bass player Jon Plotel. They had previously appeared on a European broadcast for the German TV show Rockpalast with Chapman and Whitney earlier the same year, billed as The Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers. The band's first album, Downtown Flyers (1975) was released in both USA and Europe but did not achieve the anticipated success in USA, although interest in Europe was more encouraging.


Streetwalkers (1974) as Chapman/Whitney
Downtown Flyers (1975) 2002 Rem.
Red Card (1976)
Live (1977)
Vicious But Fair (1977)