Black Tambourine

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Black Tambourine

Background information
Origin Washington, D.C. area, U.S.
Genre(s) Twee pop (Indie pop)
Years active Early 1990s
Label(s) Slumberland
Audrey's Diary

Black Tambourine were one of the earliest Slumberland groups of the early 1990s.

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[edit] Formation

Formed in Silver Spring, Maryland, this twee pop (a branch of indie pop) band were influenced by The Jesus and Mary Chain, Phil Spector, Smokey Robinson, Love, The Ramones, the Shop Assistants, The Pastels, 14 Iced Bears, Orange Juice, and the English bands signed to Creation 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.

[edit] 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") (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 (link); and "Pam's Tan" was included on a 1989 Slumberland 7" called What Kind of Heaven Do You Want? (link). A posthumous anthology, Complete Recordings, was released on Slumberland in 2002 (link).

[edit] 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.

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