Shampoo

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There are five artists with the name Shampoo: 1. A British pop duo 2. A Belgian jazz rock band 3. A Brazilian rock band 4. An Atlanta, GA-based indie band 5. An anonymous underground house producer 1. Shampoo were a female pop duo recording between 1993 and 2000. Comprising of Jacqui Blake and Carrie Askew, Shampoo were most famous for their peroxide blonde hair, habitual wearing of sunglasses and their single Trouble. History Jacqui Blake and Carrie Askew met as teenagers at high school in Plumstead where they became best friends and partners in crime. In the early nineties they started writing 'Last Exit' the first fanzine for the Manic Street Preachers and later appeared in the video for Little Baby Nothing. The track featured vocals from porn star Traci Lords, although she did not appear in the video. In their teens, they formed Shampoo (according to their self-propelled urban legend the name derived from the schoolyard nickname 'the shampoo girls' due to their repeated retort that they were 'washing their hair' whenever the boys in school would ask them out!) Their first single Blisters and Bruises with the b-sides 'Paydirt' and 'I Love Little Pussy' was released by Icerink records (a shortlived label created by Saint Etienne Bob Stanley and Pete Wigg) on 7' pink vinyl in 1993. This and their following single Bouffant Headbutt received favourable reviews in the music press, such as the NME and Melody Maker but was largely ignored by the general public. Whilst their first two singles were all-out girl-punk racket the following year saw the release of their most famous song, 'Trouble', and the album 'We Are Shampoo which displayed a much more radio friendly sound. 'Trouble' crashed up the charts and landed the girls on Top Of The Pops and the cover of Smash Hits. For the remainder of 1994 the Shampoo flag flew high as their infectious pop-with-attitude found fans in both the mainstream and Alternative music scenes. The band famously became very successful in Japan - possibly due to sharing a love of all things Hello Kitty. However, by the time they released their next album Girl Power in 1995 they were already virtually forgotten in Britain and when the Spice Girls appropriated the phrase to great effect its origins went sadly un-noted. Interestingly though it is for this reason that despite using the words 'girl power' constantly in interviews and on merchandise the Spice Girls were never able to have an album with this title. Though their homelands were ignoring them, Shampoo were still doing well in Asia and to the astonishment of those who'd never heard of them made it into 1995's 'richest women in Britain' list. The third Shampoo album Absolute Shampoo was released solely on the internet in 2000 and the duo disbanded shortly afterwards. Shampoo combined a poppy girlishness and a love of all things plastic, kitsch, and pink (the album artwork for 'We Are Shampoo' featured a collage of barbie dolls and sweetie wrappers) with a Punk sensibility. They often cited their main influences as being the Sex Pistols, Gary Numan and the Beastie Boys whilst also claiming to be huge fans of East 17 and Take That! They approached interviews with a studied insolence and tended to finish each others sentences claiming that they always think the same thing as each other. Playing on an image that was part Johnny Rotten, part stubborn lolita infantilism, part lipstick lesbian and part razor sharp wit, the girls tended to confuse both journalists and record-buyers as to who exactly their target audience was. Whilst this may have prevented an ongoing mainstream success this was arguably also their greatest strength in an industry increasingly dominated by one dimensional artists. 2. Shampoo was a progressive Jazz Rock band from Belgium who released 1 album in 1972 entitled Volume One and a single called All of Us / Today Is the First Day which was released in 1973 Members: Luk Smets - Keyboards, Vocals Marcel de Cauwer - Drums Giorgio Chitschenko - Saxophone François Maes - Saxophone Rudi Pincé - Bass 3. Brazilian pop/rock band from the 80s. Members: Zé Luís - Vocals Bira - Bass André - Drums Nelson - Guitars Julio Caesar - Keyboards,Piano 4. Atlanta, GA-based indie band Members: Chandler Kelly - bass Rush Meyers - Vocals, Guitars Catherine Quesenberry - synth . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Genres

rock and indie,britpop,riot grrrl,

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country: GB

City: 1993

Begin Date: 1993

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Kane & James, Michael Sanders, and Shampoo at Asbury Park Brewery (June 4, 2026)

New York (NYC) - Asbury Park Brewery

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2026

Shampoo with Benny P at Ortlieb's (June 12, 2026)

Philadelphia - Ortlieb's

12/Jun

2026

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Last FM

a memory; again and again

a memory; again and again

Jan/2020

fantasy

Aug/2020

渦巻き

Aug/2020

Cars - Single

Jul/2020

Rng - EP

Jul/2020

Sweet Dreams (feat. Aco) - Single

Sweet Dreams (feat. Aco) - Single

Mar/2020

Good Vibes (feat. Walter Mourão) - Single

Good Vibes (feat. Walter Mourão) - Single

Dec/2019

Get Away (feat. Naiara Terra) - Single

Get Away (feat. Naiara Terra) - Single

Dec/2019

Bands In My Pocket

Bands In My Pocket

Sep/2019

Love Romance

Jul/2019

Neo Tokyo

Jan/2020

Katarsis - EP

Dec/2018

Blizzard Drive -reissue-

Blizzard Drive -reissue-

Dec/2016

Terrible Heat

Aug/2016

In Naples 1980/81 (2012 - Remaster)

In Naples 1980/81 (2012 - Remaster)

Oct/2012

We Are Shampoo [Explicit]

We Are Shampoo [Explicit]

Jul/2007

Trouble - Single

Trouble - Single

Feb/2007

Absolute Shampoo

Absolute Shampoo

Jan/2000

Hoje É Dia de Jogo - Single

Hoje É Dia de Jogo - Single

Sep/2024

Curte A Vida Que a Vida É Curta - Single

Curte A Vida Que a Vida É Curta - Single

Sep/2024

A Pagodeira - Single

A Pagodeira - Single

Jul/2024

Complete Shampoo

Complete Shampoo

Jun/2024

Livin on Edge - Single

Livin on Edge - Single

Jun/2024

Wrinkly Ding Ding - Single

Wrinkly Ding Ding - Single

Jun/2024

sleepcycle

Oct/2023

四季ノ歌 - Single

Nov/2022

Lala In Rio - Single

Lala In Rio - Single

Aug/2022

Bubble pop (feat. あずきうい) - Single

Bubble pop (feat. あずきうい) - Single

May/2022

クサリ (feat. ALICE MARMALADE) - Single

クサリ (feat. ALICE MARMALADE) - Single

Dec/2021

Piano Bar Sertanejo

Piano Bar Sertanejo

Jun/2021

Tá Tudo Errado (Acústica) - Single

Tá Tudo Errado (Acústica) - Single

Nov/2024

É Sexta Feira Sim (Acústica) - Single

É Sexta Feira Sim (Acústica) - Single

Oct/2024

Forgotten Lane

May/2025

FIFTEEN [Explicit]

FIFTEEN [Explicit]

Jun/2025

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