Roger Chapman

Roger Chapman

is the singer best-known in Britain for his work with

Family and the 70s r’n’b band Streetwalkers.

In the pre-punk era, Roger was an enormous cult figure on the British rock

scene, famed for his spectacular showmanship and soaring vibrato. John Peel, the

evergreen Radio 1 DJ, vowed that he’d travel colossal distances to catch a

Chapman gig. But in the days when 60s musicians were being indiscriminately

pensioned off in this country, upstaged by the Sex Pistols and New Wave Music,

Roger poured his energies into performing abroad and thus becoming a rock exile.

Through talent and resilience, he rebuilt his career in Germany during the

1980s, packing out venues, promoting a spate of successful albums and enjoying a

huge European hit with his impassioned rendition of Mike Oldfield’s ’Shadow on

the Wall’. Up to 1993, Chapman only played an occasional clandestine gig in

Britain but following his successful ’Kick It Back’ tour that year he has

maintained more of a UK presence, which continues to develop to this day. Spring

2007 saw the release of his long-awaited new album - One More Time For

Peace together with tours in Europe & the UK through the year. Look out for more in 2008!