Vyvyan

Vyvyan (named after a character in the 80's comedy TV series, The Young Ones) was an English garage rock / punk group, founded by four high school girls from in and around Croydon, London in 1997, who sent  a demo tape of four songs to Abuse Records. Encouraged from the positive feedback, the group began to play gigs and worked on honing their skills. Two years later Vyvyan released an eight song album entitled "Teenage Wannabees". After their American tour in 1999, the group decided to call it a day. Vyvyan consisted of Hannah Montaque (vocals, guitar and chief songwriter), Amanda Faircloth (vocals and bass), Holly May (vocals and guitar) and Ruth Slatter (vocals and drums).

Links To Peel
Peel seemed to discover the band from the Snakebite City Seven compilation in 1997. On his 23 August 1998 (BFBS) show, Peel mentioned that he was not happy with the group when they sent their single through registered post, which woke him up, when Sheila had to answer the door from the courier people, nonetheless Peel still played their single 'All I Do' on the programme. In 1999, Steve Lamacq nominated their song 'Going Out' as his record of the week on his BBC Radio One show.

Shows Played
1997 1998
 * 03 December 1997: Teenage Wannabe (Compilation CD - Snakebite City Seven) BlueFire
 * 04 December 1997 (BFBS): 'Teenage Wannabe (Compilation CD-Snakebite City Seven)' (Bluefire)
 * 11 December 1997 (BFBS): 'Teenage Wannabe (Compilation CD-Snakebite City Seven)' (Bluefire)
 * 20 August 1998: All I Do (EP - Mood Swings) Abuse
 * 23 August 1998 (BFBS): All I Do (EP - Mood Swings) Abuse