Shampoo

Shampoo were an English girl duo in the 1990s, formed by Jacqueline "Jacqui" Blake (born 23 November 1974 in Woolwich) and Caroline "Carrie" Askew (born 4 May 1977 in Plumstead). Their song "Trouble" reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart in 1994. Jacqui Blake and Carrie Askew were best friends at Plumstead Manor School, a secondary school for girls in Plumstead, London. In the early nineties they started writing Last Exit, a fanzine for the Manic Street Preachers, and later appeared in the video for "Little Baby Nothing". They also wrote a fanzine for Fabulous. During this time they formed Shampoo, the name deriving from their schoolyard nickname of 'the shampoo girls', for claiming to be 'washing their hair' when turning down date requests.

Links to Peel
Peel played a couple of tracks from their first single, which was on a 7" pink vinyl, on his shows in 1993, when the group were signed to Icerink records (a short-lived label created by Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs). He also included their track, Paydirt, on his Peel Out In The States programme.

Shows Played

 * Shampoo - Paydirt
 * 22 May 1993: Paydirt (7 inch – Blisters And Bruises) Icerink
 * 12 June 1993: Blisters And Bruises (7") Icerink
 * Peel Out In The States (Program 11): 'Paydirt (7"-Blisters And Bruises)' (Icerink) (JP: 'You know the sort of thing, don't you? White make-up, lots of red lipstick and bleached white hair, and of course it always works.')