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{{Short description|British-American alternative rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Transister
| image               =
| background          = group_or_band
| origin              = Los Angeles, California, United States
| genre               = [[Alternative rock]]
| years_active        = 1995–1997
| label               = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| website             = 
| current_members     = Eric Pressly<br/>[[Gary Clark (musician)|Gary Clark]]<br/>Keely Hawkes
| past_members        = 
}}

'''Transister''' was a British-American [[alternative rock]] band formed in late 1995 in [[Los Angeles]]. Despite only having released one album to moderate sales, their work has been featured on a number of film soundtracks.  The band was fronted by [[Keely Hawkes]], the sister of English musician [[Chesney Hawkes]] and daughter of [[Len Hawkes|Len 'Chip' Hawkes]], a member of the English beat group [[the Tremeloes]].

==History==
Transister's formation was the culmination of various collaborations between songwriter Eric Pressly, former [[Danny Wilson (band)|Danny Wilson]] frontman [[Gary Clark (musician)|Gary Clark]], and vocalist Keely Hawkes.  Hawkes first made use of Pressly's songwriting on her 1993 solo debut for [[EMI]], while Pressly and Clark first worked together in the band King L, releasing the album ''Great Day for Gravity'' in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/artist/danny-wilson-gary-clark/|title=Danny Wilson & Gary Clark - Timeless Scottish Songwriters &#124; uDiscover|first=uDiscover|last=Team|date=February 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/one-l-of-a-reincarnation-1595677.html|title=One L of a reincarnation|date=October 23, 2011|website=The Independent}}</ref>  The three were encouraged by the results of their early songwriting attempts, and decided to release a six-song [[Extended play|EP]] on their record label.

Transister began to attract major label attention after [[KCRW]] DJ [[Christopher Douridas]] played a few of the self-recorded tracks on ''[[Morning Becomes Eclectic]]'' in early 1996.  [[Interscope Records]] released Transister's self-titled debut in the US in 1997; UK and international distribution was handled by [[Virgin Records]].  Tracks from the album were featured on a number of film soundtracks, including ''[[Nightwatch (1997 film)|Nightwatch]]'' (1997), ''[[Wild Things (film)|Wild Things]]'' (1998), ''[[Jawbreaker (film)|Jawbreaker]]'' (1999), ''[[Never Been Kissed]]'' (1999), ''[[Charlie's Angels (2000 film)|Charlie's Angels]]'' (2000) and ''[[Cheaters (2000 film)|Cheaters]]'' (2000).  Although members of the band have since gone on to other projects, Hawkes and Pressly maintained a relationship and were married on January 8, 2005.

Their song "Look Who's Perfect Now" entered the [[UK Singles Chart]], where it peaked at No.&nbsp;56 in March 1998.<ref name=occ>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4338/transister/|title=Official Charts > Transister|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited  | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 564}}</ref>  "Look Who's Perfect Now" also charted in Australia, where it peaked at No.&nbsp;76 in June 1998.<ref name="ARIA"/> A second single, "Dizzy Moon" peaked at No.&nbsp;90 in the UK in July 1998.<ref name=occ/>

==Discography==
===Album===
*''Transister'' (Interscope, 1997 / Virgin Records, 1998)

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="occ"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan|page=284}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Look Who's Perfect Now"
| rowspan="2"| 1998
| 56 || 76
| rowspan="2"| ''Transister''
|-
! scope="row"| "Dizzy Moon"
| 90 || —
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p276434}}

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[[Category:Alternative rock groups from California]]
[[Category:British musical trios]]
[[Category:American musical trios]]
[[Category:Interscope Records artists]]
[[Category:Virgin Records artists]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1995]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1997]]