Pam Berry

Black Tambourine
Origin	Washington, D.C. area, United States
Genres	Twee pop, indie pop, noise pop, shoegaze, lo-fi
Years active	1989–1992, 2012
Labels	Slumberland, Audrey's Diary
Associated acts	Velocity Girl, Lilys, Big Jesus Trashcan, Whorl, Powderburns, The Shapiros, Glo-worm, The Castaway Stones, Veronica Lake, Bright Colored Lights, Belmondo, Seashell Sea, The Relict, The Pines, Heartworms, The Saturday People, Magpies, Candleman, The Crabapples, Manatee, Hard Left
Past members	Pam Berry Archie Moore Brian Nelson Mike Schulman

Black Tambourine was an American twee pop band and one of the earliest Slumberland groups of the early 1990s. Formed in Silver Spring, Maryland, the band comprised vocalist Pam Berry and instrumentalists Archie Moore, Brian Nelson and Mike Schulman. Along with Tiger Trap, Lois, Honeybunch, Tullycraft, and Beat Happening, they are considered to be one of the most influential bands of the American twee pop movement.

The members came to the project already acquainted with each other: Both Nelson (also of Big Jesus Trashcan) and Schulman were in Whorl together, while Schulman (also of Powderburns) co-founded Slumberland Records. Moore, meanwhile, was in Velocity Girl and played on early recordings by Lilys, and Berry had co-founded the Chickfactor zine.

The band was influenced by The Jesus and Mary Chain, Phil Spector, Smokey Robinson, Love, The Ramones, the Shop Assistants, The Pastels, 14 Iced Bears, Orange Juice, and the English bands signed to Creation Records.

Black Tambourine was described by Allmusic as one of the "seminal American indie pop bands of the 1980s." Bands they influenced included The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls and Times New Viking.

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