| GIRLSCHOOL -"20th CENTURY BOY" (1983) |
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The Women of 1980's Hard Rock and Heavy
Metal!
For Paisley...
Counting us in are 70's pioneers SHOCKING
BLUE, BIRTHA, PATTI QUATRO, and THE
RUNAWAYS...; then it's the hard rock and
leather of WICKED LADY (1974, Netherlands);
the versatile power-belter INGA RUMPF
(Frumpy, Atlantis) (71, Germany); hard
rocking 1994 with Karen Lawrence (78, L.A.);
the funk-rockers, MOTHER'S FINEST w/ Joyce
Kennedy, whose metal "Iron Age" album is
overlooked (76, Atlanta); GIRLSCHOOL (78,
London) usher in the New Wave of British
Heavy Metal with their mates Motorhead; PAT
BENATAR crossed tough rock into the pop
charts (79, Brooklyn); the "Rock'n'Roll
Women" of CHEETAH, with Lyndsay and Chrissie
Hammond (77, Melbourne); former-Runaways JOAN
JETT, and LITA FORD (76, LA) who both had
overdue success in the 80's; drummer Roxy
Patrucci propelled MADAM X (80, Detroit) and
VIXEN (80, St. Paul); melodic hard rockers 5X
with Carmen Maki (81, Japan); the infamously
kinky BITCH with Betsy Bitch (Weiss) (81,
LA); ...not to be confused with Chicago's
all-female BITCH, who morphed into TOUGH LOVE
(83), and then ROMANTIC FLOWER (89); every
teen metalhead's pin-up, LEE AARON (82,
Ontario); Girlschool's younger sisters in the
Wave, the teen ROCK GODDESS (82, London);
PRECIOUS METAL (83, LA); the pop-metal of
MARI HAMADA (83, Japan); the Kerrang-approved
heaviosity of LEATHER ANGEL (82, LA) who then
became JADED LADY (85); Julliard
multi-instrumentalist and mildly theatrical
THE GREAT KAT (86, Long Island); HELLION with
occult queen Ann Boleyn (82, LA); hard
WARLOCK fronted by esteemed siren Doro Pesch
(82, Germany); melodic rockers ROSY VISTA
(83, Germany); the massively successful
SHOW-YA starring heartthrob Keiko Terada (84,
Japan); the initially speed metal
MISSDEMEANOR (85, New York); Roberta Morgana
Delaude cast her dark magic through the bands
HURTFUL BRIDE and MORGANA (85, Italy); the
thrash metal of MEANSTREAK (85, NY); sleazy
pop metal PRINCESS PANG with Jeni Foster (85,
Sweden/US); thrash metalers ICE AGE (88,
Sweden); hard rock ZED YAGO with Jutta
Weinhold (85, Germany); tough rock BLACKLACE
with feiry Maryann Scandiffio (84, NY); trash
glam SMASHED GLADYS with lyricist/ glam doll
Sally Cato (84, Toronto); rough and sexy
ORIGINAL SIN (86, Long Island); thrash
activists DETENTE whose Dawn Crosby went on
to front Fear Of God (84, San Francisco);
HOLY MOSES with satanic-throated Sabina
Classen (86, Germany); hard rockers SARAYA
led by Sandi Saraya (87, New Jersey); heavy
metal ANASHI (87, Sweden); pop chart metal
FEMME FATALE with Lorraine Lewis (87,
Albuquerque); hard rock VOLVOX which launched
Sebnem Ferah (88, Turkey); heavy metal
PHANTOM BLUE (89, LA); Michael Jackson
depended on virtuoso JENNIFER BATTEN for a
decade (88); metal WARBRIDE led by Lori
Lindstruth (89, LA); Leather Leone sang for
MALIBU BARBI (86, San Francisco), then
CHASTAIN, and her own LEATHER (89);
gravel-voiced guitarist Sharon Bascovsky led
death metal DERKETA (88, Pittsburgh); and the
almighty L7 blendered Metal and Punk, in
advance of Grunge and Riot Grrrl around the
corner.
The Runaways took the brunt of sexist
nonsense in the late 70's as 'the first
female Hard Rock band', but the 80's exploded
with their influence. Women were rocking as
hard as anyone all around the globe. Their
hardwon visibility and range created the path
for Babes In Toyland, 7 year Bitch, Hole,
Tribe 8, Arch Enemy, Crisis, Drain sth, Skunk
Anansie, Betty Blowtorch, Kittie, Acid King,
Bottom, The Bellrays, Wicked Wisdom, My Ruin,
Lacuna Coil, Crucified Barbara, Gallhammer,
and the other half of young women on MySpace
who aren't Punk rockers!
GIRLSCHOOL is the world's longest-running
all-female hard rock band, celebrating three
decades now. They show their Glam Rock roots
in this cover of T-Rex's "20th Century Boy",
slipping in Marc Bolan's quote of Chuck
Berry's "Little Queenie" at the end. (It's
also been done by Siouxsie & the Banshees,
and Drain sth.) This is dedicated to the
memory of guitarist Kelly Johnson, who
recently left us.
Check out:
METAL MAIDENS
http://www.metalmaidens.com/home.htm
http://www.myspace.com/metalmaidenszine
BLOOD SISTERS
http://kzsu.stanford.edu/~hannah/index.html
http://kzsu.stanford.edu/~hannah/links.html
ENDEMONIADA
http://groups.myspace.com/endemoniada
http://www.geocities.com/svipdaag/grrls/grrls
4.html
http://www.drink.to/thewomenofmetal
http://www.amazon.com/Female-Heavy-Metal-Arti
sts/lm/R1MPJKYVR15XPA
http://www.amazon.com/Chicks-who-rule-metal/l
m/21AKZ9R9SC6FN/ref=cm_lmt_fvlm_f_4_rlrsrs0
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Fan-made video to promote the artists.)
tym stevens
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| THE BROOD -"I Need You There/ I'll Put You Down" (1988) |
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The Women of 80's RETRO, Part 2! Beat,
Garage, and Psychedelia!
See Part 1: NIKKI & THE CORVETTES-"Girls Like
Me/ Let's Go" (1980)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X-Rqq__e4o8
Beyond rockabilly and beat styles, 'nuevo
retro' women also kicked out the jams with
surf, mod, garage rock, and psychedelia.
Mod/ girl group BLONDIE (NYC '75); surf/ g.g.
The B-52's (Athens, GA 78); mod The EXPRESSOS
w/ Rozzi Rayner (London 80); The X-MEN, The
VEIL, and GAME THEORY w/ Donnette Thayer
(Davis, CA 80); neo g.g. JOSIE COTTON (Dallas
81); rock g.g. The POPTARTS (Syracuse 78);
pop revivalists The GO-GO'S (LA 78); power
pop The LITTLE GIRLS (Santa Monica 81); beat/
soul KATRINA & The WAVES (Cambridge, UK 81);
Beat prophets The BANGLES (LA 80); garage
reborn The FUZZTONES w/ Deb O'Nair (NYC 81);
psyche-funk WENDY MELVOIN and SHEILA E. of
the purple revolution (84); after ACTION NOW
(LA 81), Paula Pierce led garage greats The
PANDORAS (83); psyche pop WENDY WILD & The
MAD VIOLETS (NYC 86); garage girls THE
DELMONAS (London 85) who became THEE
HEADCOATEES (91); mod queen ELEONOR RIGBY
(London 85); punk pop We've Got A FUZZBOX And
We're Going To Use It (Birmingham 85);
perfect pop Les CALAMITES (Bearne, 83); beat
pop LET'S ACTIVE (Athens, GA 84); happy pop
DOLLY MIXTURE (Cambridge 78); indie pop SHOP
ASSISTANTS (Edinburgh 83); alt-pop LOOK BLUE
GO PURPLE (Dunedin, NZ 83); punk pop SHONEN
KNIFE (Osaka 82); dance pop VOICE OF THE
BEEHIVE (US/UK 87); op-pop punk STRAWBERRY
SWITCHBLADE (Glasgow 83); buzz pop The
FLATMATES (Bristol 85); psyche pop ADULT NET
w/ Brix Smith (US/Uk 85); folky dream pop The
DREAM ACADEMY w/ Kate St John (London 83);
alt-pop The PRIMITIVES w/ Tracy Tracy
(Coventry 85); neo-pop SAM PHILLIPS (Glendale
88); indie twee The DARLING BUDS (Newport,
Wales 86); jangle pop The HUMMINGBIRDS
(Sydney 86); surf/ punk The AQUANETTAS (NYC
80); from TWIN PEAKS, eerie girl group with
JULEE CRUISE (Creston IA 86); moody psyche
DREAM SYNDICATE (LA 81) and OPAL (83) w/
Kendra Smith; velvet understudies HUMAN
SWITCHBOARD w/ Myrna Marcarian (Kent, OH 79
); GALAXIE 500 w/ Naomi Yang (Cambridge, MA
86); and garage punk from The GORIES w/ Peggy
O'Neil (Detroit 87); The RAUNCHETTES
(Rochester 86); our stars The BROOD
(Portland, ME 88); and The TRASHWOMEN (San
Francisco 91); now into psychedielia with The
360'S Audrey Clark (Boston 88); BONGWATER w/
Ann Magnuson (NYC 85); MARY'S DANISH w/
Gretchen Seager and Julie Ritter (LA 88); and
funkadelic dance DEEE-LITE w/ Lady Miss Kier
(NYC 86).
THE BROOD are a garage quartet from Portland,
Maine. They've released four albums of
brilliant fuzz-soaked garage rock since 1988,
every one of which you should buy today. Help
a sister out!
By embracing these classic styles, these
women kept them alive for the future. They
are the crucial hinge that today brings us
The White Stripes, The Black Stripe, The
Breeders, The Muffs, Cibo Matto, Tracy
Bonham, The Cardigans, Komeda, The 5-6-7-8's,
The Pebbles, The Prissteens, Dressy Bessy,
The Sea Creatures, The Boonaraaas, The Love
Me Nots, Curly Wurlee!, The Doll Squad, The
Gore Gore Girls, The Ettes, The Priscillas,
The Hot Rollers, Mz. Pakman, The Sounds,
Sahara Hotnights, The Husbands, Sassy!, Thee
Ultra Bamboos, The Kills, and Amy Winehouse's
tophat.
Check out:
http://www.myspace.com/thebangles
http://www.myspace.com/pamsgarage
http://www.myspace.com/thehusbands
http://www.myspace.com/luvmenots
http://www.myspace.com/theshecreatures
http://www.myspace.com/theboonaraaas
http://www.myspace.com/sassytheband
http://www.myspace.com/girlgaragemayhem
THE BOOTLES- I'LL LET YOU HOLD MY HAND (1964)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z8l5JO5L6Bw
PATTI'S GROOVE- IT WON'T LAST LONG (1966)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F0x4QjDqzko
(All rights reserved by the copyright owners.
Fan-made nonprofit video to promote the
artists.)
tym stevens
Tags : TheBangles WhiteStripes Hives Pandoras GarageRock Psychedelic NikkiCorvette GoGos B52s TwinPeaks DeeeLite RiotGrrrl Mod |
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| SHE- "OUTTA REACH" (1970) |
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Female garage-rock anthem!
SHE was a garage band of teen girls from
Sacramento. They were first known as the
Hairem, and then SHE. After a couple years of
build-up and some personnel changes, they
nailed it perfect with the single, "Outta
Reach". With its shuddering lust and snotty
intensity it is proto-punk incarnate!
Here's more info:
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_
id=59&release=1490
Check out my Herstory Of Rock on the
Playlists page of my Channel!
A great site about 60's women rockers to
check out is:
http://www.myspace.com/girlgaragemayhem
(All rights reserved. Fan-made video to
promote the artist.)
Tym Stevens
Tags : SHE GarageRock 1960s Luv'dOnes Pandoras Muffs Nuggets psychedelic Herstory RockHistory punk RiotGrrrl Runaways Bangles |
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