Sure, not many chicks play black metal or thrash (although if they do, I wanna hear it, ladies) but girls can shred with the best of 'em, especially when they all band together.
Girl groups used to be something manufactured in the 50s and 60s to sell melancholy pop songs to high school girls, and some fantastic songs came out of that. The Supremes told you stop in the name of love, The Shangri-Las pined for the leader of the pack, and the Ronettes took you walkin' in the rain (while holding hands with Phil Spector.)
The came the Runaways, who showed that girls can do more than harmonize or just front a rock band, they can form a rock band all by themselves. And for a time, it was good. Then, Bikini Kill and the other Riot Grrl acts happened, which was all pretty boring, but expected, considering it was the 90s. The Donnas were pretty cool though.
Now though, in this golden age of independence and experimentation, these all-girl
outfits are dipping their pretty little feet in every puddle of rock n' roll.
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This sampler mix has 14 songs by 7 lady bands (6 modern, 1 classic) that I feel are doing their gender proud. The Splinters will start us off with some nuggets-era jangle, The Flips and The Like will woo us with some modern girl-group cooing, Those Darlins show how girls do country, and the Shangri-Las take us back in time before Pearl Harbor (aka Puro Instinct) will chillwave us right into some Vivian Girls.
Enjoy,
Thom
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