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The Women of 1980's PUNK, Part 1!
Still more 70's, plus many 80's disciples up to the dawn of Riot Grrrl.
First is VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, co-instigator behind the Sex Pistols; JORDAN, her SEX shop runner, and SOO CATWOMAN who set the radical styles of the future ('76, London); DESTROY ALL MONSTERS, w/ artist Niagara (73, Detroit); THE REZILLOS/REVILLOS, w/ Fay Fife and Gale Warning (77, Edinburgh); GINGER COYOTE, creator of fanzine PUNK GLOBE (77, San Fran); THE LILLETTES with Barb Dwyer (Brighton); THE CURSE, Canada's first female Punk band (77, Toronto); THE INNOCENTS toured with The Slits (77, London); THE CICHLIDS' raw rocking pop (79, Florida); ESSENTIAL LOGIC w/ Lora Logic (78, London); AUNT SALLY, No Wave w/ singer Phew (78, Japan); KLEENEX, greats who become the greater LiLiPUT (79, Zurich); MARTHA HULL & THE STEADY JOBS (82, Wash. DC); PostPunkers GIRLS AT OUR BEST w/ Judy Evans (79, Leeds); anarchopunks CRASS w/ Eve Libertine and Joy De Vivre (77, Essex) and comrades POISON GIRLS w/ Vi Subversa (76, Brighton); L.A.'s led in by VIOLENCE GIRL, w/ Alice Bag (77), THE CONTROLLERS w/ drummer Mad Dog (77), their buddies THE GERMS w/ Pat Smear (Nirvana) and Lorna Doom; revolutionaries UXA w/ De De Troit (78), psychobillies THE CRAMPS w/ guitarist Poison Ivy (76) deathrock's 45 GRAVE w/ Dinah Cancer (79), LEGAL WEAPON w/ belter Kat Arthur (81) and omni-punk PATRICIA MORRISON, who graced The Bags, The Gun Club, Sisters Of Mercy, and The Damned!; Romi Mori replaced her in deathrockers GUN CLUB (81); San Francisco's VKTMS w/ Nyna Napalm (77), Penelope Houston and THE AVENGERS (77), VS. w/ Olga DeVolga (77), garage trio THE CONTRACTIONS (79); performance artist JOANNA WENT w/ Kerry McBride's guitars (paint) (81); then hardcore with RED SCARE's Bobbi Brat (83, LA); Oi from THE GYMSLIPS (82, London) and Jo Ball's THE EXPELLED (81, Leeds); hard punk Helen Hill and THE VIOLATORS (79, Manchester); Kira Roessler of BLACK FLAG (77, LA); Beki Bondage commands VICE SQUAD (78, Bristol); Wendy O. Williams chainsaws cars with THE PLASMATICS (77, New York); small films exposed Punk to the world, like Trini Alvorado and Robin Johnson in TIMES SQUARE (80); Hazel O'Connor in BREAKING GLASS (80) clearly inspired Pris (Daryl Hannah) in BLADE RUNNER (82); Diane Lane's female trio rocked LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...THE FABULOUS STAINS (81); Penelope Spheeris' SUBURBIA (84); Susan Seidelman's SMITHEREEENS (81); supervillain Ursa (Sarah Douglas) put the kink in SUPERMAN II (filmed in London during Siouxsie's rise) (81); X-MEN's Storm punked out (83); lovers Maggie and Hopey rocked indie comic LOVE & ROCKETS (81); TANK GIRL invaded '88; global punk with Germany's XMAL DEUTSCHLAND (80) and HANS-A-PLAST (78); Spain's LAS VULPESS (83) and S/M sex trio DESECHABLES w/ singer Tere (81); snotty ACTION PACT w/ George Cheex (81, London); perfect pop punk SHONEN KNIFE (81, Tokyo); Kim Gordon's No Wave SONIC YOUTH (81, NY); PUSSY GALORE's Julia Cafritz (86, NY); fun theatre HOLY SISTERS OF THE GAGA DADA (86, LA); sharp Indie MECCA NORMAL w/ Jean Smith (85, Vancouver); BARBIE ARMY (Chicago, 87); Lydia Lunch trysted in STINKFIST (87, NY), then with Kim Gordon in trio HARRY CREWS (89); fanzine activism by FIFTH COLUMN inspired both Queercore and Grrrl (85,Toronto); hardcore FIRE PARTY (86, Wash. DC); raw trio SCRAWL (85, Columbus); Jarboe corroded THE SWANS' (86,NY); crucial Grrrl pioneers FRIGHTWIG, whose T-shirt Cobain wore at "Nirvana Unplugged" (84, SF); and ANTI-SCRUNTI FACTION (84, Boulder), whose Leslie Mah (spikes) went on to forge Queercore with TRIBE 8 .
These women paved the present for Bikini Kill, Riot Grrrl, K Records, Breeders, L7, Tribe 8, Queercore, Hothead Paisan, Babes In Toyland, Hole, PJ Harvey, Diamanda Galas, Lords Of Acid, Genitorturers, Aeon Flux, Elastica, Skunk Anansie, Afro Punk, LadyFest, Donnas, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sahara Hotnights, Kills, HorrorPops, Suicide Girls, Girl Monster, and half the young women on MySpace!
All of KLEENEX / LiLiPUT's music is on a cheap double CD!:
http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=krs373
Check out:
Women of 1970's Punk
http://www.comnet.ca/~rina/
http://www.geocities.com/punkettes80s/
http://www.punk77.co.uk/punkettes/features.htm
http://www.alicebag.com/mainindex.html
http://www.panx.net/punkgirl/
http://www.myspace.com/girlsongprimerradio
AFRO-PUNK
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5uXCvbIcg58
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WYgqzWjkuWA
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tym stevens

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she is alive and ... ( 9 months ago by punkfilth)

she is alive and well and is on myspace one cool kitty.

Thanks for ... ( 9 months ago by ManilaSyndicate)

Thanks for uploading another vid of the great band funknroll. You do a great service to music fans by sharing the great music the highly talented gals from Switzerland created. They're due for a revival and your vids serve as a small spark to that. How about a "Ain't You/Nice" and "Heidi's Head/Wig-Wam" two-fer? :-)

All that's missing ... ( 8 months ago by chrissstopherG)

All that's missing is X & Flesh Eaters other than that: =D

Array ( 8 months ago by crackeryack)

very cool vid excellent research and I like the use of popular culture representations such as Hazel O'connor I understand that part 2 is coming so I realize there are many more to come. Some that I think of are Superheroines, Sin34 and penetration.

Live Skull must ... ( 8 months ago by TunedAgent)

Live Skull must also be added:)

Niagara rulz :)) ( 7 months ago by sistersMJ)

Niagara rulz :))

excellent. covered ... ( 7 months ago by satomiwa)

excellent. covered a lot of women I would have expected most people to have forgotten about. a few suggestions to add to the list for a part 2 - mish bondage (sado nation), mary lou (generics), texacala jones (tex & the horseheads), larissa (l seven, laughing hyenas), the dishrags, honey bane, nina hagen...wow there were so many, every time I write one down I think of two more.. anyway, great job! enjoyed it very much.

oh! and gaye advert ... ( 7 months ago by satomiwa)

oh! and gaye advert, patti smith, snatch, and tina weymouth, and wow it really does go on and on...punk was great.

rule ( 7 months ago by Nadoone)

rule

Lone Justice - ... ( 6 months ago by enviroarts)

Lone Justice - Sweet, Sweet Baby I'm Falling The 3 backup singers in this video are an illustrious trio. They are: (L-R) Bobbi Brat (of L.A. punk band Red Scare, and later, a country singer herself), Kat Arthur (of Legal Weapon - one of the all time great lady punk singers), and blues vocalist Candye Kane.

Where was Excene ... ( 6 months ago by sptfr1173)

Where was Excene from X? She was the best, and still is.

Array ( 6 months ago by mimapunkers)

♥

RIP Bobbi! ( 6 months ago by theonlytruepunk)

RIP Bobbi!

Array ( 4 months ago by brineyybabe)

Courtney Love & Rory Emerald miss you Bobbi Brat. RIP...

Thanx for these ... ( 3 months ago by PennyTraition)

Thanx for these wonderful vids, funknroll.I'm drowning in a flood of memories! Great times, great vid(s)...

I love this whole ... ( 3 months ago by OrchidMorphine1)

I love this whole series of the women and punk and new wave collages.For some reason I always found women better at doing what punk really should be about than men.

I love this song. ... ( 3 months ago by Dark13Goth)

I love this song. Who is the hot lady at 5:01

about my previous ... ( 3 months ago by Dark13Goth)

about my previous comment i meant to say is who is the awesome lady at 2:30 not 5:01

Wendy O. Williams, ... ( 3 months ago by funknroll)

Wendy O. Williams, the leader of The Plasmatics. She paved the way for combining Metal and Punk.

Brilliant stuff ... ( 3 months ago by Hagarviking)

Brilliant stuff that I havent heard for many years. I had a Kleenex EP in the late 70's which has long disappeared. I first heard them singing this song "You" when I used to listen to John Peel every night 10 til 12 when still at school. Thanks for posting it!

+ girlschool ! ( 2 months ago by lucifersdisco)

+ girlschool !

cool, never heard ... ( 2 months ago by truthspeaker969)

cool, never heard these songs before, thx penny for sharing

good band i love ... ( 2 months ago by blade0954)

good band i love the song "dont you want to"

L7? ( 1 day ago by persa345)

L7?