Description
As more and more female solo artists hit the mainstream, where are the all-girl bands?
Why aren't they getting the attention they deserve?
In WOMEN MAKE NOISE musicians, promoters, journalists and fans explore the best girl bands of the
last 50 years - from the Motown groups who wrote their own hits to the post-punk, rock and pop acts
which dominate the contemporary music scene currently. In the mainstream media, the creative
abilities, motivations and relevance of all-girl bands are continually questioned. This book
uncovers a more accurate narrative. In the past fifty years, girl bands have made a radical
contribution to struggles of nation, ethnicity, class, gender, age and feminism. As well as
producing some amazing music. It's time to pay due credit to the politics, performances, song-
writing skills and creative talent of the best all-girl bands.
Including interviews with members of the original 60s girl groups and classic punk outfits like The
Raincoats and The Slits as well as household names of today. This timely exploration of the best
female bands will show magazines like NME that sidelining girl bands is a major oversight.
Interviews and b/w photographs throughout
Editor
Julia Downes is a musician, promoter, academic, editor and writer whose published work includes
contributions to Riot Grrrl Revolution Girl Style Now (2007) and In Bound and Unbound:
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Genders and Sexualities (2008). She lives in Leeds, plays drums in
the band Vile Creatures and runs gigs in clubs, pubs, community centres and al-
ternative venues as well as producing a riot grrrl zine.
Why aren't they getting the attention they deserve?
In WOMEN MAKE NOISE musicians, promoters, journalists and fans explore the best girl bands of the
last 50 years - from the Motown groups who wrote their own hits to the post-punk, rock and pop acts
which dominate the contemporary music scene currently. In the mainstream media, the creative
abilities, motivations and relevance of all-girl bands are continually questioned. This book
uncovers a more accurate narrative. In the past fifty years, girl bands have made a radical
contribution to struggles of nation, ethnicity, class, gender, age and feminism. As well as
producing some amazing music. It's time to pay due credit to the politics, performances, song-
writing skills and creative talent of the best all-girl bands.
Including interviews with members of the original 60s girl groups and classic punk outfits like The
Raincoats and The Slits as well as household names of today. This timely exploration of the best
female bands will show magazines like NME that sidelining girl bands is a major oversight.
Interviews and b/w photographs throughout
Editor
Julia Downes is a musician, promoter, academic, editor and writer whose published work includes
contributions to Riot Grrrl Revolution Girl Style Now (2007) and In Bound and Unbound:
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Genders and Sexualities (2008). She lives in Leeds, plays drums in
the band Vile Creatures and runs gigs in clubs, pubs, community centres and al-
ternative venues as well as producing a riot grrrl zine.
Details
Publisher -
Language - English
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Julia Downes
Edited by
Cheryl Robson
Gabrielle Kelly
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780956632906
Dimensions - 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.8 cm
Page Count - 384
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