Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)

[maria tessa sciarrino <maria AT plainparade.org>]

i had posted about this record earlier and someone gave me more info -- 
thought id share!

-m.


> New York native Chandra Oppenheim started her showbiz career at the 
> age of 7, performing skits and songs for partygoers at the home of her 
> father, sculptor and visual artist Dennis Oppenheim. It was at one 
> such party in 1979 that Chandra first heard Model Citizens, a band 
> that included Eugéne Diserio, an art student assisting her father. 
> Chandra loved the band, and they were taken with her as well. When 
> Model Citizens broke up, Diserio and her husband Steve Alexander 
> wanted to form a band fronted by a "young person" and asked 10-year 
> old Chandra to join them. Chandra accepted their invitation, and 
> Chandra the band was born. Empowered with the freedom to write her own 
> lyrics and speak her own mind, and backed by an excellent band, 
> Chandra was soon commanding $1,000 and up per night guarantees at 
> then-New York venues The Mudd Club, The Peppermint Lounge, and 
> Danceteria. The media paid attention with interviews by Andy Warhol 
> for his Interview publication, an article in The New
>  York Times by John Rockwell, name dropping by Mary Tyler Moore, and 
> an appearance on television's Captain Kangaroo! Chandra and her 
> musical cohorts released a four-song E.P. in 1980 entitled 
> Transportation. The band later evolved into The Chandra Dimension, 
> which included Chandra's 12-year old friend Evie and a teenage rhythm 
> section.
>
> At the age of 12, Chandra's decision to focus on school ended The 
> Chandra Dimension, but it didn't end Chandra's immersion in music. As 
> an adult composer and performer, Chandra has fronted rock, bossa nova 
> and jazz bands, all the while retaining her own unique flavor. She is 
> now studying drumming, while continuing to compose and perform her 
> strange and beautiful art pop songs. She is currently recording a 
> full-length album tentatively entitled Don't Upset The Boy.