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

[Sharon Cheslow <decomposition AT mindspring.com>]

I'm so happy to hear they did so well!  Lucky you that you got to see them.  

I'm jumping in a little late on the typical boys/girl thread, but I just 
wanted to say I like the way people on this list are open minded and willing 
to discuss things.  I saw Gang of Four in 1979 when they opened for the 
Buzzcocks and they changed my life!  I had the At Home He's a Tourist 7" 
prior to that concert but I had no idea what to expect.  That song is just as 
much a Typical Girls song as the Slits song!  Typical Girls seems to me to be 
an attitude as much as it is an aesthetic.  But it's just as important to 
remember that the point of giving recognition to the female musicians is 
because, even today, that are so often overlooked.  

>For anyone with tickets to see gang of four, you are in for a good 
>show. Tonight in London they ROCKED. A faultless performance, as edgy 
>and fierce as ever. like they have never been away. Stunning.
>-- 
><simecaz AT blueyonder.co.uk>