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

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  • From: "Dina Hornreich" <dina8 AT cox.net>
  • To: "Typical Girls" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [TypicalGirls] list description revision?
  • Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 16:37:17 -0500

OK, blame Reynolds for this one...
 
Y'know, I've never been one to be picky about labels but it seems to me that many of the women of TG are women in post-punk and not just punk -- although there are some women in punk, too. But the time period for the bands this list pay homage to is precisely the same period as "post-punk."
 
So maybe I should revise the group description for the label conscious and say Women in Punk & Post-punk. Or should I include no wave and all the other sub-sub-genres? It's a slippery slope.
 
Here is the description I used back in 1999:
 
"Typical Girls is an e-mail based music dialogue and discussion group for the discovery of (and appreciation for) the unknown legends in women's punk/music history.

Typical Girls ideally focuses on the pre-riot grrrl female innovators in punk music circa 1975-80s. Discussion includes, but is not limited to: the Slits, the Raincoats, Y Pants, Ut, ESG, X-Ray Spex (Poly Styrene), Essential Logic (Lora Logic), Young Marble Giants (Alison Statton), Gudrun Gut, Ikue Mori (DNA), X (Exene Cervenka), Alice Bag, Girls at Our Best! (Judy Evans), Patti Smith, Lene Lovich, Laurie Anderson, The Adverts, Jane Aire and the Belvederes, Lydia Lunch, Siouxsie and the Banshees (Siouxsie Sioux), LiliPUT/Kleenex, Rezillos/Revillos (Faye Fife), Shop Assistants, Penetration (Pauline Murray), Diamanda Galas, Yoko Ono, The Runaways, Lemon Kittens (Danielle Dax), Mo-dettes, Bush Tetras, The Avengers (Penelope Houston), Passions (Barbara Gogan), Helen Wheels, Moe Tucker, Wendy O. Williams (Plasmatics), Talking Heads (Tina Weymouth), Pretenders, Fastbacks, Martha and the Muffins, Pearl Harbour, Phranc, Thalia Zedek (Come, Dangerous Birds, Uzi, Live Skull), Marine Girls, Palmolive, Catholic Girls, Toyah, Altered Images (Clare Grogan), Holly and the Italians, Rachel Sweet, Belle Stars, Snatch, Kirsty MacColl, The Motels, Romeo Void, Nina Hagen, the Au Pairs, Hazel O'Connor, Pauline Black (Selector), Marianne Faithfull, Girlschool, Debbie Harry, Poison Girls, Joolz, Vice Squad (Becki Bondage), Niagara Falls (Destroy All Monsters), Prag Vec, and other innovative female musicians."
 
OK, nitpickers...what do you think? Is it time for a revision?
 
 
-Dina
 
 
Dina Hornreich
dina8{at}cox{dot}net
http://home.earthlink.net/~dinahornreich


  • [TypicalGirls] list description revision?, Dina Hornreich, 03/01/2006

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