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

[Simon Caslaw <simecaz AT blueyonder.co.uk>]

Title: Re: [TypicalGirls] Bananarama!

Lizzie

Don't know if you have found these sites, but the answers seem to be no, and not much...

Though they do have a pre-SAW history featuring Paul Cook, The Cure, Terry Hall etc.

http://www.bananarama.co.uk

> Does anyone remember if Bananarama played
> their own instruments?

http://80music.about.com/library/weekly/aa083101b.htm

"None of the women played instruments."

> How involved were they in songwriting?

http://www.siobhanfahey.com/content/discography/index.html

"Cheers Then was Bananarama's first self-penned single." 1982 6th single

Cruel Summer 1983

"Song that Siobhan penned..."

> I am doing a paper for the EMP Pop Con
> that touches on mainstream 80s "girl bands" and want to
> include them, but haven't found much reliable lit out there on
> them (or "the Nana" as they are called by
> fans!).
>  
> Thanks,
> Lizzie Ehrenhalt