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  • From: Michael Howes <mhowes AT baptismofsolitude.org>
  • To: "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] an update from the list moderator
  • Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:30:47 -0700



It's too bad Beeber didn't interview you for his book. His chapter focuses 
mostly on two punk women Goldie (Genya Ravan) from Goldie and the 
Gingerbreads (whom he claim is the "earliest women-only rock band to be 
signed to a major label" but I've always thought Fanny had that feather in 
their cap) and Helen Wheels.
 Fanny signed in 1970
 
 I don't know when G&Gs signed to a major and couldn't find it but they were around in the 60s and I think no longer existed by 1970

 this looks like an official site of Genya's
 http://www.genyaravan.com/goldie.html
 
 from the site;
First Major Label All-Female Rock Band
With their first single, "Can't You Hear My Heart Beat?" this trailblazing '60s quartet earned a #25 hit in England and a place on concert bills with The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Yardbirds. In doing so, Goldie & the Gingerbreads broke new ground for all subsequent women rockers. The group was recently immortalized in rock music history by The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock (Random House).
I have never heard them but if that guitar lick on the flash intro of her page is any indication I would love to (the guitar lick sounded much more 80s Runaways than 60s though)

mike






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