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

["Bess Korey" <besskorey AT gmail.com>]

 

 

Thanks for replying to my message, Sara! I have some links I'd like to share with you and anyone else here who'd like to know more about the women that were involved with Glam Rock back in the '70s.

 

The first link is to a very comprehensive site devoted to the genre called Glam Rock Bear, and they have a page devoted to what they call the Glam Girls:

 http://hometown.aol.co.uk/glamrockbear/page5.html

 

There is also a page on the '70s Invasion site (which covers many different genres from the decade, not just Glam) that is chock full of information about female Glam artists:

http://www.angelfire.com/vt2/70sinvasion/page4.html

 

There is also a book that came out recently which is an academic study of Glam Rock Performance, and has a chapter that focuses on Suzi Quatro and her affect on the Gender Politics of Glam. It's called Performing Glam Rock- Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music and it was written by Philip Auslander. Here's a link to a site where more info can be learned about that book:

http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=11477

 

One of my favorite authors, whom I have also been fortunate enough to interview, is Nina Antonia. She was the first person ever to write biographies about both Johnny Thunders and the New York Dolls, and in her most recent book, The Prettiest Star- Whatever Happened To Brett Smiley? she weaves her own tale of being a female Glam Rock fan during the rise of the genre with the biography of a lost Glam Rock star named Brett Smiley. I highly recommend the book not just to Glam Rock fans, but to anyone who likes to read about the female perspective of fandom, and can relate to how one's musical heroes can influence their own creativity. Here's a link to Nina's My Space site if you'd like to learn more about her: www.myspace.com/ninaantonia

 

And lastly, there were quite a few women whom played key roles in the Glam movement, whom have not entirely gotten their due because they were behind the scenes. For example, Marc Bolan's publicist Chelita Secunda is said to have been the first person ever to put glitter on his face before a career defining television performance on Top Of The Pops, and his wife at the time, June Bolan, has also been said to have played a part in shaping his image and career. Angie Bowie claims to have pulled the strings behind David Bowie's Glam Rock career, which can be read about in her autobiography, Backstage Passes: Life On The Wild Side With David Bowie.

 

Ok, well I think I've given more than my two cents about the topic. Thanks for reading my post!

 

Sincerely,

Bess Korey

 

 

 

 

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Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 22:27:06 -0400
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Welcome to the group, Bess. I have all the Ace releases you mentioned, and I
can vouch for them all. I'm always interested in female glam stuff too. Even
though women like Suzi Quatro and Joan Jett/Runaways are inspirations, I'm
always interested in hearing from women in what was very much a
male-dominated subgenre of rock. If you're going to have boys dressed like
girls, why not cut out the middleman? Or woman?



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> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:56:36 -0500
> From: "Bess Korey" <besskorey AT gmail.com >
> Subject: [TypicalGirls] Greetings And Salutations...
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> Hello Everyone!
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> I was a member of this list a long time ago, maybe 5 or 6 years ago, but
> lost touch for some reason, perhaps it had to do with not having internet
> access for a while, I am not sure, but regardless, I am glad to see that
> the
> list is still going strong after all these years, and I am happy to join
> it
> again! I am 26 years old, and have been a fan of many of the bands that
> are
> discussed on here for about a decade now. I am a writer and singer, whom
> for
> the time being has to suffer through a horrible retail job in order to
> make
> ends meet. As far as my writing goes, I interviewed Penelope Houston a few
> years back for Venus Zine, and was recently published by Venus again. This
> time I did an interview with Julie Patchouli of The Pandoras. I know that
> they are from a bit later in time than most of the bands discussed her,
> but
> I would still like to share the link to the interview with you all, in
> case
> anyone else here is a fan of the band and would like to see it. It's
> located
> at: http://venuszine.com/stories/music_interviews/3629
> I am also the lead singer of a '70s Glam Rock inspired band, which I think
> is another genre that is untapped when it comes to the chronicling of
> women
> that were involved with that scene, and I will perhaps write about that
> someday.
> I noticed that there was a discussion about Goldie And The Gingerbreads on
> here, and I would like to recommend a CD that features them on it, as well
> as some other all-female '60s bands. It's called *Girls With Guitars* and
> was put out by the British label Ace Records a few years ago, and I'm
> pretty
> sure that it's still in print. Also featured on that CD are She/Hairem and
> Denise And Co./Ace Of Cups, which are two other all-female groups that Ace
> Records has released albums for, and are well worth checking out,
> especially
> if you are interested in hearing music by lesser known all-female
> psychedelic/garage bands from the '60s. I apologize if someone has already
> mentioned these groups/CDs on here before, since I haven't been on the
> list
> for quite some time, I wasn't aware of them being mentioned, but if not,
> then I hope that my recommendations have been helpful.
> I am excited to be on this list again, and look forward to reading
> everyone's posts! Thanks for taking the time to read mine.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bess Korey
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