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  • From: "Aaron levin" <vilevin AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] SUBMIT BLURBS PLEASE! We're up to 22 must-haves!
  • Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 10:57:15 -0600

I would like to add "The Dance" to the list. Though the band is not
all female, the lead singer and significant writer of most of the
songs was female. There is a reissue currently in the works. The group
has a very accessible sound, especially on their last effort "Soul
Force". I would call this essential and I feel many of you would also
call it essential had there been a reissue available for some years.

Best,

Aaron Levin


On 6/3/07, burt AT macalester.edu <burt AT macalester.edu> wrote:
In response to Dan, I'm thinking that what matters is not how many women were
in the band, or whether they had just one woman and she was the singer, but
whether the woman or women had creative control. I'd hate to leave out
Altered Images if we're making a long list...

...although, if we're making a shorter list, I'd happily replace them with either Dolly
Mixture, or one of the bands that included Amelia Fletcher, probably Heavenly with Le
Jardin du Heavenly, especially since, if I remember correctly, the CD reissue of Le
Jardin du Heavenly also includes the EP with "P.U.N.K. Girl." In fact, can we
just put Heavenly on our list? Or is there a chronological cutoff (around 1985, to
judge by the list we already have)? If there's a 1985-86 cutoff, Salem 66 and/or Scrawl
should just sneak in... do either of them belong?

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