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

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  • From: robin dunn <rdunnrn AT yahoo.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 11:27:20 -0700 (PDT)

perhaps the list could start with moe tucker? tho'
not everyone could tell whether she was a boy or a
girl <g>. i actually think her playing was a *huge*
part of the vu's sound. and her solo work is
fabulous.

r



--- J Neo Marvin <j_n_e_o AT hotmail.com> wrote:
> On the other side of the coin, it's probably not
> crucial for this particular
> list, but what about bands that were mostly male but
> included female
> instrumentalists? That was considerably more
> revolutionary in the late
> 70s...I'm figuring that Tina Weymouth, Gaye Advert,
> Pat Place and Adele
> Bertei in the Contortions, etc etc might have had
> just as much if not more
> influence on a lot of young women at the time as far
> as inspiring the
> thought, "I could do that!" The so-called "chick
> singer" was
> well-established, but women picking up instruments
> in LOUD bands that
> weren't folky or jazzy was the real sea change.




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