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

[Layla Gibbon <lpgibbon AT yahoo.com>]

I love Chandra but she is not the only post punk child
star! you are forgetting Unit 3 plus venus! they had
an 8 year old singer and played post- Screamers LA art
punk! They have a 7" and a comp track I think? I have
played both singerrs/bands on MRR radio before


--- Aaron levin <vilevin AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Everyone,
> 
> For those unfamiliar, Chandra was a 12 year old lady
> in 1980 whose
> proximity to the art world, and therefore The Dance
> members Euginie
> Diserio and Steve Alexander, landed her a little EP
> on the GoGo label.
> The EP, which I review on waxidermy here
>
http://waxidermy.com/2006/04/15/chandra-transportation/
> is probably
> the best (and only?) no-wave/post-punk Children's
> record. Not to
> mention a great record period.
> 
> When I found Steve Alexander prior to getting the
> Dance reissue going,
> he mentioned that after they released In Lust and
> in-and-around
> recording Soul Force, they formed a group with
> Chandra called "The
> Chandra Dimension". Featuring a 14 year old bass
> player, 16 year old
> drummer, and 14 year old Chandra, with Steve and
> Euginie helping out
> on guitar, organ and production, they recorded four
> songs.
> Unfortunately these songs were never released as
> Chandra had to go to
> school. Steve described them as "much more
> experimental than the
> Chandra EP, more noise, these kids were just going
> wild, almost
> psychedelic".
> 
> In any case, I would like to officially start the
> rumor mill by
> stating that this EP exists and that I have heard it
> and it is awesome
> (do not e-mail me asking for sound clips, I am not
> distributing).
> 
> Chandra is still deciding how she wants to release
> this (labels,
> formats, etc) but nevertheless, it exists and will
> be put out on some
> format hopefully soon.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Aaron Levin
> 
> PS - Picked up the YMG reissue yesterday (late
> pass). Lovely.
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