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

[ruth novaczek <nova15 AT btinternet.com>]

good point kara

the u.s scene was different, while the euro bands were more 'serious' the u.s produced a more playful sound, e.s.g, the bush tetras,(who did 'the devil lives in my husbands body'?) which i think is the result of being more inclined toward weird self _expression_. but segregation probably helped prevent really culturally mixed _expression_ (check lisa jones on this and her take on 'living color')

in europe there were german bands, brit bands, they didn't go multicultural until much later, in the uk they did ska, which is ambivalent anyway

of course the u.s was never really multicultural, it was just the bigger picture of america, segregated, europe played the weirdo nationalist card then moved on to a sort of anxious multiculturalism

there were a few really mixed bands at certain times, within the avant garde, mixed race was big in the u.k

anyway this is a long story and not yet written

On 23 Sep 2010, at 20:54, Kara Kvaran wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the list, just joined today, but I had a question I've been thinking about and I'd like to get some other opinions.

Is it fair to say that the strongest feminist punk voices of the 1980s came from European bands? If so, why do you think that is?

I've been thinking that it's a combination of the American backlash against feminism of the 1980s and the proliferation of hyper-masculinized hardcore within the punk communities but I feel like I'm missing something (or perhaps totally off base!).

Thanks,
  - K 

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