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Hit Girls : Women of Punk in the USA. 1975-1983
Women of Punk - Book - by Jen B Larson
(2023)
Women have been kicking against the pricks of music
patriarchy since Sister Rosetta Tharpe first played the guitar riffs that built
rock-n-roll. The explosion of punk sent shockwaves of revolution to every girl
who dreamed of being on stage. Punk godmothers Suzy Quatro, The Runaways, Patti
Smith, Poison Ivy, Tina Weymouth, Debbie Harry, The Go-Gos, and Fanny’s
Millington sisters provided the template for thousands of girls and women
throughout the United States to write and record their songs.
Hit Girls is the story local and regional bands whose legacy
would be otherwise lost. Despite the modern narrative labeled women anomalies
in rock music, the truth is: women played important roles in punk and its
related genres in every city, in every scene, all over the United States. The
women and bands profiled by Jen B. share their experiences of sexism and racism
as well as their joy and successes from their days on stage as they changed
what it meant to be in a band. These pioneering women were more than novelty
acts or pretty faces--they were fully contributing members and leaders of
mixed-gender and all-female bands long before the call for “girls to the
front.”
The women of Hit Girls are now rightfully exalted to cult
status where their collective achievement is recognized and inspiring to new
generations of women rockers. Included are interviews with: Texacala Jones,
Stoney Rivera, Mish Bondaj, Alice Bag, Nikki Corvette, Penelope Houston, and
many more formidable and infamous women who made their voices heard over the
screaming guitars.
Hit Girls includes over 100 rare and never-before seen images. Author Jen B. includes a comprehensive playlist of all the artists. Foreword by punk journalist, Ginger Coyote. Introduction by music critic, Jessica Hopper.
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