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Unknown Soldier · 11-19-2011, 04:20 AM

Next up a band that often get mentioned on other threads.

Girlschool Demolition 1980

Girlschool were certainly a novelty of their time and served as the first ever all-female metal band (as far as I know) at that time punk and punk related bands had some all-female line-ups such as the X-Ray Specs and the Runaways, and hard rock had the Wilson sisters fronting Heart. Girlschool had five dedicated handbangers who just happened to be women and played their metal albeit with a heavy punk and straight up rock approach with the grit of any male band. Music wise though, I don`t actually think Girlschool ever released a great album! But if you take the best songs off their early albums you`d have a great complilation of this band as they have some great individual songs that really added to the NWOBHM movement, but the real appeal of this band was just seeing them perform live and they gained real recognition here in the UK largely due to their association with Motorhead, with whom they recorded the St.Valentine`s Day Massacre EP in 1981.

11-19-2011, 04:20 AM	#85 (permalink)
Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	Next up a band that often get mentioned on other threads. Girlschool Demolition 1980 Girlschool were certainly a novelty of their time and served as the first ever all-female metal band (as far as I know) at that time punk and punk related bands had some all-female line-ups such as the X-Ray Specs and the Runaways, and hard rock had the Wilson sisters fronting Heart. Girlschool had five dedicated handbangers who just happened to be women and played their metal albeit with a heavy punk and straight up rock approach with the grit of any male band. Music wise though, I don`t actually think Girlschool ever released a great album! But if you take the best songs off their early albums you`d have a great complilation of this band as they have some great individual songs that really added to the NWOBHM movement, but the real appeal of this band was just seeing them perform live and they gained real recognition here in the UK largely due to their association with Motorhead, with whom they recorded the St.Valentine`s Day Massacre EP in 1981.