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post #51 of 70
7/7/09 at 5:35pm
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Originally Posted by Mattioli View Post
Shu-gah Wah-tuh... la la la la...

Wasn't Sean Lennon in Cibo Matto, though?
I think Lennon was only on their second (and final) album as he was dating one of the ladies.

Cibo Matto's first album, VIVA LA WOMAN, is a kind of demented masterpiece.
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post #52 of 70
7/7/09 at 5:39pm
while Lush was a female fronted band, I think when the lead singer quit to form Sing-Sing, that would definately qualify as a girl group.
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post #53 of 70
7/7/09 at 9:33pm
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while Lush was a female fronted band, I think when the lead singer quit to form Sing-Sing, that would definately qualify as a girl group.
Emma Anderson left to form Sing Sing (loved her stuff). Lush was done after their drummer, Chris Ackland, committed suicide. Last I knew, Miki Berenyi (lead singer, girl o' my dreams) was working for the BBC, got married, had a kid, etc.

Fuck, I loved that band. Saw them many years ago at the Fastlane in Asbury Park, with Weezer as the opener. Great times!
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post #54 of 70
7/8/09 at 10:41am
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Saw them many years ago at the Fastlane in Asbury Park, with Weezer as the opener. Great times!
That's awesome on many levels.
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post #55 of 70
7/8/09 at 10:50am
Loved the Bangles back in the day, and bizarrely I can sort of appreciate the Spice Girls for what the achived.
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post #56 of 70
7/9/09 at 9:45pm
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That's awesome on many levels.
Not as awesome as the hippie with silver boots who was doing an interpretive dance while the show was going on. He... was.... FABULOUS!!!!!

Another perk:

I was sitting on the bleachers near the soundboard, and got to see Miki Berenyi herself hanging out there during Weezer's set, singing and dancing along during "Buddy Holly" and "Say It Ain't So".
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post #57 of 70
7/9/09 at 11:13pm
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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post
Eventually, in this discussion, someone brings up Lacuna Coil or Drain STH. This person should, inevitably, be beaten in front of his embarrassed family.
I'll take that hit, I like 'em. A ton. Can't help it.
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Nightwish, Epica, The Gathering, Xandria, Dark Moor...there are several European Prog-rock bands that feature(d) exceptional female singers. Tarja Turunen (ex Nightwish) was fantastic.
I know some of those and I agree.

Ditto on the Donnas, Kittie, Garbage (yeah, yeah).

Maybe not all technically girl groups (but girl led), I also enjoy the Horrorpops, Letters to Cleo, Anna Waronker (that dog), Lullacry, Dresden Dolls, Distillers, Rasputina, Sirena, Leave's Eyes, Lunachicks, Betty Blowtorch, Medieval Baebes, Catherine Whalen's Jazz Squad, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Blondie, etc.

My wife's into Evanescence and Flyleaf. I have listened on occasion.

Discovered Barbe-Q-Barbies on Myspace. Don't know much about them, but I like what I hear (and they're hawt).

tATu anyone? LOL

EDIT: I'm suddenly reminded of this old thread: The International Olympics of Slutty Popstars
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post #58 of 70
7/9/09 at 11:30pm
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...bizarrely I can sort of appreciate the Spice Girls for what the achived.
I'll run that ball into the end zone: a few moments of unapologetic cheese aside, the first two albums have aged amazingly well.
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post #59 of 70
7/9/09 at 11:32pm
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I'll run that ball into the end zone: a few moments of unapologetic cheese aside, the first two albums have aged amazingly well.
Waitaminnit. You want me beaten for Lacuna Coil and Drain STH, but the Spice Girls are ok???
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post #60 of 70
7/9/09 at 11:42pm
For the kind of music they make, the Spice Girls were fine, and moreover they were at least self-aware enough to have fun with their music. More than makes up for a lot of the vocal shortcomings.

Lacuna Coil and Drain STH on the other hand, not only take themselves way too seriously, but between them know two chords. This does not a band make.

At least Evanescence know their one ace is Amy Lee's voice and take full advantage of it.

My previous statement stands. The beatings will arrive soon enough.
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post #61 of 70
7/9/09 at 11:58pm
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My previous statement stands. The beatings will arrive soon enough.
Do what you gotta do.
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post #62 of 70
7/10/09 at 11:27am
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Originally Posted by justin clark View Post
the beatings will arrive soon enough.
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Originally Posted by darkmite8
do what you gotta do.
Fight. Fight. Fight.

DM, if you like Betty Blowtorch, have you checked out Go Betty Go? You might find them worth a listen.
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post #63 of 70
7/10/09 at 11:39am
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I'll run that ball into the end zone: a few moments of unapologetic cheese aside, the first two albums have aged amazingly well.

Totally agree, in fact a couple of their songs made it onto a driving cd I made recently.
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post #64 of 70
7/10/09 at 12:05pm
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DM, if you like Betty Blowtorch, have you checked out Go Betty Go? You might find them worth a listen.
Nope. But I'll try and track them down. To be honest, my exposure to Betty Blowtorch is due solely to a mercilessly-scratched cd my friend gave me that was out of the case and that was kicked around on the floor of his car.
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post #65 of 70
7/10/09 at 12:14pm
Has anyone brought up Pat Benatar yet? She had a killer, opera trained voice and produced many classic songs in the late 70s/early 80s. Granted, it isn't a 'girl' band (her husband, Neil Giraldo, has always been her guitarist), but she's the only FACE for the music.
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post #66 of 70
7/10/09 at 12:18pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Has anyone brought up Pat Benatar yet? She had a killer, opera trained voice and produced many classic songs in the late 70s/early 80s. Granted, it isn't a 'girl' band (her husband, Neil Giraldo, has always been her guitarist), but she's the only FACE for the music.
My love of the Benatar knows no bounds. I'm seeing her on a double bill with Blondie in August.
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post #67 of 70
7/10/09 at 12:40pm
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My love of the Benatar knows no bounds.
I just missed her at the House of Blues down here in Orlando. Would have taken my wife, but we were on fam vacation in Michigan.
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post #68 of 70
7/10/09 at 12:43pm
Don't forget Heart, either. Once again, they're not necessarily a 'girl' group, but come on - the only members that really matter are the Wilson sisters.

By the way, I saw them about a month and a half ago here in MN. They still kick all sorts of ass, and Ann hasn't lost a note of her killer range.
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post #69 of 70
7/10/09 at 1:01pm
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Don't forget Heart, either. Once again, they're not necessarily a 'girl' group...
Neither are most of the acts mentioned for about half a page, strictly speaking.
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post #70 of 70
7/10/09 at 1:02pm
Never the hugest fan of Heart, but I happened to be at that rock museum in Seattle one afternoon when they were sound-checking for a benefit later that night, and got to meet Ann and Nancy, and they were both terrifically nice.
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