Cinderella's Big Score: The History of Women in Punk Rock

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Cinderella’s Big Score celebrates the contributions of punk’s oft-overlooked female artists, explores the latent—and not so latent—sexism of indie rock (so often thought of as the hallowed ground of progressive movements), and tells the story of how these women created spaces for themselves in a sometimes limited or exclusionary environment. The indie music world is littered with females who have not only withstood the racket of punk’s intolerance, but have twisted our societal ...
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Overview

Cinderella’s Big Score celebrates the contributions of punk’s oft-overlooked female artists, explores the latent—and not so latent—sexism of indie rock (so often thought of as the hallowed ground of progressive movements), and tells the story of how these women created spaces for themselves in a sometimes limited or exclusionary environment. The indie music world is littered with females who have not only withstood the racket of punk’s intolerance, but have twisted our societal notions of femininity in knots.
Raha focuses on the United States and England in the 70s and 80s, and illuminates how the seminal women of this time shaped the female rockers of the 90s and today. Groups profiled range from The Runaways, The Slits, and The Plasmatics to L7, Sleater-Kinney, and Le Tigre. The book includes women not often featured in "women in rock" titles, such as Exene Cervenka of X, Eve Libertine and Joy de Vivre of Crass, and Poison Ivy Rorschach of the Cramps. Includes rare interviews and more than forty B&W photos.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781580051163
  • Publisher: Avalon Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 12/15/2004
  • Series: Live Girls Series
  • Pages: 343
  • Product dimensions: 6.04 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 1.09 (d)

Meet the Author

Maria Raha works for Spin and Vibe magazines, and has written for Time Out New York, and Bitch. She lives in New York City.

Kim Gordon is the bass player and vocalist of Sonic Youth. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Table of Contents

Pt. I America in the 1970s
I am woman, hear me whisper : introduction 3
Ch. 1 Bobelogue : Patti Smith 16
Ch. 2 Queens of noise : the runaways 22
Ch. 3 The girl in the band : Tina Weymouth 27
Ch. 4 Girl germs : Lorna Doom and Nicole Panter 32
Ch. 5 Woman overboard : Debbie Harry 38
Ch. 6 The world's a mess; it's in my kiss : Exene Cervenka 42
Ch. 7 Married to myself : Penelope Houston 47
Ch. 8 Bikini girls with gretsch guitars : Poison Ivy 52
Pt. II Britain in the 1970s
No one's little girls : introduction 59
Ch. 9 Voodoo Dolly : Siouxsie Sioux 73
Ch. 10 Number one enemy : the slits 79
Ch. 11 The day the girls turned day-glo : Lora Logic and Poly Styrene 86
Ch. 12 Shaved women, collaborate! : Joy de Vivre and Eve Libertine 92
Ch. 13 Shouting out loud : the raincoats 100
Pt. III The 1980s
Cruel, cruel decade : introduction 107
Ch. 14 Conspiracy of women : Lydia Lunch 121
Ch. 15 Stunt priestess : Wendy O. Williams 127
Ch. 16 Sonic force : Kim Gordon 133
Ch. 17 Fast enough : Kim Warnick and Lulu Gargiulo 140
Ch. 18 New year : Kim Deal 144
Pt. IV The 1990s
Truepunkrocksoulcrusaders : introduction 151
Ch. 19 Look right through me : Mia Zapata 165
Ch. 20 Courage : Jenny Toomey 170
Ch. 21 Pretty on the inside : hole 177
Ch. 22 Smell the magic : L7 182
Ch. 23 Butch in the streets : tribe 8 186
Ch. 24 Babysitters on acid : Lunachicks 193
Ch. 25 50 FT queenie : P. J. Harvey 198
Ch. 26 Reject all American : Bikini Kill 203
Ch. 27 So many cowards and so little time : Bratmobile 209
Ch. 28 To the enemies of dyke rock : Team Dresch 215
Pt. V The late 1990s-early 2000s
Feminists, we're calling you. Please report to the front desk : introduction 223
Ch. 29 I wanna be your Jocy Ramone : Sleater-Kinney 234
Ch. 30 The galaxy is gay : The Butchies 239
Ch. 31 Hot topic : Le Tigre 243
Ch. 32 Back it up, boys : Peaches 247
Ch. 33 Arkansas heat : The Gossip 252
Ch. 34 Controlled chaos : Erase Errata 256
Girls get busy : conclusion 261
App Rock 'n' roll fight songs : discographies 263
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