Various Artists - Guerilla Girls! She-Punks & Beyond 1975-2016 / Various

Various Artists - Guerilla Girls! She-Punks & Beyond 1975-2016 / VariousDouble vinyl LP pressing. UK collection. Guerrilla Girls! Takes us on a thrilling ride from punk's mid 70s origins, via the left field post punk groups, jangly female combos, grunge bands and vigilante Riot Grrrls of the 80s and 90s, to the she punk bands of recent years a five decade alternative to the macho hegemony of rock. The collection highlights songs that emerged out of a dynamic underculture of female creative expression. What unites the

Double vinyl LP pressing. UK collection. Guerrilla Girls! Takes us on a thrilling ride from punk's mid-70s origins, via the left-field post-punk groups, jangly female combos, grunge bands and vigilante Riot Grrrls of the 80s and 90s, to the she-punk bands of recent years - a five-decade alternative to the macho hegemony of rock. The collection highlights songs that emerged out of a dynamic underculture of female creative expression. What unites the featured artists is a healthy disregard for the way the music industry ties up it's female performers into pretty, neo-liberal packages. From Patti Smith, universal mother of the punk movement, to the Bags, Bikini Kill and Skinny Girl Diet, this music is anti-A&R. Including lesser-known names such as San Francisco street punk Mary Monday and London-based experimentalists pragVec, it shows that, rather than being a few novelty bands existing on the margins, these performers represent a stronger, more three-dimensional version of the female experience.