Revenge of the She-Punks by Vivien Goldman

Author:Vivien Goldman [Goldman, Vivien]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00

LINEUP & TRACK LISTING

1. Pragaash (India, 2014).

This Indian teen girl trio were banned by a cleric’s fatwa and never got to record.

2. The Vinyl Records, “Rage” (India, 2017).

Reinventing new wave, Indian style; raging anti-oppression lyrics delivered with infectious hilarity.

3. Sleater-Kinney, “Little Babies” (US, 1998).

Clever Riot Grrrls question gender roles in surfy pop-punk.

4. Zuby Nehty, “Sokol” (“Falcon”) (Czech Republic, 1997).

Eastern Europe’s punks were more musically sophisticated rebels, often banned by the authorities . . . Zuby Nehty’s sisterhood soars.

5. Las Vulpes, “Me Gusta Ser Una Zorra” (“I Like Being a Bitch”) (Spain, 1983).

This primordial girl punk band shocked staid Spain.

6. The Selecter, “On My Radio” (UK, 1979).

Pauline Black and her 2 Tone ska band’s wit and zip charmed an often hostile media.

7. Vi Subversa/the Poison Girls, “Persons Unknown” (UK, 1981).

Anarcho-punks created a Brighton community and challenged the British government’s Irish war with commanding insight.

8. Jayne Cortez and the Firespitters, “Maintain Control” (US, 1986).

Searing indie African American artist, activist, poet, and publisher dismantles the structure of social oppression in a harmolodic song.

9. Tanya Stephens, “Welcome to the Rebelution” (Jamaica, 2006).

A thrilling call to not only dance but make change from an outspoken, controversial independent artist.

10. Sandra Izsadore with Fela Kuti/Afrika 70, “Upside Down” (US/Nigeria, 1976).

The Nigerian creator of the influential Afrobeat sound, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, wrote this tough critique for his American Black Panther muse to sing.

11. Skinny Girl Diet, “Silver Spoons” (UK, 2015).

London sisters plus cousin lacerate ingrained class privilege over kinetic industrial electro-punk.

12. Fértil Miseria, “Visiones de la Muerte” (“Visions of Death”) (Colombia, 2005).

Since 1990, the Castro sisters of Colombia’s Fértil Miseria have used punk to challenge anguish and anger. It’s a track on a knife-edge.

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