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Fallopian Rhapsody - The Story of the Lunachicks (Paperback)
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Fallopian Rhapsody - The Story of the Lunachicks (Paperback)
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List price R489
Loot Price R417
Discovery Miles 4 170
You Save R72 (15%)
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In the late 80s, three self-described "total freak" high school
girls from Brooklyn found salvation in the sisterhood of
friendship, refuge in the East Village. Soon after graduation, The
Lunachicks signed with Blast First Records; Kim Gordon and Thurston
Moore whisked them into the studio (it did not go well). And yet
the Lunachicks fought for their space in the virtually boys-only
world of punk and rock throughout the 90s. Their unforgettable
costume-critiques of pop culture were as loud as their "Marsha[ll]"
amps, the ferocity of their feminism as lasting as their
pre-internet mythology. They toured with bands like Marilyn Manson,
No Doubt, Rancid, and The Offspring. The played the Reading
Festival with Nirvana and did the testosterone-fueled Warped tour
(twice). Lauded by critics and feared by men, The Lunachicks
annihilated social conventions from Brooklyn to Tokyo and somehow
managed to survive, but not unscathed. Fallopian Rhapsody
chronicles becoming an established band and hearing industry dudes
say, "We're not booking you because we already had a girl band play
here this month," or "We're not playing your song on our radio show
because we already have No Doubt in the rotation." Their group
memoir will also recount their collapse, drug abuse and
intervention, survival and reinvention. Filled with
never-before-seen photos, illustrations, and ephemera from the
band's private archive, this book will be a must-have for new and
old fans alike. For readers of Carrie Brownstein's Hunger Makes me
a Modern Girl, Kim Gordon's Girl in a Band, and Chrissie Hynde's
Reckless, Fallopian Rhapsody is the literary equivalent of diving
headfirst into a moshpit and, slowly but surely, venturing up to
the front of the stage.
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