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Review: Grrls - Viva Rock Divas
Posted by Jones Violet on July 13, 2005 09:30 AMFiled under: Books, Books: Women - Scroll down to read comments on this story and/or add one of your own.
Grrrls : Viva Rock Divas
written by Amy Raphael
Book from St. Martin's Griffin
Release date: 15 January, 1996I have to say that I was a lot more impressed with this book than I thought I would be. I was kind of skeptical of the cover with Courtney Love baring a sexy leg, but now, I take back any thought I had about it initially.
To begin, this book by Amy Raphael is a good book. Interesting, powerful, informative and, in many ways, inspiring for women. Especially young women. It's a book about what it's like to be a woman in the music industry making real music. It's all about girl rock and grrl power, which is what originally made me skeptical about it. In my mind I always seemed to associate "grrl power" with fourteen year old girls and the Spice Girls. I take it back. Grrls is a great book if you've been a fan of women in rock for years or if you're new and interested in learning more about it.
The women featured in the book are Courtney Love (Hole), Sonya Aurora Madan and Debbie Smith (Echobelly), Bjork, Nina Gordon and Louie Post (Veruca Salt), Gina Birch (Raincoats), Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Ellyott Dragon (Sister George), Huggy Bear, Tanya Donelly (Belly), Pam Hogg (Doll), Kristin Hersh, and Liz Phair.
While this is a great list of great talent, I was surprised to see some faces missing from the line up, such as Patti Smith and PJ Harvey, to name a few, though they both get some honorable mentions from the women interviewed, which is nice to see.
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