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Girls Against Boys is an / band, originally forming in in 1988 and currently based in .

The group began as a side project of Eli Janney and Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty. Canty soon left the project and by 1991 Janney had gone on to recruit three former members of D.C. group Soulside - Scott McCloud, Johnny Temple, and Alexis Fleisig - to complete the line-up. Girls Against Boys are perhaps most notable for employing dual bass guitars, a rarity in rock music, and for their second album, “Venus Luxure No.1 Baby”, a heavy yet nuanced entry into early 1990s . Their third album Cruise Yourself raised their profile, film director Kevin Smith used a song in each of his first two films. House of GvsB showed their sound taking a more soulful approach to their noiserock with a semi-successful single “Superfire”, at which point they signed to Geffen. Their major label debut saw them take a more industrial disco approach similar to Nine Inch Nails while retaining their postpunk feel, the album failed to launch the band into the mainstream and the band went on hiatus until their contract ended. Among the many side projects undertaken was Scott McCloud’s jazzy New Wet Kojak. The band reunited in 2002 to record ‘You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See’, released on Jade Tree Records which was a welcome return to their pre-Geffen sound and a critical success.
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  • muzziac

    I find neither GVSB nor chocolate to be "sexy." I do enjoy both, however.

    March 2012

  • my_seattle

    Sexier than chocolate [2]

    February 2012

  • Beat_C

    this band is sex.

    February 2012

  • Supermandre

    haha, how befitting! I was just listening to Freak*On*Ica and was thinking: actually, this music pretty much sucks. but I can very well imagine myself playing some racing games (like Wipeout, if it hadn't already such a good soundtrack) to this...

    February 2012

  • gaeko

    video game. Need For Speed The Run

    December 2011

  • TheShorelessSea

    why is bullet proof cupid so high this week? is it in a movie or video game or something?

    November 2011

  • akzincke

    Although (referring to below)... They did four albums before they signed to Geffen, right? Tropic of Scorpio seems to get forgotten. It's a bit weirder than the rest but it's interesting to see where they were before they dropped the masterpiece of 'Venus'.

    October 2011

  • akzincke

    I agree with cainmac's opinion.

    September 2011
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