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A British punk unit whose thoughtful explorations of issues of sexuality and gender conflicts presaged the riot grrrl movement of the 1990s, the Poison Girls were actually a male backing band formed around a singer and guitar player calling herself Vi Subversa. Released in 1979, the Girls’ debut, Hex, was produced by Crass drummer Penny Rimbaud, as was the following year’s Chappaquiddick Bridge. While the guitar-based music on both records was fairly subtle, Subversa’s lyrics were anything but, tackling issues of politics, normalcy, romance, and feminism with fury and intelligence.
After releasing Total Exposure, a stopgap live album recorded in Scotland in mid-1981, the Poison Girls returned in 1982 with a newly skilled and sophisticated sound on Where’s the Pleasure, which found Subversa streamlining her material to focus solely on the subject of sex. By the 1983 EP I’m Not a Real Woman, the band had virtually abandoned its punk roots in favor of Celtic folk singing and cabaret-styled pop; 1985’s Songs of Praise even found elements of funk creeping into the mix.
In the late ’80s, the Poison Girls called it quits. A four-CD retrospective, Statement: The Complete Recordings 1977-1989, was issued in 1996.
After releasing Total Exposure, a stopgap live album recorded in Scotland in mid-1981, the Poison Girls returned in 1982 with a newly skilled and sophisticated sound on Where’s the Pleasure, which found Subversa streamlining her material to focus solely on the subject of sex. By the 1983 EP I’m Not a Real Woman, the band had virtually abandoned its punk roots in favor of Celtic folk singing and cabaret-styled pop; 1985’s Songs of Praise even found elements of funk creeping into the mix.
In the late ’80s, the Poison Girls called it quits. A four-CD retrospective, Statement: The Complete Recordings 1977-1989, was issued in 1996.
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supressinginfo wrote:
Vi, be my abuelita :*
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Manoloxines wrote:
Phenomenal band!
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c0ckneyreject wrote:
Viv, we need to meet up again sometime soon.
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supressinginfo wrote:
CANT STOP LISTENING
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tgcephalopoid wrote:
Hole In The Wall is ten times as psychedelic than any Jefferson Airplane track.
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ShredsofFlesh wrote:
Fantastic ! Loads of memories with these songs...
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JTLDN wrote:
<3
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editor_b wrote:
Saw 'em twice in Finland in 1985 — those shows remain a highlight of my life.
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hoarmouth wrote:
This is freaky. Way ahead of it's time. Sounds like dark cabaret in places.
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insomniacme wrote:
probably needs to be more lethal
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WasteNoReason wrote:
Oldschool Punk & Hardcore <--join my group
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pathtoyirah wrote:
I used to be a taaaaaart.. saw myself as aaarrrt.. now I feel just like my mother her price is loowwwwwww
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mister_tussin wrote:
some of the vocals sound a lot like marianne faithfull
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anarcho-punk_dl wrote:
www.anarcho-punk.net
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Glamypunk wrote:
The other side of Crass and as good
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dgravy wrote:
Check out Cry No More' - great lyrics. Also Old Tarts Song. Great band.
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RottenBerry wrote:
I hear it -- sort of. It's a general, raspy sort of thing -- like Marianne Faithfull around the time of Broken English and not so much now. I don't think that the British sounding bit hurts either.
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FANG1989 wrote:
What 'price of grain' is'nt in the top 15? what a sham Marianne Faithful = Vi Subversa? I don't hear
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stupidstuff wrote:
"Criminally underappreciated"
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aladinvein wrote:
"Criminally underappreciated. Such a fantastic band. " I couldn't agree more... on of the most original bands ever
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