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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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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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XguiltparadeX wrote:
Just discovered this band, awesome.
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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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foxman147 wrote:
francis (vi) was fantastic, followeed heese guys all round the country (inc henge '84) and worked the door for them and omega tribe
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cannibalroses wrote:
The singer sounds ALOT like Marianne Faithfull.
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elegiak wrote:
Excellent ! I didn't know them, they're great <3
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PMSingGremlin wrote:
Criminally underappreciated. Such a fantastic band.
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elroyguess wrote:
Some nice songs..
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