Girls will be boys : women report on rock / Liz Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Liz (Journalist)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women music critics.

Rock musicians.

Women rock musicians.

Physical Description:

xxii, 243 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pandora, 1997.

Summary:

The boys are back. Despite the surge in female-led rock which occurred at the beginning of the 1990s, Britpop, Britrock and New Laddism prove that rock is reluctant to let go of its roots. Women have always known this, especially those reporting from the frontline. Female journalists have provided some of the most insightful and cutting-edge contributions to rock's literary tradition.

Girls Will Be Boys is a collection of reports by women about men in rock -- and the odd mannish woman. With pieces on Bon Jovi, Blur, the Charlatans, the Manic Street Preachers, Motorhead, the Happy Mondays, rap lyrics, and house music, as well as Courtney Love, Sinead O'Connor, Bjork, and the riot grrls, Girls Will be Boys sets out to show that female journalists are more than capable of getting their hands dirty.

Contents:

1. Chicago House / Sheryl Garratt 1

2. Motorhead / Sylvie Simmons 13

3. The French Connection / Mary Anne Hobbs 23

4. The Man Whose Head Exploded / Miranda Sawyer 29

5. Rock 'n' Roll Rebel With Too Many Causes / Suzanne Moore 49

6. Fatal Attraction / Liz Evans 53

7. Touch Me, I'm Sick / Liz Evans 67

8. Rage Against the Man Machine / Liz Evans 75

9. Siamese Animal Men / Barbara Ellen 85

10. Rising Sons / Daniela Soave 101

11. The Vanishing of Richey Manic / Gina Morris 111

12. The Year Skunk Broke / Lucy O'Brien 125

13. Too Drunk to Fake / Barbara Ellen 133

14. Straight to Hell... Yeah! / Gina Morris 147

15. Living in Oblivion / Sylvia Patterson 161

16. Delivery / Sharon O'Connell 173

17. White Heat, White Noise, White Out / Lisa Verrico 187

18. Drumnbass / Charlotte Raven 197

19. Lunatic Ginge / Sylvia Patterson 207

20. OK, Liam is a Bit Spacey, But, More Than That, He's Dreamy. One Night We Had a Little Snog / Emma Forrest 225

21. Catch Him if You Keanu! / Kate Spicer 229.

ISBN:

0044409508

OCLC:

37246473