Blank Generation
Steve Green
This week on Blank Generation we dedicate the entire show to women in punk. To narrow it down we are concentrating on female punk vocalists. To my mind the entire genre was started by the Ramones in New York but subsequently taken to another level in the UK. where it became an established and meaningful scene. The same goes with women in punk, where I believe the grass roots lie with teenage upstarts, the Shangri-las, through the glam of Suzi Quatro and the attitude of Patti Smith. Many followed and were eclipsed by their UK counterparts.
If you disagree or spot any obvious omissions please comment on our Facebook page, and don’t forget to share and like whilst you are there. Whatever the opinions are, nobody can argue with the quality of the 30 + artists and their earliest tracks that are crammed into a little over two hours of girls girls girls!
Playlist:
The Shangri-las – Leader Of The Pack
Suzi Quatro – Can The Can
Patti Smith – Hey Joe
Nina Hagen & Automobil – Du Hast Den Farbfilm Vergessen
The Runaways – Cherry Bomb
Blondie – In The Flesh
X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage Up Yours
Penetration – Don’t Dictate
The Bags – Survive
The Avengers – We Are The One
Stinky Toys – Boozy Creed
Cherry Vanilla – The Punk
Dick Envy – Angry Young Women
Essential Logic – Aerosol Burns
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
Plasmatics – Butcher Baby
X – Adult Books
Kleenex – Ain’t You
The Slits – Typical Girls
Pretenders – Stop Your Sobbing
Teenage Jesus and The Jerks – Less Of Me
Fatal Microbes – Violence Grows
Lene Lovich – Lucky Number
Delta 5 – Mind Your Own Business
The Raincoats – Fairytale In The Supermarket
Mo-dettes – White Mice
The Dishrags – Past Is Past
Au Pairs – You
Neo Boys – Never Comes Down
Dolly Mixture – Baby It’s You
The Rezillos – I Can’t Stand My Baby
Celia & The Mutations – Mony Mony
The Doll – Trash
The B52’s – Rock Lobster
Vice Squad – Last Rockers
The Violators – The Fugitive
