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"This is the first study of women's popular music-making based on academic research. It is based on over 100 in-depth interviews as well as participant observation by the author, a sociologist, who has herself played in various bands since punk. Bayton covers the period from the late 1970s until the mid 1990s, focussing mainly on women instrumentalists in female and mixed bands. Amongst others, interviewees include Skin from Skunk Anansie, Debbie Smith from Echobelly, Candida Doyle from Pulp, Gail Greenwood from Belly and L7, Natasha Atlas from Transglobal Underground, and Vi Subversa from…
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1 edition- Other · English · 1998Oxford University Press · 246 pages · 9780198166153
Social aspectsInterviewsWomen rock musiciansMusicPerformanceSocial aspects of MusicPopular musicWomen musicians