Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Front Line
Kate Mossman looks beyond the cliches of grunge babes and rock chicks as she goes behind rock's untold stories to discover if it has always been different for the girl in a band.
All too often, every great female rock musician has to answer a predictable question - what is it like being a girl in a band?
For many, the sight of a girl shredding a guitar or laying into the drums is still a bit of a novelty. As soon as women started forming their own bands they were given labels - the rock chick, the girl band or one half of the rock 'n' roll couple.
Kate Mossman aims to look beyond the cliches of fallen angels, grunge babes and rock chicks as she gets the untold stories from rock's frontline to discover if it has always been different for the girl in a band.
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Clips
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Brix - Brix Smith Start
Duration: 01:11
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Viv Albertine - The Slits
Duration: 01:16
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Carol Kaye on Phil Spector
Duration: 02:32
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Lita Ford on playing the guitar
Duration: 02:27
Music Played
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The Beach Boys
Good Vibrations
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Glen Campbell
Wichita Lineman
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Hong Kong Garden
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New Order
World In Motion
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The Breeders
Divine Hammer (Single Version)
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Oasis
Rock 'N' Roll Star
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Blur
Girls & Boys
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Blur
Country House
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kate Mossman |
Executive Producer | Mark Cooper |
Producer | Dione Newton |
Director | Dione Newton |
Participant | Tina Weymouth |
Participant | Elkie Brooks |
Participant | Carol Kaye |
Participant | Lita Ford |
Participant | Viv Albertine |
Participant | Pauline Murray |
Participant | Brix Smith |
Participant | Gillian Gilbert |
Participant | Kim McAuliffe |
Participant | Miki Berenyi |
Participant | Jehnny Beth |
Participant | June Millington |
Participant | Mary Dostal |
Participant | Valerie Nilson |
Participant | Kelley Deal |
Participant | Josephine Wiggs |
Broadcasts
- Fri 30 Oct 2015 22:00
- Sat 31 Oct 2015 02:00
- Sun 1 Nov 2015 00:00
- Fri 25 Mar 2016 23:30
- Fri 1 Apr 2016 01:35
- Fri 2 Sep 2016 21:30
- Sat 3 Sep 2016 02:00
- Fri 10 Feb 2017 22:00
- Sat 11 Feb 2017 01:30
- Fri 22 Jun 2018 21:00
- Fri 10 May 2019 23:30
- Sat 7 Mar 2020 00:45