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Artist: Girl
Though they never found widespread success, the London-based quintet Girl provided a tenuous link between the '70s glam movement and its heavier but no less sleazy late-'80s counterpart. Their brief existence and uneven output notwithstanding, Girl are now best remembered as the starting point for a pair of illustrious musicians who would go on... [+] Read More
Artist: The Girls
Assembled by Prince associate André Cymone in Minneapolis in 1983, the Girls were an obscure, little known female trio along the lines of Vanity 6 and Apollonia 6. Vanity 6 had done well for Prince in 1982, and Cymone was hoping to direct a hit female group of his own when, in 1983, he hired singers Sheila Rankin, Germain Brooks, and Doris... [+] Read More
Artist: The Girls
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Artist: This Girl
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Artist: Spice Girls
Spice Girls were the first major British pop music phenomenon of the mid-'90s to not have a debt to independent pop/rock. Instead, the all-female quintet derived from the dance-pop tradition that made Take That the most popular British group of the early '90s, but there was one crucial difference. Spice Girls use dance-pop as a musical base, but... [+] Read More
Artist: The Cheetah Girls
Artist: Girl Talk
Girl Talk is producer and sampler Gregg Gillis, who rose from the club scenes of Cleveland and Pittsburgh to create some of the most defiant samples of the Jackson 5, Cyndi Lauper, Jay-Z, Destiny's Child, and C+C Music Factory. The Secret Diary CD introduced the world to his revolutionary form of sampling and mixing. Illegal Art Records released... [+] Read More
Artist: Girls Aloud
Artist: Brazilian Girls
Their music incorporates bits of reggae, electronica, jazz, bossa nova, and you name it, and despite their name, no one in the band is Brazilian. The sexy/quirky/mysterious Brazilian Girls are three men -- Didi Gutman on keyboards and computers, Jesse Murphy on bass, and Aaron Johnston on drums -- and one woman, Sabina Sciubba, the vocalist who... [+] Read More
Artist: Everything But the Girl
Originating at the turn of the 1980s as a leader of the lite-jazz movement, Everything but the Girl became an unlikely success story more than a decade later, emerging at the vanguard of the fusion between pop and electronica. Founded in 1982 by Hull University students Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, the duo took their name from a sign placed in the... [+] Read More
Artist: Barlow Girl
After practicing, writing, and performing for a few years, the self-described "radical girls for God" found themselves at a festival with fellow Christian rockers Superchic[k]. The latter took a liking to the up-and-comers, even penning a song about them, helping Barlow Girl off of the side stages and into the spotlight. With a solid grassroots... [+] Read More
Artist: The Cheeky Girls
In the proud tradition of U.K. groups that have one massively popular single and then fade from memory even more quickly than they appeared come the Cheeky Girls, Gabriela and Monica Irimia. Identical twins born on Halloween in Transylvania, the Cheeky Girls spent their adolescence studying voice, ballet, and modern dance. Gabriela and Monica... [+] Read More
Artist: kind of girl
Pop/Rock/Indie Copenhagen - Denmark - ScandinaviaSome of the comments that follow the band around are "refreshing" and "inspiring" - compliments the band takes pride in.Once bebop guitar-playing, now true-to-the-heart-pop-devoted Sissel Olander makes her lyrics and tunes out of the twisted life that comes out of the soul's desire for... [+] Read More
Artist: Calendar Girl
Boston's Calendar Girl features guitarists/vocalists Johnny Anguish and Paul Wisner (formerly of Ultrabreakfast), bassist/vocalist Eric Krauter (who also played with Drumming on Glass), and drummer Dave Foy. The band formed in late 1997 and recorded a demo the following year that won them local critical acclaim as well as radio airplay. The Cool... [+] Read More
Artist: The Beautiful Girls
Artist: Tidy Girls
Artist: Bachelor Girl
The Australian pop group Bachelor Girl formed in 1992 when songwriter/producer/keyboardist/vocalist James Roche met vocalist Tania Emilia Doko. Roche was creating a demo tape of a song he wrote for another group, Girlfriend. When his original singer canceled, he recruited Doko, which sparked a collaboration. The duo began writing and recording... [+] Read More
