"I went on stage with my neck broken in two places. I couldn't bounce around, so I blinged the brace up instead. That was a great gig. Loughead was there from the start. When we began, there were no all-women garage punk bands here. Within a year, there were seven. Now there are 20 and counting. There are Riotous groups across the UK and the world, from Finland to Australia, recording, gigging, playing festivals."
"Across the UK, women are reclaiming punk and changing the landscape of live music while they're at it. There are music venues across the UK thriving thanks to women punk bands, said Longhead. So are rehearsal studios, music teaching and coaching, production spaces. That's because women are in all these roles now. They're also changing who shows up. Women-led bands are playing every week."
A grassroots collective in Leicester sparked a rapid growth of all-women garage punk bands, expanding from none to around twenty within a few years. The movement has spread across the UK and internationally, with groups forming, recording, gigging and playing festivals. Women occupy roles beyond performance, including rehearsal, teaching, coaching and production, strengthening local music ecosystems and sustaining venues. Women-led bands are performing weekly and attracting more diverse audiences, creating spaces perceived as safer and more inclusive. Broader social pressures including gender-based violence, far-right exploitation of women, and age-related stigma are driving women to channel resistance through punk music.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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