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Girls in Bands at the BBC

Compilation of guitar band performances featuring female musicians, with Elkie Brooks, Patti Smith, The Go-Go's, Tina Weymouth, Kim Gordon, Au Pairs, Lush, Elastica and Garbage.

Compilation celebrating some guitar band performances at the BBC that feature some of the best female musicians in rock. Beginning with the oft-forgotten American group Fanny performing You're the One, it's a journey along rock's spectrum from the 1970s to now.

The selection includes the powerful vocals of Elkie Brooks on Vinegar Joe's Proud to Be a Honky Woman, the mesmerising poetry of Patti Smith's Horses and the upbeat energy of The Go-Go's on We Got the Beat.

Mighty basslines come courtesy of Tina Weymouth on Psycho Killer and Kim Gordon on Sugar Kane, whilst we trace the line of indie rock from the Au Pairs through Lush, Elastica and Garbage to current band Savages.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 5 May 202322:30
BBC Four

Music Played

  • Fanny

    You're The One

  • Vinegar Joe

    Proud to Be (A Honky Woman)

  • Patti Smith

    Land

  • The Runaways

    School Days

  • Talking Heads

    Psycho Killer

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Happy House

  • Girlschool

    Hit and Run

  • Au Pairs

    Set Up

  • Pretenders

    Message of Love

  • The Go-Go's

    We Got The Beat

  • Sonic Youth

    Sugar Kane

  • Elastica

    Connection

  • Hole

    Violet

  • Lush

    Single Girl

  • Garbage

    Stupid Girl

  • Skunk Anansie

    Lately

  • Gossip

    Heavy Cross

  • Savages

    Husbands

Credit

ProducerTamsin Curry

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