Some Girls - Music

This East London Trio - Formed In August 1981 And Initially Dressing Up As Schoolgirls - Made Their Vinyl Debut On The All-Girl Making Waves Compilation With A Song Called 'Midnight City'. By The End Of 1982 They Had Recorded No Less Than Three Radio Sessions - Two For John Peel One For Kid Jensen - And Had Signed With Abstract Records. Late 1982 Saw The Release Of Their Debut Single "48 Crash". This Suzi Quatro Cover Earned Them A Top Twenty Spot In The Indie Charts Despite Being Too Similar In Execution To The Original For Comfort. The Follow Up Single "Big Sister" Was Released At The Beginning Of 1983 And Although It Was Far Better Than The Debut It Somehow Failed To Trouble The Charts And Nor Did Single Number Three A Terrific Novelty Rocker Called "Robot Man". In April 1983 They Expanded To A Four Piece With The Addition Of Keyboardist Kathy Barnes And Released 'Rocking With The Renees'. This Fine Platter Had Them Transcending Their Influences Ramones X-Ray Spex Glam Rock And 60's Pop And Producing Great Music. The Addition Of Barnes Fleshed Out Their Songs And Made Them Poppier. Girls Can Do It Pretty Good They Sang And This Funny Catchy And Highly Confident Record Was The Proof With Utterly Unpretentious Songs About Plastic Surgery Alcohol Pie And Mash And Boys. Another Indie Hit This Was Released In The US As 'Drink Problem'. Two Further John Peel Sessions Followed But After That Things Went Very Quiet Indeed. Karen Yarnell Left To Join Serious Drinking And Paul Was Forced To Recruit An Entirely New Line Up. When A New Single "Evil Eye" Crept Out In 1985 It Wasn't A Good Finale. The Band Sounded Too Serious By Half. LINEUP 1981-1983 Vocals Guitar Paula Richards Pre-The Deltones / Potato 5 / The Renees Bass Vocals Suzanne Scott
Drums Vocals Karen Yarnell Pre-Serious Drinking / The Blubbery Hellbellies / The Renees There Was Also A Fourth Member Right At The Start But No One In The Band Can Remembers Her Name! The Song "Miss Nunsweeta" Was About Her Though. This Is The 'classic' Lineup Which Recorded Everything Up To And Including The Debut LP. LINEUP 1983-1984 Vocals Guitar Paula Richards
Bass Vocals Suzanne Scott
Drums Vocals Karen Yarnell
Keyboards Kathy Barnes LINEUP 1984-1985 Vocals Guitar Paula Richards
Bass Vocals Karen Kay
Keyboards Sue Vickers
Drums Vocals Michelle Chowrimootoo
Drums Jan Frazer
This Lineup Recorded The Evil Eye 12". Yarnell Later Rejoined Singer Paula Richards In The Renees Releasing An Album In 1990. Kay Later Joined Daughters Of Gaia And Webcore But Is Now Editor-In-Chief Of FAE Magazine Faeries And Enchantment And Also And I Quote "founder Of The 3 Wishes Faery Fest The UK’s First Faerie Festival With Overnight Camping And Live Music Stages And Entertainment A Magical Wonderland Of Enchantment! read less