Girlschool - Paris Theatre, London, England 09-25-1980 (FM)

Girlschool
Paris Theatre
London, England
September 25, 1980
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Tush
02 Midnight Ride
03 Breakdown
04 Take It All Away
05 The Hunter
06 Nothing To Lose
07 Race With The Devil
08 Emergency

total time: 28mn 22sc

Kim McAuliffe - rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Kelly Johnson (R.I.P.) - lead guitar, lead vocals
Enid Williams - bass, lead vocals
Denise Dufort - drums

For our next Women Who Rock post we have an offering from New Wave of British Heavy Metal Legends Girlschool. Could they Rock?  They had the seal of approval from none other than Lemmy Kilmister. Lemmy took Girlschool out on the road with Motörhead. The two bands even recorded together as Headgirl on the St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP. Girlschool also toured with Deep Purple during the US leg of their Reunion Tour. I saw that tour in Detroit at Joe Louis Arena. Girlschool opened the show and was booed of the stage after maybe 4 songs. They performed really well, but the audience wanted Deep Purple. Rodger Glover came onstage after Girlschool had left it and stated that Deep Purple was disappointed in the treatment of Girlschool and would not be coming on stage any earlier than planed out of respect for the band. It's not the first time I've seen a very good band opening for a name act and have them booed off by a Detroit audience that just wants to see the headliner. I went to see Ozzy Osbourne at The Masonic Temple on his first US tour with Randy Rhoads and Motörhead was the opening act. They got through 4 songs before leaving to a loud chorus of boos. The band had just sold out Harpo's Concert Theatre just weeks before. I was really looking forward to seeing them as I couldn't get tickets to the Harpo's gig, I so disappointed in my fellow Detroit Rockers.

Guitarist Kelly Johnson died July 15, 2007, at the age of 49, after a 6 year battle with  spinal cancer.

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