The Go-Go's (spinoff from Bass Player thread)

OK, old-timers, who remembers these gals? Do they still get the credit they deserve? Not only were there the implications of being an all female band, but they were also at the forefront of the New Wave movement.

I was always a huge fan. Something about Belinda Carlisle's voice and Gina Schock's drums hooked me from the start.

They pretty much faded away after 1984's very good, but poor selling "Talk Show" LP. They soon disbanded, but occasionally regrouped for an odd show here and there. They released 2001's "God Bless the Go-Go's" (also very good and critically acclaimed--but poor selling as well) and have toured together ever since.

Regardless of how you may or may not feel about them, they should have made the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame based solely on 1981's "Beauty and the Beat", which was not only very good, but groundbreaking. To this day it is still the only album written and performed solely by women to reach No. 1 (six consecutive weeks).


(don't give me any of this Bangles shite--they were only about Susanna Hoffs)

And no one can convince me that Gina Schock isn't one of the best rock drummers ever(not to mention a top notch pop songwriter). She's like a damn machine. Kathy Valentine (bass, guitar) and Charlotte Caffey (Lead Guitar, Keyboards) are very underrated and under appreciated musicians.