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leave and they were unable to recover the band broke up shortly after her departure in 1981 the reunited members of cheap pefume playing together in 2006 flash forward 25 years later to 2006 max s kansas city is long gone and cbgb is on it s last legs the members of cheap perfume were feeling a common bond of heartbreak over the impending closure of cbgb and it ended up bringing them back together this led to them playing cbgb again before it closed for good and wowing both new and old fans alike shaunda is a new fan that witnessed that 2006 show and she says i remember standing in the back area with my friends and cheap perfume went on i could not take my eyes off of of the drummer brenda and guitarist bunny the entire band performed with such confidence and flair i mean new york dolls unspeakable cool brenda and bunny made me want to get up and play right at that moment shaunda is not the only new female fan that the band has gained since they reunited bunny says i feel we have a lot of new young female fans so our audience is pretty well balanced now since there are so many female musicians performing now unlike the 70s and 80s the audiences now are very receptive cheap perfume still have a hold over their former boy groupies as well zuko who is a musician himself recently got to play a gig with them and had this to say about their set when the girls took the stage after midnight it all came back to me the raw energy even as a trio bunny s straight ahead locomotive guitar she also handled lead vocals susie s stylistic bass lines and brenda s powerful backbeat that girl packs a wallop they did a few of the songs i remembered hell i sang along cheap perfume played the way i ve always liked it fast loud kinda sloppy r r and no encores dammit ok they re cute too the group will be playing gigs at nyc venues such as siberia and don hills during may and june of this year 2007 and have also started to work on their long overdue album drummer brenda martinez says we are currently working in the studio recording some new and older material so we will be releasing more music we will keep everyone up to date on our myspace page we weren t able to record all that we wanted in the 70s and 80s which is something to look forward to now because recording has changed and improved so much we are really excited even though the closing of cbgb was quite a blow for the band bunny feels as if rock n roll never dies and we believe the spirit of cbgb and the new york punk scene will always live on and that is proven if you give a listen to some more recent punk bands out there that have kept that spirit alive hopefully everyone will help keep it alive by supporting cheap perfume and all the other bands that are keeping that message out there the secret history of women in rock the luv d ones june 17 2010 3 19 am posted in uncategorized tagged 60s garage music all female bands billy cox charlotte vinnedge dunwich records feminism jimi hendrix luv d ones nitro function sundazed records tremolons comments 17 this story first appeared on bitch magazine s blog during april of 2009 i titled it the secret history of women in rock charlotte and christine vinnedge of the luv d ones and was hoping that it could turn into a series of blogs on that website where i could chronicle underrated all female bands from the 60s 80s but that never came to pass now that i have started this blog as a place for my work i will try and carry out that goal here the secret history of women in rock charlotte and christine vinnedge of the luv d ones by bess korey charlotte and christine vinnedge were two sisters that decided to step outside of traditional gender roles and play rock music together during the mid 60s they became the foundation of two different bands the tremolons and the luv d ones and were acting on feminist principles before the second wave of feminism had even become a national movement being ahead of their time ended up hurting them more than helping and even though the luv d ones had the talent and drive needed to become a huge success their band leader charlotte was not willing to comply with what was proper behavior for women in a man s world and the band ended up paying the price for her rebelliousness charlotte was the eldest of her 7 siblings and the vinnedge girls grew up in an atypical household for the time it may have been the 60s but they came of age during the early to mid part of the decade and the country was still having a 50s hangover when it came to the roles of women instead of being groomed to be housewives and mothers like many of their peers were they were encouraged to follow their dream of playing music by both of their parents and their father even built them a studio in the basement of their niles michigan home in 1964 women that wanted to be involved with music had limited choices for what they could do they could be a folkie and play acoustic guitar like joan baez or they could be a pop singer like lesley gore or they could join a singing group like the supremes the idea of women playing rock music was pretty much unheard of if they did choose to start their own band and play their own instruments they were expected to be cute and wear matching outfits to play cover versions of popular songs instead of writing their own material and to embrace the fact that they were nothing more than a novelty when the tremolons started playing together in 1964 they were temporarily willing to adhere to the guidelines above the group consisted of charlotte on lead guitar and vocals christine on bass guitar mary gallagher on rhythm guitar and faith orem on drums this line up would stick together for close to 5 years and would later morph into the luv d ones christine s son and charlotte s nephew john sorensen was not born yet when the tremolons formed but was raised on his aunt and mother s stories of their 60s musical escapades and had this to say about their earlier band they actually sort of followed the beatles esque type look they had matching outfits and their hair in the 60s bobs that they had back then for girls they were not allowed to do what they wanted to artistically the record labels and managers they were meeting with wanted them to fit a mold and dictate the kind of music that they played they were at a crossroads did they do what they wanted to do artistically or were they supposed to listen to those guys and change themselves in order to make it in the music business they decided to go a different route and the luv d ones was the breakout from the tremolons by forming the luv d ones the girls were finally able to assert their individuality and charlotte could showcase her songwriting skills thus enabling the band to stretch their musicianship to new depths though they were more pop oriented early on and were influenced by popular genres such as surf and girl singing groups the deep emotions that lurked below the surface of their music made it more than just frivolous pop charlotte was influenced by the underrated 60s garage rock visionary sean boniwell of music machine to not be afraid to touch on the darker side of life her low alto voice fit those kind of themes well she also tuned her guitar down to a lower pitch which became her trademark and was able to wail on it just like her hero jimi hendrix which led to her being nicknamed the female jimi hendrix by her musical peers on the sundazed release truth gotta stand her musical progression with the band can be heard from playing catchy yet melancholic pop songs to dark psychedelic masterpieces which are way ahead of their time and could even be considered proto goth the aforementioned sundazed release is a collection of singles demos and live material unfortunately the luv d ones were never able to record a full length album they did record some singles for chicago s dunwich records and managed to get some radio airplay in the mid west but it was the band s initial rejection of being controlled and not wanting to act like a cookie cutter female group that led to their commercial failure sorensen overheard his mom and aunt talking about the difficulties they had with that label and this is what he recalls they pressed several singles through dunwich the label didn t know what they had when it came to the group s talent and the group went a different way char was a very headstrong bandleader she wanted things her way when it came to what direction the band would go and the problem with that was that it was the 60s and she was female record executives just weren t listening to a woman in the 60s who told them what she and her group wanted to do they frowned at that it was back when the general male attitude was that women raised children made dinner stayed at home and the man put food on the table and went to work though charlotte and the band were disappointed that they were unable to achieve the commercial success they deserved it did not cause them to break up in 1969 christine became pregnant with john so she quit and since they were unable to continue without such an important member they disbanded in the early 70s charlotte went on to record a hendrix tribute album with a former hendrix bass player named billy cox the album was called nitro function and it ended up being a huge hit in europe finally giving charlotte a taste of success unfortunately the album was mostly unknown in the states and the luv d ones remain to be as well in 2009 both charlotte and christine have passed away but their music remained an important part of both their lives until the very end sorensen feels grateful to have had a chance to grow up around these strong and talented women he says i was weaned on the music and it was funny because even when i was growing up i admired my mother and aunt and i knew from an early age from just listening to the music and without anyone else telling me that they were ahead of their time they did something that nobody else around them had heard of there was no other band that came out of the 60s that had their sound or attitude i was very proud of them and i knew they were doing something unusual chicago s first all girl band daughters of eve april 27 2010 6 57 am posted in uncategorized tagged 60s garage music all female bands carl bonafede chicago music history daughters of eve debi pomeroy the buckinghams the dirty wurds usa records comments 4 daughters of eve debi pomeroy and andrea levin parnes share their recollections of being members of chicago s first all girl band by bess korey an edited version of this story appeared in the spring 2009 issue of ugly things i first found out about this band back in the 90s when i acquired volume 1 of girls in the garage and they left an impression on me that has lasted until this day during the mid late 1960 s the rogers park edgewater neighborhoods of chicago were a hotbed of youth culture activity senn high school located on ridge road near hollywood avenue was the home base of two local bands the daughters of eve and the dirty wurds it was more than just the high school that tied these bands together a pair of siblings played an integral part in the formation of these groups as well debi and justin pomeroy shared a love and enthusiasm for music that was encouraged by their father whom happened to be a pastor he went on to be nicknamed the rock n roll preacher for being willing to go above and beyond the call of duty to help his kids make their musical dreams come true when justin started a chicago blues influenced garage band called the dirty wurds the rock n roll preacher became their manager in an era when the idea of women playing in rock bands was seen as an anomaly debi s father was still willing to nurture her musical aspirations as well the renowned chicago music institution old town school of folk music which was located by wells street and north avenue at the time ended up playing a key role in the pomeroys musical story justin and debi were both enthralled with the folk music scene which was occurring there and it inspired them to re create that scene in their own neighborhood of edgewater which was located about 20 minutes north of the school debi says i was studying at the old town school of folk music which is where i learned to play guitar and my brother and i were having hootenannies in our basement we d go down to old town school of folk music and we d beg these folk artists to come perform at our hootenannies and they would we had the stage set up and the lighting and it would be packed with people we had great music and we d have a lot of our friends playing it was just all about music back in those days and it continued on when i started in the daughters of eve andrea andee levin parnes was learning to play guitar around the same time debi was and also took inspiration from the folk scene i was really interested in folk music i was listening to joan baez bob dylan peter paul mary and i was copying all of their stuff i would put the needle on the record and listen and try to figure out what chord it was and continue back and forth and then finally i ended up knowing what i was doing and practiced so hard that i was actually getting quite good at folk music at that time debi justin and andrea were all attending senn justin stood out at school for being a rebel that was ahead of his time he was the first guy there to have long hair and it was before the hippies had made it fashionable andrea ended up meeting justin before she met debi and was able to bond with him over their love of folk it wasn t until justin had invited her over to the pomeroy house that debi was able to meet her the house was connected to their father s church which had a gymnasium inside of it and the kids were able to use it as a music practice space debi vividly remembers the first time she saw andrea she andrea came over to the house she had long red hair and she always wore black and i thought wow that s a pretty cool chick who is she i was getting ready for rehearsal with my surf band and i had to carry all of my equipment to the church gymnasium we were in the gym andrea was there so i asked who is she and was told oh that s andee debi played lead guitar in that surf band and was the only female member becoming friends with andrea gave her a chance to play music with girls too andrea debi and a friend named sue started a trio together where they all played guitar and sang this trio played together just for fun but it foreshadows the musical direction that both andrea and debi would end up going in soon after that debi was never intimidated by the fact that the world of mid 60s rock music was male dominated her passion for music drove her past the boundaries of what was feminine and what was masculine feminine was being a folkie and playing acoustic guitar she rejected this notion by playing electric guitar and then she developed an interest in playing drums and that became her instrument of choice debi s 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