Girl : Sheer Greed/ Wasted Youth

Girl

 were an 

English

 Glam Metal band

 formed in

 London in 1979.

They split up in 1982

 with 

band members 

going on to join

 Def Leppard 

and

 L.A. Guns,

 among others.

History

Girl 

were formed in 1979 

by vocalist

 Phil Lewis,

 guitarists

 Gerry Laffy

 and 

Phil Collen,

 drummer

 Jonathon Trevisick

 replaced shortly

 thereafter by

 Dave Gaynor

 and bassist

 Mark Megary

 replaced shortly thereafter

 by 

Simon Laffy

Collen had 

previously been in

 the bands

 Lucy,

 Tush, 

and

 Dumb Blondes. 

Girl 

were first discovered

 and managed 

by Jon Lindsay 

who was looking 

for bands for

 former manager

 of The Who,

 Kit Lambert,

 for a proposed

 new record label. 

Lindsay and Girl 

separated over 

managerial decisions 

when the band

 wanted to sign a 

recording deal 

with 

Don Arden

 instead of a

 recording contract 

negotiated by 

Lindsay with music

 figure 

Simon Napier-Bell's Nomis

 Publishing.

The band were signed by

 Jet Records, 

releasing two singles

 prior to their 

debut album

 Sheer Greed 

(1980), 

which reached

 number 33

 in the 

UK Albums Chart.

 The band's profile 

was raised by tours 

with the

 Pat Travers Band

 and 

UFO, 

in the midst of the 

new wave of 

British

 Heavy Metal explosion. 

Girl 

recorded a

 pre-L.A. Guns version

 of the song 

"Hollywood Tease",

Barnacle himself 

was replaced by

 Bryson Graham 

during the recording 

of the next album. 

Both Barnacle and Graham

 appear on 

Girl's second album 

Wasted Youth 

which was

 released in 1982 

and reached number 92

 in the UK. 

Pete Bonas

 replaced

 Phil Collen, 

who left to join

 Def Leppard, 

though the 

band broke

 up soon after.


The British 

Glam Rock band 

Girl's 

first album, 

Sheer Greed, 

was released in 

January 1980 

by Jet Records.

 Its release 

coincided with the

 explosion

 of the new wave of 

British heavy metal 

and took advantage

 of the UK's 

favorable attitude

 towards hard rock bands

 during that time.

 It reached number 33

 on the UK Albums Chart.

 Hollywood Tease, 

which was released

 as a single, 

reached number 50. 

Later, 

Hollywood Tease 

was covered by

 L.A. Guns

 (featuring Phil Lewis)

 and Sheer Greed

 (featuring Gerry and Simon Laffy).

 In 1989,

 the American 

Glam Metal band 

Lillian Axe 

recorded a version of

 "My Number" 

on their

 Love + War album. 

Do You Love Me?

 is a cover of a song

 from Kiss'

 1976 album 

Destroyer. 

Girl's 

second and 

final album, 

Wasted Youth,

 had Bryson Graham

 replace 

Pete Barnacle

 on drums 

during the

 recording process 

and contributed to

 the songwriting process.

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