Girlschool: The School Report 1978-2008 (Box Set)
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• In-depth box set,
delving right back to the
band’s pub rock roots
right up until the present.
• A celebration of
Girlschool’s
40 plus years of
rocking the globe,
kicking off with their
independently released
45
‘Take It All Away’ b/w
‘It Could Be Better’.
Formed at school in
the mid-70s,
when friends
Kim McAuliffe
on guitar
and bassist
Enid Williams
joined forces
as
Painted Lady,
Girlschool
formed in 1978,
swept up as
part of the
New Wave
Of British
Heavy Metal movement
that also gave us
Iron Maiden,
Def Leppard
and
Saxon,
recruiting
lead guitarist
Kelly Johnson
and
drummer
Denise Dufort
in April 1978.
Debut LP
‘Demolition’
made it into
the UK
Top 30
in 1980,
and the girls
even found time
while recording
their
follow up album
‘Hit And Run’
(1981)
with producer
Vic Maile,
to record the
‘St Valentines Day Massacre’ EP
with label mates
Motörhead
as
HeadGirl.
1982’s
‘Wildlife’ EP
would be Enid’s
last outing
with
Girlschool
for a while,
as she was replaced
on bass by
Gil Weston
for
‘Screaming Blue Murder’
(1982).
Their fourth album,
‘Play Dirty’
(1983),
was issued in
the States on
Mercury Records,
who also picked up
the option to
release their fifth,
‘Running Wild’
(1985).
The first album
to be released
without
Kelly Johnson,
it saw
founder members
Kim McAulliffe
and
Denise Dufort
joined by
Gil Weston,
Jackie Bodimead
(lead vocals, keyboards)
and
Cris Bonacci
(guitar).
A new deal with
GWR
saw albums
‘Nightmare At Maple Cross’
(1986)
and
‘Take A Bite’
(1988),
by which time
the bass slot
had been filled
by former
Rock Goddess
Tracey Lamb.
Their eighth
studio album,
the self-titled
‘Girlschool’
came out in 1992
and 2002’s
‘21st Anniversary – Not That Innocent’
marked the beginning
of a more prolific time
for the band,
as they would follow
it up with
‘Believe’
(2004),
‘Legacy’
(2008).
CD 4
features many rare
B-Sides
and
non-album cuts,
as well as
demos dating
from 1978
up to 2002
and
CD5
boasts an
ultra rare
live recording
from the
pre-Girlschool
Painted Lady.
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