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Ebony and I talked about maybe getting All For The Best over to Vic for a show and doing it with Victim's Choice and Open Relationship. I think it'd be cool to have a bill with women in every band, it's mostly unheard of in hardcore and punk in this area. In fact before Wolfgang's show at his shop, I don't think I've heard of a show in Vic of Van where the bands were lady-centric in years.

I dunno...every show I book seems to have bands with female members. Hardcore is more of a boys club...always has been...other kinds of punk-rock seem to have more girls involved in playing music. The last show I did at the store was Needles and Pins with Juvenile hall...both from Vancouver...Juvenile Hall is an all girl band and Needles and Pins have a female drummer...Boys and Girls TV club (from here) opened up and they have a femal drummer. Before that I did that Open Relationship/Yung Mums/Shrapnelles/Myelin Sheaths show...3 all-girl bands and one with half female members...from all across Western Canada. In the past year, I've also booked Vapid, White Lung, The Throwaways, Electric Kisses, Animal Bodies, Petroleum Biproduct...all band with at least half female members.

Really, there are tons of punk bands with female members...maybe just not a lot of girls playing in hradcore and metal bands.

Personally I don't give a shit who's in band...but it's nice to get girls on stage so that girls in the audience know how easy it's for them to get involved.


I wann book Medusa to play TALK'S CHEAP with the POOR CHOICES (local all-girl combo) in Feb!!!

Does everybody forget the period that Lydia or Jodi were in every hardcore band in Victoria? Like, for 2-3 years, Lydia or Jodi or both were in every hardcore band in Victoria. AK47, Tough As Nails, Breaking Point, Final Verdict/No Holding Back...

Not to mention the fact that Ebony,Jodi and.... another girl who booked the first VIHC fest ..... all put on shows.

again, not saying it's not awsome to see more and more girls playing in bands. But to say it's a boysclub feels like it's forgetting the fact that girls have played a huge role in VIHC.

Jordan f. wrote:Not to mention the fact that Ebony,Jodi and.... another girl who booked the first VIHC fest ..... all put on shows.

Speaker of the truth!

VIHC rules and it's awesome how much of a role girls have played in it. But Victoria kind of exists in it's own dimension and we don't really get to, as a bunch of dudes, get to pat ourselves on the back because a few girls are involved and dispel any rumors of it being a boys club. It's really up to the girls to say how they feel about that. And again, VIHC is in no way representative of hardcore as whole.

girls rule boys drool eff you guys! raaa

wolfgang wrote:I wann book Medusa to play TALK'S CHEAP with the POOR CHOICES (local all-girl combo) in Feb!!!

Yay!

Tambro wrote:I have the biggest crush on the guitar player from OR, which is a sentiment I've heard echoed many other times about her.

AGREE x 1000000

OR were sweet at the FEST!

yeah, they were good. I like their music a lot. jammed the tape a bit and it's good too. I hope this band plays a lot more shows. I hear they're playing with b-lines soon, that'll be a good pairing and good show.

I thought OR were decent. The set got a little boring though and the black flag cover was pretty meh.

tylerp wrote:yeah, they were good. I like their music a lot. jammed the tape a bit and it's good too. I hope this band plays a lot more shows. I hear they're playing with b-lines soon, that'll be a good pairing and good show.

aug 27th at logans with b-lines/grown ups

I'm putting together an OR show in Campbell River in October (hopefully). Lily and I agreed a while back to only promote shows that have at least one girl playing. It's really not hard, and it's worth the effort, and nice to put ourselves to a bit of a challenge.
It's also just really great to see how supportive and stoked everyone I know in the Vic scene(s) are to see women playing. It's nearly a non-issue here.