Alicia Armendariz (aka Alice Bag) is a Los Angeles punk legend, not just for her groundbreaking first band the Bags (featured in Penelope Spheeris’s Decline of ...
She helped make her now-legendary husband David Bowie a star—managed his early career, shaped his Ziggy alter ego, even sewed his costumes—but had enough after ...
Taquila Mockingbird developed a following in LA with her various bands (punk and jazz) beginning in 1977, and she became a fixture on the LA punk scene when, fr...
What started as an all-ages coffee bar and acoustic venue in 1989 turned into a must-play showcase for local and out of town bands. Jabberjaw’s roster included ...
The feisty, fiery photographer and bass player for L7 has stayed true to the punk spirit since the formative days on the LA punk scene. As the band reunites for...
Naked shots of David Cassidy next to quizzes that asked the girl readership “How Far Out Are You?” made this 1970s magazine a “Cosmopolitan for teenagers”.
Sta...
Morgana Welch’s search for an identity took her, and the rest of the groupies known as the LA Queens, to the Riot House, Rodney’s English Disco, the Rainbow, th...
Cherry Vanilla - former DJ, Warhol “Superstar” actress, David Bowie publicist, groupie and rock singer - reflects on the adventure story that is her life
Befor...
They didn’t just join the bands on stage, on tour, in the motel room; some groupies, like Cherry Vanilla, GTOs, Pleasant Gehman, Adriana Smith and Cleo and Cook...
The keyboardist and singer/songwriter Jarboe has blossomed in her solo career following the turbulent creativity of Swans
When I first heard Swans, theirs was ...
Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding, Wayne Kramer, Dennis Thompson, Richard Lloyd, Jello Biafra are ‘members’ of Super Groupie Cynthia Plaster Caster’s special rock ‘n’ ...
Wild interests and an inclination to rage against the machine with a self-destructive flair that could equal the groupies and rock stars who fascinate her, zine-maker Lucretia Tye Jasmine earned a BFA in film from NYU (University Honors Scholar), and an MFA in Critical Studies from CalArts. Recently published in Women Who Rock: From Bessie to Beyonce, Grrrl Groups to Riot Grrrl, edited by Evelyn McDonnell (2018), and Let It Bleed: How To Write A Rockin' Memoir, edited by Pamela Des Barres (2017), Lucretia's currently working on two oral history mixtape zines: riot grrrl Los Angeles 1993-1995, and The Groupie Gospels.
