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Rainbow Trout ~1980s
Angele Veltmeyer, saxophone; Carole Nelson, keyboard; Jan Ponsford, voice; Josefina Cupido, percussion; Ruth Bitelli, bass
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Rebel Without A Clue
Judy Coutinho and Julie McNamara
A political cabaret duo active on the alternative circuit and women’s gigs, Rebel went to Belfast and toured round Ireland in Julie’s camper van. Note bandaleer of tampax.
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Renegade early 1980s
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Rock Against Sexism 1978 ~
Rock Against Sexism produced a magazine, ‘Drastic Measures.’ One of its founders was Lucy Whitman (then Lucy Toothpaste), who had started a feminist and anti-fascist fanzine called JOLT, been involved in Rock Against Racism, co-editing the RAR magazine ‘Temporary Hoarding’, and later joined the Spare Rib collective.
Issue two of Drastic Measures stated the aims of Rock Against Sexism:
‘To challenge the stereotyped image of men and women and to promote a more positive image of women in music; to promote women bands; against the exploitation of women in advertising or on stage; to define the right of everyone to determine their own sexuality, whether they be straight, gay, both or neither; to fight sexism in music and to use music to fight sexism at large’
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Rock ‘n’ Doris
A long-standing Lesbian Music event in Newcastle since the 80’s. Can anyone help us find the name of the trio?
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Rubyfruit ~ mid-Seventies
Betty Hagglund, voice; Caroline Hutton, voice; Lorna Edey, voice
Birmingham-based feminist singing group in the mid-seventies.
‘We sang some of the songs that everyone sang but also wrote our own. I think I can still remember all the words to our version of ‘The Women’s Army is Marching’ which included a verse for each of the six WLM demands (challenging — try getting abortion on demand or free contraception into a two-line verse – and nothing ever rhymed with patriarchy!), the Birmingham Lesbian song and one that began ‘Underneath the lamplight, waiting for the bus, Along comes a creepy guy to ‘ave a look at us….’
Our repetoire included ‘Three Drunken Maidens’ and part of Rosalie Sorrel’s ‘Baby Song’. A more definitive list will follow soon!’ ~ Betty Hagglund, 2011
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Great site! Rock n’ Doris.I’m pretty sure that’s Rebecca Clow in the middle of your picture. Another member of the group was Sayan Kent, but I’m not sure I see her in this pic. Best of luck to you all! From Clare Summerskill (ex member of cabaret act “Alice and Clare” – I was the Clare part!)
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There was apparently a Rock Against Sexism gig in UCD in Dublin in 1980. I’m going to try and find out more about it.