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Sister George
Sister George were an English band from London, recognised as being significant in the 1990s queercore scene, who formed in 1993.
The group's name was inspired by the 1968 film The Killing of Sister George, which was an adaptation of the play of the same name. Although singer Ellyot called the film "stereotypical and obviously written by a man" she loved Beryl Reid calling her a "dyke heroine". Although queer punk bands had existed in the UK in the 1980s, such as The Apostles/Academy 23, No Brain Cells and Tongue Man (early 1990s), Sister George were one of the first queercore identified UK bands. The members were Lisa Cook on bass, Daryl Stanislaw on drums, Lyndon Holmes on guitar and vocals, and Ellyott on lead vocals and guitar.
Sister George's first gig was at the Girlygig club night organised by Jen from Linus in 1993.
Their album, Drag King, came out on Catcall Records in 1995, which was run by Liz Naylor. It was re-released in the U.S. by Outpunk Records, and a music video for the song "Handle Bar" was made. This song also appeared on the Outpunk Records compilation, Outpunk Dance Party.
Also featured on Drag King was a hardcore style cover of the Tom Robinson song "Glad to Be Gay", but renamed "100 X No!". The Sister George version featured the voice of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, and the band chanting, "We kill in self defence". Tom Robinson at a gig in London's Club V (an alternative queer club, in the mid '90s) introduced his song by saying, "I'm now going to sing a Sister George cover".[citation needed]
The band found themselves heralded in the pages of British music magazines such as the NME. In one interview with the NME, Sister George were asked about other UK queercore bands they gave a fake list. Caroline Sullivan also wrote about Sister George a number of times in The Guardian newspaper, which encouraged criticism from mainstream gay culture.
Sister George toured with acts like Huggy Bear and Hissyfit at first, but soon they were joined by other queer bands such as Mouthfull, Six Inch Killaz and Children's Hour, and it was these groups that did pioneer a queercore scene in the UK.
Label owner Naylor said of the band's relation to mainstream gay culture, "To me, the gay lifestyle is getting to be like just another alternative lifestyle. You go down Old Compton Street in Soho and see them sitting there in nice coffee bars with their pink pounds - and these (Sister George) are 20-year-old kids who are angry and on the dole." The band believed that queercore was a necessity for queer people who were too poor to participate in what had become a commercial scene in places such as Old Compton Street in the 1990s.
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Sister George
Sister George were an English band from London, recognised as being significant in the 1990s queercore scene, who formed in 1993.
The group's name was inspired by the 1968 film The Killing of Sister George, which was an adaptation of the play of the same name. Although singer Ellyot called the film "stereotypical and obviously written by a man" she loved Beryl Reid calling her a "dyke heroine". Although queer punk bands had existed in the UK in the 1980s, such as The Apostles/Academy 23, No Brain Cells and Tongue Man (early 1990s), Sister George were one of the first queercore identified UK bands. The members were Lisa Cook on bass, Daryl Stanislaw on drums, Lyndon Holmes on guitar and vocals, and Ellyott on lead vocals and guitar.
Sister George's first gig was at the Girlygig club night organised by Jen from Linus in 1993.
Their album, Drag King, came out on Catcall Records in 1995, which was run by Liz Naylor. It was re-released in the U.S. by Outpunk Records, and a music video for the song "Handle Bar" was made. This song also appeared on the Outpunk Records compilation, Outpunk Dance Party.
Also featured on Drag King was a hardcore style cover of the Tom Robinson song "Glad to Be Gay", but renamed "100 X No!". The Sister George version featured the voice of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, and the band chanting, "We kill in self defence". Tom Robinson at a gig in London's Club V (an alternative queer club, in the mid '90s) introduced his song by saying, "I'm now going to sing a Sister George cover".[citation needed]
The band found themselves heralded in the pages of British music magazines such as the NME. In one interview with the NME, Sister George were asked about other UK queercore bands they gave a fake list. Caroline Sullivan also wrote about Sister George a number of times in The Guardian newspaper, which encouraged criticism from mainstream gay culture.
Sister George toured with acts like Huggy Bear and Hissyfit at first, but soon they were joined by other queer bands such as Mouthfull, Six Inch Killaz and Children's Hour, and it was these groups that did pioneer a queercore scene in the UK.
Label owner Naylor said of the band's relation to mainstream gay culture, "To me, the gay lifestyle is getting to be like just another alternative lifestyle. You go down Old Compton Street in Soho and see them sitting there in nice coffee bars with their pink pounds - and these (Sister George) are 20-year-old kids who are angry and on the dole." The band believed that queercore was a necessity for queer people who were too poor to participate in what had become a commercial scene in places such as Old Compton Street in the 1990s.