Grrrls: Viva Rock Divas

by Amy Raphael

Courtney Love: "I rely a lot on sexual metaphors-food as sex, music as sex, fucked-up weird insane sexual vistas that haunt me and make me feel as though I were going insane sometimes." Bjork: "I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds." Kim Gordon: "I always wanted to rebel."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312141092
• ISBN13: 9780312141097
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Griffin
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

For those interested in feminism in rock n'roll

This book was pretty good. I bought it based on the fact that three of my favorite artists were interviewed in this book (Hole, Veruca Salt, Liz Phair). The Hole interview was disappointing but I really enjoyed the one on Veruca Salt (I'm glad they finally got some recognition). Other interesting interviews were the ones with Bjork, Ellyott Dragon (Sister George), and Tanya Donnelly (Belly). In response to the reviewer below me, no they really did talk about Patti Smith, PJ Harvey, L7, Babes In Toyland, etc they just didn't interview them personally. Which would have been cool though. Buy it if you are interested in women in rock.

Published the US under a different title

This a fine book, but buyers should beware that this is exactly the same book as "Grrls: Viva Rock Divas" also by Amy Raphael. I realized only when my copy of this book was delivered that I actually had already read it under its different title. I suppose I should learn to read the publication information page in books (the correlation between the books is, of course, noted in "Grrls").

Good, but what it's missing really annoys me.

This book is very good, worth the money and time reading it. But I do wish the author included more bands and solo artists. Amy Raphael went all the way back to The Raincoats and Sonic Youth but LEAVES OUT Patti Smith. PJ Harvey is nowhere to be found in this book. (!!!???) Neither are L7, Babes In Toyland......you get the picture. It's missing a lot of important "rock divas".

This book changed my life

This book showed the reader the real side of today's leading girl groups and girl singers. It's an extrodanary look at the female side of rock. I loved it and hope to find books just like it in the future.

Best book on womyn in rock available!

Grrrls: Viva la divas is DEFINATLY the best book I've read so far on the womyn in rock revolution and Riot grrl scenes, or, even rock music in general. The interview with Courtney Love is really awesome, but then so are all of them. This book covers from Kim Gordan to Tanya Donnelly, with fasinating informative interviews and reviews of their work, their lives and their opinions on rock. I don't know of a book more worth buying.