Gore Gore Girls are an all
female garage rock band from Detroit,
Michigan
, formed in
1997 by singer/songwriter Amy Gore.
The band's name comes from
The
Gore Gore Girls, a 1972 B-movie by
Herschell Gordon Lewis, which is a
parody of the term
Go Go Girls.
Like fellow Detroit bands
The White
Stripes and
The Detroit
Cobras, the band started out struggling through the local club
circuit before being "discovered" by independent record label Get
Hip Records in 1998.
Their first single "Mama in the Movies"
(1999) gained favourable airplay on college radio stations in Michigan
, which lead
to recording their first full-length album Strange Girls in (2000). The
second album
Up
All Night, was released in 2002 and received positive
press from the
Village Voice
and
Detroit Free Press.
During this time the band toured Europe twice, in 2002 and in 2003,
also with infrequent dates in the United States.
The band became a four-piece in 2004 with the addition of The
Hammer (Marlene Hammerle) on guitar and began touring the United
States extensively. Gore Gore Girls toured as direct support for
The Cramps in 2003 and 2004. The band
released an EP in 2004,
7 X 4, which became part of their
third album,
Get the Gore.
Tracks from the EP and subsequent third album received airplay on
Little Steven's Underground Garage Program on Sirius Satellite
Radio; the band was featured at Little Steven's Underground Garage
Festival on Randall's Island, New York along with other 'garage
rock' luminaries and legends
The
Stooges,
The Strokes,
The New York Dolls,
The Zombies and others.
Get the Gore, released in 2007 on
Bloodshot Records, was recorded at Ghetto Recorders in Detroit,
Michigan and received
positive press from USA Today and Playboy Magazine.
Gore Gore Girls toured Europe again in spring of 2008, the band's
third tour of Scandinavia and Western European countries.
Members
Current line-up:
- Amy Gore - Singer, Songwriter,
Guitar
- The Hammer (Marlene Hammerle) - Songwriter, Guitar
- Lianna Castillo - Bass Guitar
- Alicia Warrington - Drums
Past members:
- Carol Schumacher - Bass
- Mayuko Morris - Drums
- Deanne Iovan - Bass guitar
- Casey Dawson - Vocals, bass guitar
- Jen Pirch - Bass guitar
- Melody Baetens - Bass guitar
- Jeff Klein - Drums
- Deb Agolli - Vocals, drums
- Monica Breen - Drums
- Cathy Carrell - Drums
- Paula Regalado - Bass guitar
Discography
Albums:
Singles:
- "Mama in the Movies" (1999)
- "7 x 4 Gore" (2004) EP
Other Compilations:
- Drunk on Rock 2! (2001) song "Hard Enough"
- The Patty Duke Fanzine (2001) EP, song "Don't Just
Stand There"
See also
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