I (slowly during my class SSR time) have been reading the collection of essays IV,by Chuck Klosterman. One of the more fascinating articles that I read dealt with these all female cover bands playing masculine "crotch-rock." I was fascinated with some of the play on words and pseudo names the bands would take. For example, the article, early on, focuses on lesbian rockers "Lez Zeppelin." Back when the article was written, they were sponsored by the Showtime series The L Word to perform. The question remained, are they lesbians, or did they just market themselves to play an angle?
One of my two favorite bands featured had to be AC/DShe, who only perform pre-1980 AC/DC, with stage names like "Bonnie Scott" and "Agnes Young." What made me chuckle was that AC/DShe had all-female, rival cover bands they had to deal with in the LA area, such as "Hell's Belles" and Zepparella.
The band I appreciated most had to be "Cheap Chick" - the Cheap Trick cover band. (seriously, an all-female Cheap Trcik cover band?!?!) Someone at Nissan liked them, and felt they would be a good example of viral marketing and gave them a Nissan Quest to tour in. I wonder how "Bunni" Carlos feels about it.
This is just one of many articles that I appreciated. Check it out.
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