The least punk aspect of the punk genre is its lack of female representation. Punk is changing, and more female-fronted punk bands have emerged over the years, such as Gel and Scowl. This isn’t new, ...

We all know and love Joan Jett and Debbie Harry, but what about the female icons who don’t get mentioned in conversations about the heyday of punk nearly as often? Let’s dive into a list of four ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The cast and creators of “Riot Women” dish on creating the most unlikely, yet ultimate punk-rock band. BBC One Welcome to UNMISSABLE, the Daily Beast’s ...

Sometimes the most revolutionary ideas are born from the simplest observations. Fifty-three years ago today, on August 5, 1975, producer Kim Fowley had a vision that would shatter every barrier in ...

An all-female punk band, with members aged from 52 to 80, is releasing music for the first time. The HorMones, from east Oxford, had not sung or played instruments before forming in 2023. The ...

In 1979, a fearless punk song challenging gender expectations arrived with a voice unlike anything listeners had heard before. "Typical Girls" by The Slits was later ranked by Rolling Stone among the ...

Sure, anyone can listen to punk rock, there’s no gatekeeping here. But when punk rock hits for the girls, it really hits. Especially in the 70s, but also in the 80s when women were getting more ...

It’s about an all-female punk band in the eighties, the daily grind of touring and the dynamics between them, and what happens twenty years later when they have a reunion show,” Caitlin Wells says, ...