Cover of Grrrls: Viva Rock Divas

Grrrls: Viva Rock Divas

by Amy Raphael · 1995

Want to readNightstandReading nowReadDid not finish

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."

Read more

Bjork: "I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds."

Kim Gordon: "I always wanted to rebel."

Themes
musicfeminismrockwomen
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Amazon ↗Google Books ↗Open Library ↗Hardcover ↗

Liked Grrrls: Viva Rock Divas? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Grrrls: Viva Rock Divas. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock and Roll Gillian G. Gaar · 1992 Shares music, feminism, nonfiction
  2. Rock She Wrote: Women Write about Rock, Pop, and Rap Ann Powers · 1995 Shares music, nonfiction, feminism
  3. Cinderella's Big Score: Women of the Punk and Indie Underground Maria Raha, Kim Gordon · 2004 Shares music, nonfiction, feminism
  4. She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop & Soul Lucy O'Brien · 1995 Shares music, nonfiction, feminism
See more recommendations →

“People who read Grrrls: Viva Rock Divas tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Pretty in Punk: Girl's Gender Resistance in a Boy's Subculture Lauraine Leblanc · 1999
  2. Babes in Toyland: The Making and Selling of a Rock and Roll Band Neal Karlen · 1994
  3. Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now! · 2007
  4. A Girl's Guide to Taking Over the World: Writings From The Girl Zine Revolution · 1997

“If you want more of the same, start with these.”

  1. Women of the Underground: Music: Cultural Innovators Speak for Themselves Zora Von Burden · 2007
  2. We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The True, Tough Story of Women in Rock Gerri Hirshey · 2001
  3. The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band Michelle Cruz Gonzales · 2016
  4. Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story Alice Bag · 2011

“If it was the music that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Grace Daphne A. Brooks · 2005
  2. The Life and Death of Classical Music Norman Lebrecht · 2007
  3. Born in the U.S.A. Geoffrey Himes · 2005
  4. U2: Into the Heart: The Stories Behind Every Song Niall Stokes · 1996

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Your Brain on Sex: How Smarter Sex Can Change Your Life Stanley Siegel · 2011
  2. To Love A Wolf B.K. Walker · 2012
  3. The Baker's Bodyguard Lori Ryan · 2013
  4. Redemption Robin Covington · 2015

Report a problem