The attitude of fans today towards women in bands is thankfully a LOT different than in the 1980s, and Girlschool are one of the primary reasons for that change in attitude. I always listened for the musicianship, and that was something Girlschool had plenty of, and more to spare.
I saw them live in Seattle back in the day 1982..I was in a band myself and we met Kelly Johnson and Denise mc. At their record signing at tower records..introduced ourselves as fellow girl heavy metal musicians and they were the sweetest kindest loviest girls..we ended up at their show and had a roaring drunken party after the gig..we then saw them again when we were touring England and Germany in 1984..I was always so impressed with Kelly’s guitar playing..she was girlschool..her cool and ripping riffs really pulled their sound together..as the others were not as fine a musician as Kelly was. I was gutted when I found out she was ill with spinal cancer and when she finally died in 2007..I’m still sad..looking at these girlschool videos bring back that era for me in huge way..it was a time of women pushing rock n roll and being successful pro musicians..we paved the way for everyone coming after us. Girlschool belong in RR HALL OF FAME.. nice nice wonderful fun gals...
Wow! Heard Please Dont Touch 35 years ago, but this is way better, superb riff. Some great influences, can hear Pistols, Maiden, Lizzy, maybe Priest and yeh a bit of Motorhead. Nice one ladies. 👍🤟🤟
Girlschool was known outside of the U.K. I was buying their vinyls back in the early 80s in Minneapolis, MN, USA - don't recall how I discovered them but I was very young and SO impressed. Inspired me to take up guitar lessons (I stunk). But agree - one of the most underappreciated bands of all time. Wish I coulda seen them live when Kelly was still with us.
Good to see a clear nice video of this again after so many years. Got to know about them from imported copies of Sounds paper in 1980. Yes it's all been said before but they were pioneers and still not appreciated enough. Still so sad about Kelly, what rotten luck R.I.P.
In my honest opinion, there is not a greater female-fronted band in the history of rock and roll then the ladies in girlschool. I have been a fan since 1980 when I was 13 and now I'm 55 and I listened to them every chance I get
Simply brilliant, saw them on Friday and they were still awesome, but of course without Kelly it's never quite the same, RIP Kelly, and rock on Girlschool you are far better than most bands.
Don't forget Kelly left the band years before she passed away. So even if she was still alive, you would have seen Girlschool without her...unless she rejoined. This said with all due respect to Kelly Johnson, who I STILL adore and worship. I was lucky enough to have a chat with her not long before she passed: she did a guest spot at a Girlschool gig at the Garage in London. Chris Bonacci also turned up, quite a party...and a very special night.
Luv ya Kim, im from Kouvola gig u shook my hand, i waz so confuzed, i couldnt say my name..until u asked..yeah, im Taija, from Finland, waited over 35yrs, waz totally worth of..also ⚡ former RockGoddess, Tracey Lamb...still so fuckin excited at UR gig
The song seems to say that they have played real dives and small bars and clubs.I love the chorus.." For miles around - they heard the sound, and came to see the show, cause they all know.......a demolition " !!
These girls started at a time when Rock Music came to its best. There was a plethora of truly great bands from soft rock through hard rock and metal.A band had to be top drawer!Who remembers that there was a pop chart and Indie chart and a ROCK CHART.? Inde has now for whatever reason been labelled as Rock, but back then it was an excuse to turn the radio off. FFS, Coldplay is even labelled as rock today!! WTF is that all about.? Thanks to You Tube and the people who upload this great era a, I can still spend endless hours listening to class musicians who still smash it out to this day, Thanks
Many many thanks for this - one of my favourite bands. Lucky enough to see them both back in the early 80's and more recently too. Still brilliant - most underestimated and underappreciated band along with Thunder of all time..
Primer concierto en mi ciudad en el que hicimos 4 colegas y yo de seguridad de estas preciosas chicas y tras el concierto nos pidieron ke les enseñáramos los bares metaleros de mi ciudad, tenia yo 20 años, ahora tengo 53 y sigo con el mismo fuego en la sangre, y ke pedazo de chicas mas agradables dioossss.... el tiempo pasa, los años mueren pero el METAL vivirá eternamente.
Most guys focussed on Kelly, who was beautiful, but I was always more interested in Kim for her dark eyes, black hair and that gorgeous voice and accent. At that time she was the perfect girlfriend material and I wish.... Today she's almost 60, still beautiful(to me) and still makes me smile with her accent. I think the world of her and wish her the happiness she deserves. ROCK ON KIM.
I seen these ladies play in cedar rapids, iowa in Jan.1984. i might find the ticket someday & price of ticket maybe $12.50 // Get this : 3 bands - Quiet riot / girls school / Then SAGA finished the show* - today is 3-2-2020 - pretty good memory !
Nice to see this. I saw the girls just once; supporting Motorhead on the Overkill tour at Liverpool Empire, 1979. They got a lot of abuse from the idiot element that night. I loved them and fancied Enid to bits. RIP Kelly.
To JungleHyena-yes they made a total of 8 albums (different band members) and did a EP album with Motorhead called St Valentine's Day Massacre EP" - well worth finding the original release if you can. Tried to break US in '84 with mixed results. Kelly Johnson was lead guitarist when I saw them live and she amazing on guitar. Decent people to their fans.
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RIP Kelly...❤️😔
Girlschool is the best!!!!!
But they can’t sing. Not even close to being able to carry a tune. They’re not “the best”
fucking AMAZING Kelly Johnson for LIFE
The coolest Brit all girl band ever.
and the Slits?
@@theWARMJET and Rock Goddess!!!?
the real spice girls!
@@tamasszeier2068 no fucken way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First female fronted band...these ladies started it all
..best ever
The attitude of fans today towards women in bands is thankfully a LOT different than in the 1980s, and Girlschool are one of the primary reasons for that change in attitude. I always listened for the musicianship, and that was something Girlschool had plenty of, and more to spare.
If you can’t sing, you can’t sing, doesn’t matter if you’re a broad or not.
I saw them live in Seattle back in the day 1982..I was in a band myself and we met Kelly Johnson and Denise mc. At their record signing at tower records..introduced ourselves as fellow girl heavy metal musicians and they were the sweetest kindest loviest girls..we ended up at their show and had a roaring drunken party after the gig..we then saw them again when we were touring England and Germany in 1984..I was always so impressed with Kelly’s guitar playing..she was girlschool..her cool and ripping riffs really pulled their sound together..as the others were not as fine a musician as Kelly was. I was gutted when I found out she was ill with spinal cancer and when she finally died in 2007..I’m still sad..looking at these girlschool videos bring back that era for me in huge way..it was a time of women pushing rock n roll and being successful pro musicians..we paved the way for everyone coming after us. Girlschool belong in RR HALL OF FAME.. nice nice wonderful fun gals...
GATES OF VIENNA 1683 I’ve got a denim jacket with the bands autographs in from 1982
@@liveloud9894 Lucky puppy!
Hi there. What was the name of your band back then ? I know curiosity killed the cat, but I'm a huge fan of all-female rock bands !!!! :)
Good God. Thank you for the story. I just read that Johnny lydons wife of 44 years passed away In April of this year,2023.
Blessed be ladies of rock.
Bless your heart, this is punk song.
My favorite female band! This women rooooock!! \m/. The beeest!! Forever 3.
R.I.P Kelly Jonhson.
Wow! Heard Please Dont Touch 35 years ago, but this is way better, superb riff. Some great influences, can hear Pistols, Maiden, Lizzy, maybe Priest and yeh a bit of Motorhead. Nice one ladies. 👍🤟🤟
They absolutely cannot sing worth a damn. They suck
The female motorhead
All good stuff
Holy shit-could they play! 👌
Girlschool was known outside of the U.K. I was buying their vinyls back in the early 80s in Minneapolis, MN, USA - don't recall how I discovered them but I was very young and SO impressed. Inspired me to take up guitar lessons (I stunk). But agree - one of the most underappreciated bands of all time. Wish I coulda seen them live when Kelly was still with us.
I actually meet them outside the Apollo in Manchester a couple of time and kissed kelly and Denise
known in the Netherlands also for what's worth.
I remember listening to them when I lived in Whitehorse Yukon in the early 80's, great band.
@@melbman43 I wish to God I'd kissed Kim.
Im from Finland, luvd from like 1984 or before...amazing soundz
Kelly, a Goddess with guitar.
Good to see a clear nice video of this again after so many years. Got to know about them from imported copies of Sounds paper in 1980. Yes it's all been said before but they were pioneers
and still not appreciated enough. Still so sad about Kelly, what rotten luck R.I.P.
Solid punk sound, loud and proud!
Scorpions, Iron Maiden and Girlschool.. Indianapolis!! $8.50
In my honest opinion, there is not a greater female-fronted band in the history of rock and roll then the ladies in girlschool. I have been a fan since 1980 when I was 13 and now I'm 55 and I listened to them every chance I get
There's a lot of good girly stuff coming out of Japan lately.
Hard to believe that 44 years has passed since this was recorded.
Keep on rocking!
I'm hooked on watching Girlschool. (Proud to say!)............. RIP Kelly Johnson
Girls like these four cuties will be hard to compete today...
Nicely done Lemmy! Great pick!
...and the prize for sexist condescending comment goes to ....
This video still makes me grin ear to ear! Thank you Kelly, Enid, Kim and Denise. You are all awesome!
My favorite female band. Demolition is a smoking album!
Back in the 1980's in Odessa, Texas.
I saw Girlschool, Scorpions, and Iron Maiden. WHAT A NIGHT!
This was the first Girlschool song I ever heard, while laying on the sand at Lake Panamoka, Long Island...blew me away.
"Demolition Boys," mentioned twice in the song while "Demolition," the album title is heard eight times. Spectacular❗💯🎵🎤🎸🏆
These girls are awesome!
Simply brilliant, saw them on Friday and they were still awesome, but of course without Kelly it's never quite the same, RIP Kelly, and rock on Girlschool you are far better than most bands.
Well said Gary!
Spinal cancer has got to suck I mean it killed her
Wow!! What a dream!
Don't forget Kelly left the band years before she passed away. So even if she was still alive, you would have seen Girlschool without her...unless she rejoined. This said with all due respect to Kelly Johnson, who I STILL adore and worship. I was lucky enough to have a chat with her not long before she passed: she did a guest spot at a Girlschool gig at the Garage in London. Chris Bonacci also turned up, quite a party...and a very special night.
Oh my God - it is truly rock&roll in the Motorhead style..
pwopah rock, I'd say. ;)))
Some guitarist: "Kelly plays pretty good for a girl"
Lemmy: "She's plays better than you."
Kelly left too early :(
Not Kelly, but others tonite, omg, luvd it
Girlschool Rock n fucking Roll...
Fuck yeahhh..kelly 4 eva 🤘♥❤💞🎤💜⚡
Luv ya Kim, im from Kouvola gig u shook my hand, i waz so confuzed, i couldnt say my name..until u asked..yeah, im Taija, from Finland, waited over 35yrs, waz totally worth of..also ⚡ former RockGoddess, Tracey Lamb...still so fuckin excited at UR gig
Classic line up .Rip Kelly Johnson 😥😥😥
The song seems to say that they have played real dives and small bars and clubs.I love the chorus.." For miles around - they heard the sound, and came to see the show, cause they all know.......a demolition " !!
Brilliant. Never seen this before....saw them loads of times from 79-84ish. Great great band.
This is stellar footage, one of their all time heaviest and best tunes.
Wonderful band.🖤🖤
I was 15 when this was released and I spent many a Friday and Saturday night head banging to this and many other great bands from the 80,s
Thanx, waz in Finland, luvd every second, nearly 50yrs old fan
Fan since i waz allmost 14 then, next 50yrs, in march
I saw them in about 2005 with Motörhead and I just realised that was 18yrs ago, underrated band for sure.
These girls started at a time when Rock Music came to its best. There was a plethora of truly great bands from soft rock through hard rock and metal.A band had to be top drawer!Who remembers that there was a pop chart and Indie chart and a ROCK CHART.? Inde has now for whatever reason been labelled as Rock, but back then it was an excuse to turn the radio off. FFS, Coldplay is even labelled as rock today!! WTF is that all about.?
Thanks to You Tube and the people who upload this great era a, I can still spend endless hours listening to class musicians who still smash it out to this day,
Thanks
Greatest all female band ever - GIRLSCHOOL! \m/
Many many thanks for this - one of my favourite bands. Lucky enough to see them both back in the early 80's and more recently too. Still brilliant - most underestimated and underappreciated band along with Thunder of all time..
I'll say it again....HEAVEN ON EARTH.
💎💯💎💯💎💯💎💯
Primer concierto en mi ciudad en el que hicimos 4 colegas y yo de seguridad de estas preciosas chicas y tras el concierto nos pidieron ke les enseñáramos los bares metaleros de mi ciudad, tenia yo 20 años, ahora tengo 53 y sigo con el mismo fuego en la sangre, y ke pedazo de chicas mas agradables dioossss.... el tiempo pasa, los años mueren pero el METAL vivirá eternamente.
Wow ,dónde fue ? Compartiste con las Girlschool y en esa época .Oro puro .
Girlschool kicks ass.
Girlschool Rules!!! I love Girlschool from Italy
Viv Albertine from The Slits can be seen for a split second in the very beginning lol
Most guys focussed on Kelly, who was beautiful, but I was always more interested in Kim for her dark eyes, black hair and that gorgeous voice and accent.
At that time she was the perfect girlfriend material and I wish....
Today she's almost 60, still beautiful(to me) and still makes me smile with her accent.
I think the world of her and wish her the happiness she deserves.
ROCK ON KIM.
I took you girls serious since 1981 and bought all your albums.
80's = Headbang = Golden Age
Just thinking the same thing?
Hermosa la guitarrista para mí la mejor de todas las que tocaron en esta gigante banda de rock!!
Girlschool, Funny, Vixen, The Runaways,.... great all-girl-bands!!!!
Fanny ?
Seen this line up supporting Motorhead up Hanley duck.
Awesome, love it
Girlschool of rock&roll. The best female band of the world.
No way the runaways were better and first
Kelly Johnson is so badass
Unfortunately it's "was". Great to see these old videos when she was alive and healthy playing with the band. Greatly missed. RIP
RIP Kelly!
10/27/24 , @ the rickshaw Vancouver , can't hardly wait !!!!!
love their music since the early 80's. Wished i had ever been to a concert of them
They are still fab!
I seen these ladies play in cedar rapids, iowa in Jan.1984. i might find the ticket someday & price of ticket maybe $12.50 // Get this : 3 bands - Quiet riot / girls school / Then SAGA finished the show* - today is 3-2-2020 - pretty good memory !
Hands down the best all Girl band.
they look like women.
学生の頃良く聴いていました。
懐かしい～。。
very good........................................................
Love this band, Cool clip.
This sound is seed of thrash metal..R.I.P Kelly.
So underrated! Legends
Motörhead influence really shines through on this track - love it. What a great team they made!
Yeah, Motorhead was influenced by punk rock, too. They also hung out with The Plasmatics, a hardcore punk band headed by Wendy O Williams.
I'm going to see them live on June, I still can't believe it
Encontrei essa Relíquia!!! 😁👏👏👏👏👏👏👏⚘⚘⚘⚘muito bom isso, Girlschool 💪💪🇧🇷🇧🇷
Like their friends, Motorhead, part punk, part metal. What's not to like about that?
Everything i luv
Thought so..sorry, havin cararact.. luvd Girlschool since i was teen..1984, luv at first sound ⚡🎤🤘💜
Punk part. Not so much.
Love Kim's black hair!!!
Saw them 87 Manchester Academy ~ Great Live Band
I love you Girlschool
Very good! Parabéns as girls.
Amazing , looking forward to the gig in December
Damn! Awesome quality! Girlschool RULZ!!!
Nice to see this. I saw the girls just once; supporting Motorhead on the Overkill tour at Liverpool Empire, 1979. They got a lot of abuse from the idiot element that night. I loved them and fancied Enid to bits. RIP Kelly.
Saw them at Bingley Hall supporting Lemmy and Crew, with saxon, and Angelwitch
кончаю под эти гитары! круто! супер! Привет из России, Санкт-Перетбург!
大変素晴らしい!!レザージャケットにデニムがクールで大変カッコいい!!
That riff is so "please don't touch", I just hear both songs.
Pretty smooth solo, love the drums
fabuleux ces nanas en perfecto epoque bennie
i'm strangely excited
I wish I was able to see them I was too young too wasnt around when they hit it big but now seeing the vids on here makes me wish i could have
they're still around i saw them early last year, going to see them again this month they've still got it
love them!
Хэви метал 80 х это реально
Сильно !!!!
amazing!
thank you. great.
There was a time when I was in love with Kim because she is dark and pretty, and now I think the world of her.
(And she's still dark and pretty).
Me too!!!
i think you bloody rock keep it up
Молодцы девчонки
Сильнейшее рокерша супер группа таких не много
My kind of fireworks. No fire needed. GIRLSCHOOL plugged-in is a win-win-win.
💎💎💎💎
Great upload! Thanks for sharing!
lemmy tinha bom gosto pra caramba!!!
This is great, thank you!
Me lembro eu tinha discos delas
To JungleHyena-yes they made a total of 8 albums (different band members) and did a EP album with Motorhead called St Valentine's Day Massacre EP" - well worth finding the original release if you can. Tried to break US in '84 with mixed results. Kelly Johnson was lead guitarist when I saw them live and she amazing on guitar. Decent people to their fans.
PURE RAW & a hint of MOTORHEAD 'LEMMY"
Brilliant
A mix between heart and the runaways🎉
I LOVE THIS GIRLS! ooh yeeeaaahhh!
X JUST AMAZING
01:13..esas miradas y sonrisas , me matan..!!!