If you were a feminist alternative music fan in 1989 who were you listening to?

[BrandyandGinger]

Very random question. In about 1989 a girl in my secondary school made me two tapes to expand my taste in music. One was the Dead Kennedys and the other one was either a girl band or a band with a girl singer. I vaguely think it might have begun with a V. Does anybody have any ideas?

Bodysnatchers

Strawberry switchblade
bikini kill (although I think more e at my 90s?)

Violators

Came onto say Au Pairs, but pp beat me to it..
Upbeat? Tom tom club?

Fuzzbox?

Has anyone said Hole yet? - Courtney Love’s band… or Babes in Toyland maybe?

Was it sonic youth?

Hazel O'connor

The primatives?

Slater Kinney? Not a 'v' or 80's. Good band though!

The passions?

Just thought of another.. Transvision Vamp

Neneh Cherry?

L7? The L could look a bit like a wonky V..

Just discovered that Dubstar covered I’m in Love with a German Film Star … who knew!

My Vitriol but it wasn't a female singer

Plasmatics?

Has anyone said X Ray Spex?

🤔 1989

Fuzzbox? They were around that time and were upbeat

Edited - but they weren't American and not like The Pixies.

Try listening to a few John Peel playlists of that era on YouTube and you might work it out OP. A lot of these suggestions are 90s though I am also going to suggest voice of the beehive if it was upbeat.

Delicious Monster were great, should’ve been bigger!

• Vacations
• The Vaccines[80]
• Vagabon
• Vampire Weekend
• Vance Joy
• Sharon Van Etten
• John Vanderslice
• Chad VanGaalen
• The Vaselines
• Velocity Girl
• The Velvet Teen
• Versus
• The Verve
• The Very Hush Hush
• Veto
• VHS or Beta
• The View
• Kurt Vile
• The Violet Lights
• The Virgins
• Viva Voce
• Vivian Girls
• The Von Bondies
• The Vox Jaguars
• Voxtrot
• Viva Machine
• Vundabar

The Shop Assistants?

My claim to fame is my boyfriend shagged Wendy James. When he was going out with me so not actually a very good boyfriend. I was weirdly chuffed as she was actually cool.

The March Violets?