Various Artists
Girls Got Rhythm

Liquor & Poker Music

track listing:

  1. ThundHerStruck – “Thunderstruck”
  2. The Iron Maidens – “Run to the Hills”
  3. Mistress of Reality – “Fairies Wear Boots”
  4. Cheap Chick – “Surrender”
  5. Black Diamond – “Love Gun”
  6. Ms. Fits – “Last Caress”
  7. Hell’s Belles – “Back in Black”
  8. The Little Dolls – “I Don’t Know”
  9. Zepparella – “The Lemon Song”
  10. Kissexy – “Lick it Up”
  11. Whole Lotta Rosies – “Dog Eat Dog”
  12. Ramonas – “Sheena is a Punk Rocker”
  13. Foxey Lady – “Foxey Lady”

Level of Consciousness

2 out of 10… don’t bother.

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Review by Rachel Jablonski

“Girls have no place in rock,” my teenage brother often says with a smirk on his face, trying to get a rise out of me. I give him my evil look and then laugh knowing that he is not really kidding. How quick he is to disregard solid female contributions from bands such as Drain STH or Lacuna Coil. But, listen up little bro, I totally agree – not all women have a place in rock.

Girls Got Rhythm, a complication of songs performed by female cover bands, is a tribute album to many classic powerhouses in rock. Covering songs by bands such as AC/DC, KISS, Jimmy Hendrix, and so on, the album commemorates the third anniversary of Liquor & Poker Music. But why the label would choose this type of release to celebrate its third year of existence is puzzling. Spotlighting classic rock songs performed by low caliber cover bands that are not part of the label does not quite make sense.

The album begins with a cover of AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” by a band called ThundHerStruck. Each band on the album contains a play on words concerning the song they are covering. Ms. Fits, Hell’s Belles, Cheap Chick are obvious examples of the nauseating tendency. The commanding guitar riff in “Thunderstruck” is dead on with that of the AC/DC version, but the female vocals repel and the track becomes ineffective. The album continues down this horrible slope and unfortunately proves my brother’s thoughts on women in rock can have validity at times.