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The Spin: Girls Rock & Girls Rule Tour at 3rd & Lindsley
By The Spin - October 13, 2008 at 09:21:21 AM
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We've heard a lot of metaphors about female independence lately—80 million cracks in the glass ceiling, something about a pit bull with lipstick—and it's within this climate that the New York-based Girls Rock & Girls Rule Tour stopped at 3rd and Lindsley on Wednesday night. Consisting of five female-fronted bands plus a local band or two at every stop, the tour was nothing if not ambitious. Proceeds from the tour benefit the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, essentially the NYC version of Murfreesboro's Southern Girls Rock 'n' Roll Camp in which campers are taught to play instruments, write songs and be awesome. The various sponsorships, freebee swag and giveaways at the 3rd and Lindsley stop proved that these are some girls who know how to get shit done.
But we did. Musically, Joan Jett was the patron saint of Girls Rock & Girls Rule, with each of the tour's core bands owing a debt to the Blackhearts' influence. Loki the Grump set the tone for the night, which was that members of each band were going to pop up on stage during the other bands' sets a bunch.
We caught most of Marisa Mini & Her Mojo's set of “hey, we're punk rock”-punk rock, which wasn't bad at all, but after five bands we didn't have the stamina for two more. After listening to some recordings by America's Sweethearts, we might be a little sorry we missed them. Five hours at 3rd and Lindsley on a Wednesday night proved to be a little too demanding.
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Marisa Mini got her start singing along to PJ Harvey, Courtney Love, and Liz Phair. At the University of Maryland, she taught herself guitar and practiced singing in the shower.
She met bassist and adorable blonde bandmate Morgan at New York City Guitar School (both gals are teachers) and Jovan when he played drums for RewBee on the first GRGR East Coast Tour in '07.
Bryant, after meeting Marisa 8 hours earlier at Guitar Center, joined Marisa and Jovan at the Lit Lounge in February, where the band opened for Royal Pink.
Jon replaced Jovan as drummer in 2010.
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