Now a female PowerPop goodie by the B'Girls, formed in Toronto 1977 by Lucasta (vocals/guitars), Cynthia (bass), Marcy (drums), along with Xenia (guitars), they played their first gigs at such venerable venues as the Crash'N'Burn, Club David's & the Horseshoe. The band chose the name after it was suggested by John Catto, guitarist for Diodes. 'B-Girls' were women who, in the post-World War Two era, got a take from bartenders after getting men to buy them drinks. Catto designed the band's logo and made the stencil for them; Cynthia painted all the t-shirts, the band made its own buttons and fliers, and only recorded the 'B' sides of covers because they were less expensive. They also set rules: no politics, no short skirts or shorts on stage, and no cleavage. Cynthia believes that their refusal to be sex objects was the reason they never secured a record deal. But in 1979 Greg Shaw, owner of Bomp! Records, signed them and release their only 7Inch and this shines with two amazing PowerPop goodies. They played a few gigs, booked once a month at New York's CBGB, recorded more demos and a few labels showed interest in signing them for a record deal, but that did not materialize, so in 1982 the band returned to Toronto and broke up. In 2017, all of the B-Girls demos from 1977 to 1982 were released on the compilation Bad Not Evil on Bomp! and Cynthia & Lucasta re-formed the band, with guitarist Elisa (Trash Bags) and drummer Lyla (Roya) and played several gigs in the New York area but didn't continue.
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