Day: January 11, 2013

Los Angeles had a thriving music scene in the early 90’s, dominated by Punk and Grunge Bands. During that era, there were 5 popular local all girl bands that played the club circuit, and the most unique one, was Quiver. Before the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Quiver did groovy art punk, 6 years ahead of its time. Unfortunately, the band broke up before they could achieve great success. Quiver featured Amy Knorr on bass and lead vocal, Patricia Klein who later formed Patsy, Danielle Elliot who later played drums for Female Chauvenist Pigs, and Tracy Taylor on Guitar. Trivia: The other 4 locally famous all girl bands were: The Red Aunts (from Long Beach), Bobsled (featuring Jula Bell formerly of Bulimia Banquet), Borax (with Judy Molish on drums who later joined Betty Blowtorch), and The Pandoras (which became The Muffs after their singer passed away in 1991). In 1994 three things quaked the LA punk scene and would ultimately mark the end of an era. Kurt Cobain’s death, the rampant drug use associated with ‘punk’ surfaced and was exploited, and Raji’s Night Club in Hollywood closed its doors after earthquake damage. The result? The death of a ‘king-pin’, bad rep, instability, and a historical stepping stone gone forever. While there were many strong, clean and straight punk bands out there (like Quiver), by 1995 pop-music oriented bands, such as No Doubt, took center stage instead. “Quiver was more clean than most pop bands are these days. No one smoked or did drugs and rarely drank …