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− | [[image:Food.jpg|right|thumb|Still from ''Food'' video]]
| + | Were an all girls rock band featuring Renee Dawson (vocals), amy Lomas (bass, backing vocals), Vicki Pollard (guitar, backing vocals) and katrina Batt (drums, backing vocals), originally from Hamilton Girls High. |
− | ''5 Girls'' are an all girls rock band, formed in 1993 and initially active through to 1997. The band originally featured [[Renee Dawson]] (vocals), [[Amy Lomas]] (bass, backing vocals), [[Vicki Pollard]] (guitar, backing vocals), [[Katrina Batt]] (drums, backing vocals) and [[Jenny Andrews]] (vocals), formed by friends from Hamilton Girls High.<br>
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− | | + | Produced two tapes, ''Fingered'' (with the catchphrase "Get fingered by 5girls") and ''ITN''. ''ITN Glamour'' (ITN = in the nude) appeared on [[The Fridge]], and a lo-fi recording called ''No Doubt'' on [[They came to take us alive]]. However, they were best known for the song (and video), ''Food''. |
− | They produced two tapes, [[Fingered]] (with the catchphrase "Get Fingered by 5 Girls") and [[ITN]] (= 'In The Nude'). ''Andrews'' left following the recording of ''Fingered'', with the band continuing as a four-piece. The band were best known for their song (and [[Greg Page]] produced video), ''Food''. With the band taking on a more hard-core sound, [[Renee Dawson]] left the band and went on to [[Loose New Romans]].
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− | After ''Vicki Greetis'' (nee ''Pollard'') was asked to play at a girl’s night performance, the band reformed for a reunion gig in November 2016 at the [[Wintec]] End of Year Party gig. The band have continued to gig since this time, including supporting Japanese band ''Shonen Knife'' at [[Nivara Lounge]] in 2017 and Australia's ''The Hard Ons'' in Raglan in 2018. Following reformation, the band played as both a 3-piece (minus Dawson), playing primarily their older noisier songs, and as a 4-piece, playing newer countryish-tinged songs, though soon became exclusively a 3-piece. The band is now based in Raglan. In December 2018, they released the EP [[Basement Tape]].
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− | ==Releases==
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− | *[[Fingered]] EP, 1993
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− | *[[ITN]] EP, 1994
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− | *[[Basement Tape]] EP, 2018
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− | *''No Doubt'' appeared on the 1993 compilation [[They came to take us alive]]
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− | *''Dr Ruth'' appeared on the 1994 compilation [[Atrocities One]]
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− | *''ITN Glamour'' appeared on 1995 compilation [[The Fridge]]
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− | ==External Links==
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− | *[https://www.facebook.com/phivegirls/ ''5 Girls'' Facebook page]
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− | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUkGx0aVRR0 "Food" video, YouTube]
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− | ==Published Articles==
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− | *''5 Girls'' article by [[Matt Gould]], [[Nexus]], 17 October 1994, P26-27
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− | *'''Only Stopping for Blood or Food': An Interview with ‘5 Girls’'' by [[Ian Duggan]], [[Hamilton Underground Press]], 8 November 2017 [http://www.hamiltonundergroundpress.com/features/only-stopping-for-blood-or-food-an-interview-with-5-girls]
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