Girls Against Boys
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| Girls Against Boys | |
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 Cover for 2002 album You Can't Fight What You Can't See
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Washington DC |
| Genre(s) | Indie Rock Post-hardcore |
| Years active | 1988–2003 |
| Label(s) | Touch and Go Records Southern Records Jade Tree Records |
| Members | |
| Eli Janney, Scott McCloud, Johnny Temple, Alexis Fleisig | |
| Former members | |
| Brendan Canty | |
"She's Lost Control (Joy Division cover)"
Girls Against Boys are an indie rock/post-hardcore band, originally forming in Washington, D.C. in 1988 and currently based in New York City.
The group began as a side project of Eli Janney and Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty. Canty soon left the project and by 1991 Janney had gone on to recruit three former members of D.C. hardcore punk group Soulside—Scott McCloud, Johnny Temple, and Alexis Fleisig—to complete the line-up. Girls Against Boys are perhaps most notable for employing dual bass guitars, a rarity in rock music, and for their second album, Venus Luxure No.1 Baby, a heavy yet nuanced entry into early 1990s post-hardcore. This album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.
They provided music for the soundtrack to the film Series 7: The Contenders, and two songs for the soundtrack to the 1994 film Clerks. They also contributed the song "Freaks" to the soundtrack for the cult film Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
[edit] Band members
- Eli Janney – bass, back-up vocals, keyboards
- Scott McCloud – vocals, guitar
- Johnny Temple – bass
- Alexis Fleisig – drums
[edit] Discography
- Nineties Vs. Eighties (Adult Swim, March 1992) - EP
- Tropic of Scorpio (Adult Swim, May 1992) - LP
- Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby (Touch and Go, August 1993) - LP
- Sexy Sam (Touch and Go, 1994) - EP
- Cheap Sweaty Fun & TJ's Xmas (1994) - split 7" with Man or Astro-man?
- B.P.C./Satin Down (Your Choice Records, 1994) - EP
- Cruise Yourself (Touch and Go, September 1995) - LP
- House of GVSB (Touch and Go, February 1996) - LP
- Disco Six Six Six (Touch and Go, October 1996) - EP
- Freak*on*ica (Geffen, 1998) - LP
- You Can't Fight What You Can't See (Jade Tree, 2002) - LP
[edit] External links
- Official band website
- Touch and Go Records, band mini-site
- Southern Records, band mini-site
- Kill the Sexplayers! by Travis Jeppesen
