Kim McAuliffe

British classic Heavy Metal band Girlschool performed at the 2024 edition of Germany’s Wacken Open Air festival on July 31st, introducing new band member Olivia Airey, niece of Deep Purple’s Don Airey, on bass guitar. Setlist: "Demolition Boys", "C'mon Let's Go", "The Hunter", "Hit and Run", "Guilty as Sin", "Future Flash", "Kick It Down", "Nothing to Lose", "It Is What It Is", "Screaming Blue Murder", "Race With the Devil", "Bomber", "Emergency"

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Amid the social strife of 1970s Britain emerged NWOBHM, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. New bands from ordinary British towns and suburbs like Iron Maiden, Def Leppard; Saxon, and Girlschool changed the face of amplified music and created a musical and cultural revolution. This is the story of Heavy Metal Kingdom.

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All too often, every great female rock musician has to answer a predictable question - what is it like being a girl in a band? For many, the sight of a girl shredding a guitar or laying into the drums is still a bit of a novelty. As soon as women started forming their own bands they were given labels - the rock chick, the girl band or one half of the rock 'n' roll couple. Kate Mossman aims to look beyond the cliches of fallen angels, grunge babes and rock chicks as she gets the untold stories from rock's frontline to discover if it has always been different for the girl in a band.

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Girlschool from London are one of the very first successful all female hard rock and metal bands out there. On August 6th 2011 they took to the stage at Wacken. Setlist: "Demolition Boys", "C'mon Let's Go", "Not for Sale", "Hit and Run", "I Spy", "Never Say Never", "Screaming Blue Murder", "Future Flash", "Everything's the Same", "Yeah Right", "Race With the Devil", "Emergency", "Take It All Away"

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If you think it couldn't get any bigger, than you have to watch this DVD. Sold out in March, more than 5 month before the festival, 90,000 Metal Heads followed the call to celebrate the biggest Metal Fest in the World. This mega-event can now be celebrated at home!!

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