ROCKBITCH

ORIGIN

England, UK.

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GENRE

Alternative Rock/Industrial Rock/Shock Rock

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MEMBERS

'Motor Driven Bimbo' (1999) line-up:
Julie - Lead Vocals
Babe - Rhythm Guitar/Backing Vocals/Analogue Station
The Beast - Guitar
Nikki - Keyboards/Digital Station
Luci - Performer/Stage Slut/Mistress Of Ceremonies
The Bitch - Bass
Epone - Drums

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DISCOGRAPHY

'Motor Driven Bimbo' (1999)
01. SNAFU
02. The Church
03. Eveline
04. Baby
05. Sex & The Devil
06. Open Letter
07. Nympho
08. Innocence
09. Lucifer
10. Essex Girl
11. Tell Me
12. Bride Of Christ
13. Diva

'Psychic Attack' (unreleased) (2002)
01. Krone
02. Killer
03. Sucker
04. Suffragette
05. Tick Tock
06. Whore
07. Holy
08. Breathe
09. Choir Of Hell
10. Lady
11. Away Ioevo - Love Dies

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COMMENTS

Rockbitch were a British rock band, composed mostly of female, lesbian and bisexual members, who performed nude and incorporated sexual acts and Pagan rituals into their performances.

The band Rockbitch was originally formed in 1984 as 'Cat Genetica' by bassist Amanda Smith-Skinner ('The Bitch') and guitarist Tony Skinner ('The Beast'). The band was later renamed 'Red Abyss' in 1989, and drew band members from the matriarchal, polyamorous, pagan, feminist community of which Smith-Skinner was a member.

After the release of its first studio album 'Motor Driven Bimbo' (1999), Rockbitch were increasingly pressured to censor their stage performances by their record company. They refused and successfully negotiated a release from their contract.

A second, goth-influenced album, titled 'Psychic Attack', was never released.

The intended second studio album from 2002 that remains officially unreleased is actually called 'Psychic Attack', not 'Psycho Attack' like many online sources suggest. Also note that the tracklisting is purely speculative and unofficial.

In 2005, the entire latter-day Rockbitch line-up emerged under the name 'MT-TV'. This was a music-only project, with none of the sex or nudity of the Rockbitch days, but it incorporated stage theatrics and provided sociosexual-based political comment through its lyrics.

Amanda and Jo subsequently went on to form the band 'Syren' with singer/songwriter Erin Bennett, who joined the Rockbitch commune in 2006. In 2012, Jo died of breast cancer. Amanda gave up her musical career shortly after. Erin Bennett subsequently continued as a solo artist with a backing band that contains some ex-members of Rockbitch, discarding the name 'Syren' and performing as 'Erin Bennett And The EB Band'. The band later went through a complete rebranding and are now touring as a prog rock band under the name 'EBB'.

Julie, the lead singer of Rockbitch, continues her musical career under the name 'Krow', creating hard dance music in the style of Noise Terror Punk EDM. Her music and video were also featured in a Swedish documentary.

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LINKS

Rockbitch - Official