Poison Dollys

Poison DollysHistorical Legacy Series Dominating the rock landscape in the 80s between the Heavy Metal of the seventies and the Glam Rock of the 90s was the reign of the Hair Band, a lasting cultural phenomenon. Hair Bands were defined by their flamboyance: glam, big hair and attitude, hedonism, rebellion, anthemic choruses, soaring guitar solos, and just plain fun. No ensemble better represents the Hair Band than Poison Dollys, formed on Long Island in 1981 by an

all captured here with a raw spontaneity and fierce self-assurance

“I never thought that I was special / been that way since we were kids / there’s a million people that are like me / in this world

PINK + BLACK was produced by bandleader Matte Namer

“Ani is a huge inspiration to us to write that story ourselves

“If we solely rely on others within a union

Bad Reputation

Of the song

”While remaining true to their roots in the acoustic songwriter scene

unaware of her role in history until she was an adult

DiFranco contemplates the lives her 1960s army boots have lived and explores the concept of subjective realities in “Boots of a Soldier

leading to a rawer

Nathan and I feel the same