The Go-Go s to be inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
The Go-Go s inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Bassist Kathy Valentine, who is from Austin, spoke with Good Day Austin s Casey Claiborne about her band The Go-Go s being part of the 2021 class.
AUSTIN, Texas - The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2021 inductees.
Among them is the Go-Go s, which have been called the most successful all-women rock band of all time. They are the first and still only all-women band to score a number-one album playing their own instruments and writing their own songs.
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Part of the first-generation L.A. scene centered on such bands as X and Germs, , the band combined the music’s urgency with the catchy melodicism of Brill Building-style pop. The quintet singer-guitarist Wiedlin, singer Belinda Carlisle, bassist Kathy Valentine, drummer Gina Schock and guitarist-keyboardist Charlotte Caffey remains the only all-female rock band to earn a No. 1 album, “Beauty and the Beat” from 1981.
“We are overwhelmed with gratitude to be 2021 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” the Go-Go’s said in a joint statement. “Women have always been a vital part of the ever-changing music business and The Go-Go’s are so proud to have our success story honored and recognized by fans and voters.”
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Fifteen years after they first became eligible, the Go-Go’s will join the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame this year. They will enter the Cleveland-based museum’s roster of honorees on Oct. 30 alongside a venerable class that includes Tina Turner, Jay-Z, Carole King and the Foo Fighters.
“It s wonderful to have this honor of being inducted,” the band’s bassist, Kathy Valentine, said late Wednesday. Valentine was feeling elated but exhausted after a day spent responding to a barrage of messages and comments from well wishers. “It s kind of a crowning achievement to a career that started right here in Austin, in the clubs here.”
The Go-Go’s Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin
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