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THE GO-GOS BEAUTY AND THE BEAT - LISA WHITTINGT...

The Go-Go's debut album Beauty and the Beat was released on July 8  1981. The album spent six
weeks in the number one spot on the Billboard charts  produced two hit singles and sold more
than two million copies making it one of the most successful debut albums of all time. Beauty
and the Beat made the Go-Go's the first  and to date only  female band to have a number one
album who not only wrote their own songs  but also played their own instruments. Beauty and the
Beat is a ground-breaking album  but the Go-Go's are often overlooked when we talk about
influential female musicians. The Go-Go's were a feminist band and Beauty and the Beat a call
to arms that inspired generations of women. The band embraced the DIY spirit of Riot Grrrl
before there was a Bikini Kill or a Bratmobile. Girls making music on their own terms didn't
start with Courtney Love or Beyoncé or Billie Eilish  it started with the Go-Go's. It started
with Beauty and the Beat. While they may have controlled their music  the Go-Go's couldn't
control the misogyny of the music industry  media and fans. The sexist and tired stereotypes
the Go-Go's experienced 40 years ago still exist today. The legacy of Beauty and the Beat is
both a celebration of how the record inspired countless girls to make art and music on their
own terms  but also a painful reminder of how little has changed in how female musicians are
marketed  manipulated  and discarded.

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