GIRLSCHOOL: This Weekend's Shows To Go Ahead As Scheduled
July 18, 2007Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL have posted the following message on their official web site:
"Well, as you can imagine things aren't exactly 'cheery' in the GIRLSCHOOL camp right now with the loss of our beautiful and talented friend Kelly Johnson. For anyone planning to come along to the two gigs we're doing in Germany this weekend we will still be performing as Kelly would have wanted it that way, although you may see that we'll be giving waterproof mascara its toughest workout to date."
Upcoming GIRLSCHOOL shows:
July 20 - Lübeck, GER - Treibsand
July 21 - Jüterborg, GER - Altes Lager (Motorcycle Jamboree)
Original GIRLSCHOOL guitarist Kelly Johnson passed away on Sunday, July 15 after a six-year battle with cancer of the spine.
Along with Johnson, the classic lineup of GIRLSCHOOL included Kim McAuliffe (guitar),Enid Williams (bass) and Denise Dufort (drums). The band was an integral and major force in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement, beginning with the release of its debut album, "Demolition" (1980),and continuing with the follow-up efforts, "Hit 'n' Run" (1981) and "Screaming Blue Murder" (1982).
Johnson originally left GIRLSCHOOL in 1984 after recording the band's fourth album, "Play Dirty", and moved to Los Angeles where she lived for the next 10 years. She rejoined GIRLSCHOOL in 1993 and moved back to the U.K. From 1993 until 2000 Kelly, Kim, Denise and Tracey Lamb toured Europe and the USA and recorded a live album in March 1995. Kelly decided to quit the music business for good in 2000 after recording her final album with GIRLSCHOOL, "Not That Innocent: 21st Anniversary" (2001).
For more information, visit the Kelly JohnsonMySpace tribute page.
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