In the ’90s, when Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson was approached to perform at Lilith Fair — the traveling music festival featuring an all-female lineup with the likes of Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple ...

In 46 years of playing music with Girlschool, singer/rhythm guitarist Kim McAuliffe has probably seen it all. So a guitar breaking mid-song Thursday night didn’t faze her, as she handed off the guitar ...

Last November, legendary NWOBHM heroines Girlschool announced their North American farewell tour, celebrating 45 years of kicking ass as well as touring to support their 14 th studio album WTFortyfive ...

Kim McAuliffe believes that most of the early-1980s albums with her all-female metal combo Girlschool have been recently remastered, with bonus tracks. But she admittedly loses track of the catalog, ...

From the vantage point of the present, it’s difficult to appreciate just how few women were playing in hard and heavy bands in the late 70s and early 80s. Despite groundbreaking artists such as Fanny, ...

British heavy metal/hard rock veterans Girlschool have been going strong since 1978, and they’ve just announced the first leg of what they say will be their final US tour. It will also be their first ...