The Queens of Quirk
b'For a very long time\\u2014too long\\u2014women were locked in very defined roles when it came to rock\\u2019n\\u2019roll\\u2026girls were expected to look pretty and do little more than sing\\u2026okay, maybe shake a tambourine or something\\u2026but that was about it\\u2026\\n\\nAnd when it came to singing, \\u201cjust stick with conventional stuff, dear\\u2026don\\u2019t get any crazy ideas in your head\\u2026this is a woman\\u2019s role in rock and you should stick to it\\u2026that\\u2019s a nice little lady\\u201d\\u2026\\n\\nBut then along came punk rock in the 1970s\\u2026punk did many things for rock\\u2014including knocking down a lot of heretofore inviolable gender roles\\u2026the central tenet of punk was that anyone should have the right to say anything in any matter they want regardless of who they are\\u2026that included women and their right to self-expression\\u2026\\n\\nThe result was fantastic\\u2026freed from all the old expectations, women were free to reinvent themselves as musicians in a million different ways\\u2026and that led to a wonderful array of female performers\\u2026\\n\\nSome of my favourites are the ones who decided to spit in the face of virtually ever rock\\u2019n\\u2019roll convention\\u2014women who (before punk came along and liberated everyone from the tyranny of \\u201cthe way things ought to be\\u201d) developed styles that were different, unique and utterly unlike anything the world had ever heard before\\u2026\\n\\nYes, some of them were an acquired taste and took a little getting used to\\u2026but once people figured out what they were trying to do and what they were all about, it was inevitable they became addicted, enchanted, inspired\\u2026\\n\\n\\xa0We\\u2019re going to look at ten of these women\\u2026i call them \\u201cThe Queens of Quirk\\u201d\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'