I saw them live in Seattle back in the day 1982..I was in a band myself and we met Kelly Johnson and Denise mc. At their record signing at tower records..introduced ourselves as fellow girl heavy metal musicians and they were the sweetest kindest loviest girls..we ended up at their show and had a roaring drunken party after the gig..we then saw them again when we were touring England and Germany in 1984..I was always so impressed with Kelly’s guitar playing..she was girlschool..her cool and ripping riffs really pulled their sound together..as the others were not as fine a musician as Kelly was. I was gutted when I found out she was ill with spinal cancer and when she finally died in 2007..I’m still sad..looking at these girlschool videos bring back that era for me in huge way..it was a time of women pushing rock n roll and being successful pro musicians..we paved the way for everyone coming after us. Girlschool belong in RR HALL OF FAME.. nice nice wonderful fun gals...
The attitude of fans today towards women in bands is thankfully a LOT different than in the 1980s, and Girlschool are one of the primary reasons for that change in attitude. I always listened for the musicianship, and that was something Girlschool had plenty of, and more to spare.
Wow! Heard Please Dont Touch 35 years ago, but this is way better, superb riff. Some great influences, can hear Pistols, Maiden, Lizzy, maybe Priest and yeh a bit of Motorhead. Nice one ladies. 👍🤟🤟
In my honest opinion, there is not a greater female-fronted band in the history of rock and roll then the ladies in girlschool. I have been a fan since 1980 when I was 13 and now I'm 55 and I listened to them every chance I get
Girlschool was known outside of the U.K. I was buying their vinyls back in the early 80s in Minneapolis, MN, USA - don't recall how I discovered them but I was very young and SO impressed. Inspired me to take up guitar lessons (I stunk). But agree - one of the most underappreciated bands of all time. Wish I coulda seen them live when Kelly was still with us.
I Saw girlschool in Marseille with Motorhead 35 years ago it was geniius Very beautiful girls and good players They are still the better women hard Rock players
Luv ya Kim, im from Kouvola gig u shook my hand, i waz so confuzed, i couldnt say my name..until u asked..yeah, im Taija, from Finland, waited over 35yrs, waz totally worth of..also ⚡ former RockGoddess, Tracey Lamb...still so fuckin excited at UR gig
Good to see a clear nice video of this again after so many years. Got to know about them from imported copies of Sounds paper in 1980. Yes it's all been said before but they were pioneers and still not appreciated enough. Still so sad about Kelly, what rotten luck R.I.P.
The song seems to say that they have played real dives and small bars and clubs.I love the chorus.." For miles around - they heard the sound, and came to see the show, cause they all know.......a demolition " !!
Many many thanks for this - one of my favourite bands. Lucky enough to see them both back in the early 80's and more recently too. Still brilliant - most underestimated and underappreciated band along with Thunder of all time..
These girls started at a time when Rock Music came to its best. There was a plethora of truly great bands from soft rock through hard rock and metal.A band had to be top drawer!Who remembers that there was a pop chart and Indie chart and a ROCK CHART.? Inde has now for whatever reason been labelled as Rock, but back then it was an excuse to turn the radio off. FFS, Coldplay is even labelled as rock today!! WTF is that all about.? Thanks to You Tube and the people who upload this great era a, I can still spend endless hours listening to class musicians who still smash it out to this day, Thanks
Simply brilliant, saw them on Friday and they were still awesome, but of course without Kelly it's never quite the same, RIP Kelly, and rock on Girlschool you are far better than most bands.
Don't forget Kelly left the band years before she passed away. So even if she was still alive, you would have seen Girlschool without her...unless she rejoined. This said with all due respect to Kelly Johnson, who I STILL adore and worship. I was lucky enough to have a chat with her not long before she passed: she did a guest spot at a Girlschool gig at the Garage in London. Chris Bonacci also turned up, quite a party...and a very special night.
Primer concierto en mi ciudad en el que hicimos 4 colegas y yo de seguridad de estas preciosas chicas y tras el concierto nos pidieron ke les enseñáramos los bares metaleros de mi ciudad, tenia yo 20 años, ahora tengo 53 y sigo con el mismo fuego en la sangre, y ke pedazo de chicas mas agradables dioossss.... el tiempo pasa, los años mueren pero el METAL vivirá eternamente.
I seen these ladies play in cedar rapids, iowa in Jan.1984. i might find the ticket someday & price of ticket maybe $12.50 // Get this : 3 bands - Quiet riot / girls school / Then SAGA finished the show* - today is 3-2-2020 - pretty good memory !
Most guys focussed on Kelly, who was beautiful, but I was always more interested in Kim for her dark eyes, black hair and that gorgeous voice and accent. At that time she was the perfect girlfriend material and I wish.... Today she's almost 60, still beautiful(to me) and still makes me smile with her accent. I think the world of her and wish her the happiness she deserves. ROCK ON KIM.
Nice to see this. I saw the girls just once; supporting Motorhead on the Overkill tour at Liverpool Empire, 1979. They got a lot of abuse from the idiot element that night. I loved them and fancied Enid to bits. RIP Kelly.
I saw them live in Seattle back in the day 1982..I was in a band myself and we met Kelly Johnson and Denise mc. At their record signing at tower records..introduced ourselves as fellow girl heavy metal musicians and they were the sweetest kindest loviest girls..we ended up at their show and had a roaring drunken party after the gig..we then saw them again when we were touring England and Germany in 1984..I was always so impressed with Kelly’s guitar playing..she was girlschool..her cool and ripping riffs really pulled their sound together..as the others were not as fine a musician as Kelly was. I was gutted when I found out she was ill with spinal cancer and when she finally died in 2007..I’m still sad..looking at these girlschool videos bring back that era for me in huge way..it was a time of women pushing rock n roll and being successful pro musicians..we paved the way for everyone coming after us. Girlschool belong in RR HALL OF FAME.. nice nice wonderful fun gals...
GATES OF VIENNA 1683 I’ve got a denim jacket with the bands autographs in from 1982
@@liveloud9894 Lucky puppy!
Hi there. What was the name of your band back then ? I know curiosity killed the cat, but I'm a huge fan of all-female rock bands !!!! :)
Good God. Thank you for the story. I just read that Johnny lydons wife of 44 years passed away In April of this year,2023.
Blessed be ladies of rock.
Bless your heart, this is punk song.
The coolest Brit all girl band ever.
and the Slits?
@@theWARMJET and Rock Goddess!!!?
the real spice girls!
@@tamasszeier2068 no fucken way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First female fronted band...these ladies started it all
..best ever
The female motorhead
All good stuff
The attitude of fans today towards women in bands is thankfully a LOT different than in the 1980s, and Girlschool are one of the primary reasons for that change in attitude. I always listened for the musicianship, and that was something Girlschool had plenty of, and more to spare.
RIP Kelly...❤️😔
My favorite female band! This women rooooock!! \m/. The beeest!! Forever 3.
R.I.P Kelly Jonhson.
Wow! Heard Please Dont Touch 35 years ago, but this is way better, superb riff. Some great influences, can hear Pistols, Maiden, Lizzy, maybe Priest and yeh a bit of Motorhead. Nice one ladies. 👍🤟🤟
In my honest opinion, there is not a greater female-fronted band in the history of rock and roll then the ladies in girlschool. I have been a fan since 1980 when I was 13 and now I'm 55 and I listened to them every chance I get
Girlschool was known outside of the U.K. I was buying their vinyls back in the early 80s in Minneapolis, MN, USA - don't recall how I discovered them but I was very young and SO impressed. Inspired me to take up guitar lessons (I stunk). But agree - one of the most underappreciated bands of all time. Wish I coulda seen them live when Kelly was still with us.
I actually meet them outside the Apollo in Manchester a couple of time and kissed kelly and Denise
known in the Netherlands also for what's worth.
I remember listening to them when I lived in Whitehorse Yukon in the early 80's, great band.
@@melbman43 I wish to God I'd kissed Kim.
Im from Finland, luvd from like 1984 or before...amazing soundz
I Saw girlschool in Marseille with Motorhead 35 years ago it was geniius
Very beautiful girls and good players
They are still the better women hard
Rock players
Some guitarist: "Kelly plays pretty good for a girl"
Lemmy: "She's plays better than you."
Kelly left too early :(
Not Kelly, but others tonite, omg, luvd it
Girlschool Rock n fucking Roll...
Fuck yeahhh..kelly 4 eva 🤘♥❤💞🎤💜⚡
Luv ya Kim, im from Kouvola gig u shook my hand, i waz so confuzed, i couldnt say my name..until u asked..yeah, im Taija, from Finland, waited over 35yrs, waz totally worth of..also ⚡ former RockGoddess, Tracey Lamb...still so fuckin excited at UR gig
This video still makes me grin ear to ear! Thank you Kelly, Enid, Kim and Denise. You are all awesome!
Kelly, a Goddess with guitar.
"Demolition Boys," mentioned twice in the song while "Demolition," the album title is heard eight times. Spectacular❗💯🎵🎤🎸🏆
80's = Headbang = Golden Age
Just thinking the same thing?
Viv Albertine from The Slits can be seen for a split second in the very beginning lol
This was the first Girlschool song I ever heard, while laying on the sand at Lake Panamoka, Long Island...blew me away.
Good to see a clear nice video of this again after so many years. Got to know about them from imported copies of Sounds paper in 1980. Yes it's all been said before but they were pioneers
and still not appreciated enough. Still so sad about Kelly, what rotten luck R.I.P.
I'm hooked on watching Girlschool. (Proud to say!)............. RIP Kelly Johnson
Girlschool is the best!!!!!
These girls are awesome!
The song seems to say that they have played real dives and small bars and clubs.I love the chorus.." For miles around - they heard the sound, and came to see the show, cause they all know.......a demolition " !!
Brilliant. Never seen this before....saw them loads of times from 79-84ish. Great great band.
Girls like these four cuties will be hard to compete today...
Nicely done Lemmy! Great pick!
...and the prize for sexist condescending comment goes to ....
fucking AMAZING Kelly Johnson for LIFE
Oh my God - it is truly rock&roll in the Motorhead style..
pwopah rock, I'd say. ;)))
Like their friends, Motorhead, part punk, part metal. What's not to like about that?
Everything i luv
Thought so..sorry, havin cararact.. luvd Girlschool since i was teen..1984, luv at first sound ⚡🎤🤘💜
Punk part. Not so much.
This is stellar footage, one of their all time heaviest and best tunes.
Back in the 1980's in Odessa, Texas.
I saw Girlschool, Scorpions, and Iron Maiden. WHAT A NIGHT!
Wonderful band.🖤🖤
Girlschool kicks ass.
Solid punk sound, loud and proud!
My favorite female band. Demolition is a smoking album!
Classic line up .Rip Kelly Johnson 😥😥😥
Thanx, waz in Finland, luvd every second, nearly 50yrs old fan
Fan since i waz allmost 14 then, next 50yrs, in march
Many many thanks for this - one of my favourite bands. Lucky enough to see them both back in the early 80's and more recently too. Still brilliant - most underestimated and underappreciated band along with Thunder of all time..
I was 15 when this was released and I spent many a Friday and Saturday night head banging to this and many other great bands from the 80,s
Holy shit-could they play! 👌
I'll say it again....HEAVEN ON EARTH.
💎💯💎💯💎💯💎💯
These girls started at a time when Rock Music came to its best. There was a plethora of truly great bands from soft rock through hard rock and metal.A band had to be top drawer!Who remembers that there was a pop chart and Indie chart and a ROCK CHART.? Inde has now for whatever reason been labelled as Rock, but back then it was an excuse to turn the radio off. FFS, Coldplay is even labelled as rock today!! WTF is that all about.?
Thanks to You Tube and the people who upload this great era a, I can still spend endless hours listening to class musicians who still smash it out to this day,
Thanks
I took you girls serious since 1981 and bought all your albums.
Simply brilliant, saw them on Friday and they were still awesome, but of course without Kelly it's never quite the same, RIP Kelly, and rock on Girlschool you are far better than most bands.
Well said Gary!
Spinal cancer has got to suck I mean it killed her
Wow!! What a dream!
Don't forget Kelly left the band years before she passed away. So even if she was still alive, you would have seen Girlschool without her...unless she rejoined. This said with all due respect to Kelly Johnson, who I STILL adore and worship. I was lucky enough to have a chat with her not long before she passed: she did a guest spot at a Girlschool gig at the Garage in London. Chris Bonacci also turned up, quite a party...and a very special night.
I saw them in about 2005 with Motörhead and I just realised that was 18yrs ago, underrated band for sure.
Girlschool Rules!!! I love Girlschool from Italy
Greatest all female band ever - GIRLSCHOOL! \m/
Hermosa la guitarrista para mí la mejor de todas las que tocaron en esta gigante banda de rock!!
Primer concierto en mi ciudad en el que hicimos 4 colegas y yo de seguridad de estas preciosas chicas y tras el concierto nos pidieron ke les enseñáramos los bares metaleros de mi ciudad, tenia yo 20 años, ahora tengo 53 y sigo con el mismo fuego en la sangre, y ke pedazo de chicas mas agradables dioossss.... el tiempo pasa, los años mueren pero el METAL vivirá eternamente.
Wow ,dónde fue ? Compartiste con las Girlschool y en esa época .Oro puro .
Girlschool of rock&roll. The best female band of the world.
No way the runaways were better and first
RIP Kelly!
Girlschool, Funny, Vixen, The Runaways,.... great all-girl-bands!!!!
Fanny ?
Awesome, love it
Kelly Johnson is so badass
Unfortunately it's "was". Great to see these old videos when she was alive and healthy playing with the band. Greatly missed. RIP
This sound is seed of thrash metal..R.I.P Kelly.
Love Kim's black hair!!!
very good........................................................
I seen these ladies play in cedar rapids, iowa in Jan.1984. i might find the ticket someday & price of ticket maybe $12.50 // Get this : 3 bands - Quiet riot / girls school / Then SAGA finished the show* - today is 3-2-2020 - pretty good memory !
Hands down the best all Girl band.
they look like women.
love their music since the early 80's. Wished i had ever been to a concert of them
They are still fab!
amazing!
Encontrei essa Relíquia!!! 😁👏👏👏👏👏👏👏⚘⚘⚘⚘muito bom isso, Girlschool 💪💪🇧🇷🇧🇷
This is great, thank you!
Most guys focussed on Kelly, who was beautiful, but I was always more interested in Kim for her dark eyes, black hair and that gorgeous voice and accent.
At that time she was the perfect girlfriend material and I wish....
Today she's almost 60, still beautiful(to me) and still makes me smile with her accent.
I think the world of her and wish her the happiness she deserves.
ROCK ON KIM.
Love this band, Cool clip.
thank you. great.
X JUST AMAZING
So underrated! Legends
Great upload! Thanks for sharing!
Very good! Parabéns as girls.
I love you Girlschool
love them!
A mix between heart and the runaways🎉
fabuleux ces nanas en perfecto epoque bennie
superb
学生の頃良く聴いていました。
懐かしい～。。
Brilliant
Amazing , looking forward to the gig in December
I'm going to see them live on June, I still can't believe it
That riff is so "please don't touch", I just hear both songs.
Pretty smooth solo, love the drums
I LOVE THIS GIRLS! ooh yeeeaaahhh!
i'm strangely excited
Seen this line up supporting Motorhead up Hanley duck.
Scorpions, Iron Maiden and Girlschool.. Indianapolis!! $8.50
rip kelly xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Saw them 87 Manchester Academy ~ Great Live Band
大変素晴らしい!!レザージャケットにデニムがクールで大変カッコいい!!
super maravilhas..
Motörhead influence really shines through on this track - love it. What a great team they made!
Yeah, Motorhead was influenced by punk rock, too. They also hung out with The Plasmatics, a hardcore punk band headed by Wendy O Williams.
Хэви метал 80 х это реально
Сильно !!!!
Cool song.
Молодцы девчонки
Teenager Träume damals.🤘❤️
I wish I was able to see them I was too young too wasnt around when they hit it big but now seeing the vids on here makes me wish i could have
they're still around i saw them early last year, going to see them again this month they've still got it
All ways awesome.
Damn! Awesome quality! Girlschool RULZ!!!
Сильнейшее рокерша супер группа таких не много
There was a time when I was in love with Kim because she is dark and pretty, and now I think the world of her.
(And she's still dark and pretty).
Me too!!!
how cute they were
the girls , always could help it !!!
i think you bloody rock keep it up
Nice to see this. I saw the girls just once; supporting Motorhead on the Overkill tour at Liverpool Empire, 1979. They got a lot of abuse from the idiot element that night. I loved them and fancied Enid to bits. RIP Kelly.
Saw them at Bingley Hall supporting Lemmy and Crew, with saxon, and Angelwitch