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Glam-rock band uit de 80-er jaren.
In deze band zaten toch wel een paar bekende namen zoals Phil Collen die later naar Def Leppard ging en Phil Lewis die later in de band L.A.Guns opdook.
Deze plaat stikt gewoon van de originaliteit.
Hele aparte rocksongs en voor mij echt een kraker eersteklas.
Girl werd vaak vergeleken met de band Japan maar ik denk dat dat toch meer met het imago van ze te maken had als de muziek.

Girl was an English glam metal band. Their lead vocalist was Phil Lewis, who later sang for L.A. Guns, New Torpedos, Torme, Filthy Lucre, The Liberators, and several other bands. Phil Collen, who later joined Def Leppard, and had previously been in the bands Lucy, Tush, and Dumb Blondes, was one of Girl"s guitarists, except for a brief time near the end of the group"s career. Gerry Laffy was the other guitarist in the band. Girl recorded several studio albums including Sheer Greed, Wasted Youth, and Killing Time. Sheer Greed is also the name of a band Gerry Laffy, Simon Laffy, and Pete Barnacle played in, and Phil Lewis and Phil Collen guested with, after Girl. Gerry Laffy"s brother Simon Laffy was Girl"s bassist on their albums, though Mark Megary played for the band briefly before then. Reportedly, bassist Pete Webb rehearsed with Girl briefly, but never recorded or played live with them. According to Simon Laffy, Mark Megary played on a single version of "My Number". Girl went through several drummers, including Dave Gaynor, Pete Barnacle, and Bryson Graham. Despite being equally adored and despised at the time, Girl still has 6 albums available through Sanctuary Records (previously released by Don Arden"s Jet Records). Sheer Greed, Wasted Youth, Killing Time, Live At The Marquee, Live At The Exposition Hall, Osaka, Japan, 37 track anthology My Number: The Anthology, Bootleg - Live in Toyko 1980 and Girl-Sheer Greed-Gerry Laffy - The Rare DVD collection.

Girl recorded a pre-L.A. Guns version of the song "Hollywood Tease". Gerry Laffy, Simon Laffy, and Pete Barnacle"s post-Girl band Sheer Greed, who Phil Lewis and Phil Collen also guested with, also recorded two versions of "Hollywood Tease", a studio one on Sublime To The Ridiculous and a live one on Live In London.

Pete Bonus replaced Phil Collen in Girl, though the band broke up soon after.

Former Girl bandmates Phil Collen and Simon Laffy are currently in a band called Man-Raze, though Phil Collen is still also in Def Leppard