Kate Corris of The Mo-Dettes, Photo by Philippe Carly

Thanks to the Daily Swarm, there’s word of this very awesome home-made compilation chronicling female fronted Punk and Post-Punk. This is a ridiculously comprehensive collection that scours the globe for female-fronted punk that not only touches on classics but delves way deep into the very obscure crevices of the punk universe. Here’s the scoop on the compilation:

This is a pretty insane project put together by my pal Vince B. from San Francisco a few years back. As the title indicates, this is a homemade 12 x CD-R (!) compilation of punk bands fronted by female vocalists from 1977 to 1989. More like a giant mixtape than a compilation, as he only made 36 copies which he sent to friends and people who submitted material. You may notice that some of the bands didn’t have a steady female vocalist (The Lewd, etc.) but he still included songs that were sung by another member of the band. This is as international as it gets, with stuff ranging from world famous Blondie or Crass to the most obscure Eastern European cassette compilation veterans. The boxset came packaged in a handnumbered fancy translucent lunchbox enclosing all 12 CD-Rs, a stack of full-colored cards featuring comprehensive tracklist and artwork/info, as well as a manga pin-up figure! Talk about a labor of love.

Bethan Peters of Delta 5, Photo by Philippe Carly

I don’t know about you, but I effin’ love female-fronted or just all girl punk bands. I remember a point in my life where that’s all I was trying to hunt down while scouring for records and CDs. Right now 8 parts of this epic 12 disc compilation are up for download on Kängnäve, and are broken up into 3 separate blog posts (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3). Check back there soon for part 4 and the remaining 4 discs of this retrospective.

- My Pal the Crook