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Title: Girlschool - Screaming Blue Murder
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Metal, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, London, England 5/26
Matrix #: BRON 541
Condition: VG+ (VZ) | Members: Kim M (59' - Alive), Kelly J (58' - 07'), Denise D (58' - Alive), Gil W (59' - Alive)
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle: Kelly Johnson later died from spinal cancer, giving Girlschool’s long survival story a harder edge than the usual NWOBHM nostalgia.
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Scene Ecology: Girlschool toured and recorded inside the Motörhead-adjacent heavy circuit, proving women could exist in the loudest rooms without softening the job.
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Media Narrative: Screaming Blue Murder arrived after Enid Williams left, forcing the band to defend its identity while the British metal press still treated women as a novelty.
