Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands - documentary about The Mckinleys, The Ettes, Strawberry Switchblade, The Twinsets, Sunset Gun, His Latest Flame, Sophisticated Boom Boom, He

I went to see this last week, mainly because I love Lung Leg and can't believe there's a documentary even partially about them out there, but all was very interesting, don't want to get into spoilers but there were some kind of astonishing through-threads and most if not all of these bands didn't get a fair shot at making the music they wanted to.

It's directed by Carla J Easton, who used to be in Futuristic Retro Champions and TeenCanteen.

So, anyone else seen it, or planning to? Or wants to discuss any of these groups, most of whom do not seem to have threads on here?

Proper list of bands as it was cut off in the title

The Mckinleys, The Ettes, Strawberry Switchblade, The Twinsets, Sunset Gun, His Latest Flame, Sophisticated Boom Boom, Hello Skinny, Lung Leg, Melody Dog, Sally Skull, The Hedrons, Carla J. Easton

Links

https://www.sinceyesterdayfilm.com/

https://www.screen.scot/film-in-scotland/made-in-scotland/film/since-yesterday

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enBrsRtnM40

oh I saw some posts about this, probably on Lung Leg's FB. I would like to see this, although tbh I only know Strawberry Switchblade and Lung Leg and I have one song by Sally Skull out of those. (I thought I knew the Ettes, but the Ettes I know are American)

where is Pink Kross band?

They also talk about Vesuvius a bit, my favourite record label along with Guided Missile. Mo-Mo from Lung Leg was on the post-screening interview panel when I saw it, and I'll just say she has been through an incredibly rough quarter century.

They do also talk about Pink Kross, though not for long! The other group from the 90s they miss is Golden Starlet / International Strike Force though I think if I remember right they were from the North East, like Kenickie.

yeah Golden Starlet were from Middlesbrough. love them, I have a few Golden Starlet and International Strike Force records

Ohhh super interesting, thanks! I was at school with one of His Latest Flame.

I looked up Vesuvius, I do have a few on that label but they're all Lung Leg/Yummy Fur

Jane from Lung Leg was in another band on Vesuvius, called Dick Johnson. Think they were all-female and all-Scottish too maybe?

saw it. loved it. full marks from me.

i've seen a few people grumble about the shop assistants not being in it but of course they were not a true girl band.

oh I have a few Dick Johnson records! just none of them are on Vesuvius. Disposable Darling is the best one iirc

tbf I would like to see the Shop Assistants get a bit more recognition, they were in that Glasgow indie documentary Teenage Superstars a bit but yeah not really a "girl band" so am not grumbling

ah there was a bloke in the Fizzbombs

there was a bloke in the Vultures too. fair enough then

also, shop assistants were of course an edinburgh band. :)

I realised that after I posted lol. the doc is subtitled "the sound of young Scotland" but does seem to be mostly about Glasgow bands, but it does list the Shop Assistants in the blurb so I think I can be excused for that mishap

i was correcting myself!

One of Dick Johnson used to do the door at the Hope & Anchor, can't recall her name but God she was so fkn cool.

but then the ettes were from edinburgh so yr right, it's - "the sound of young Scotland"

oh lol now I think we're both confused - the doc this thread is for is for the whole of Scotland afaik - the documentary I mentioned that has the Shop Assistants in is from a few years ago called Teenage Superstars - The Sound of Young Scotland but is mostly about the 80s Glasgow (and environs) indie scene, but for some reason has the Shop Assistants in it even though they're from Edinburgh. I think because of the connection to the Pastels

anyway I love the Shop Assistants

maybe this might get the record companies to finally reissue some of the strawberry switchblade stuff? not that i haven't already got most of it but it would be good to see them get paid. crazy that its not happened before now tbh. and they have some fantastic deep cuts too ('michael who walks by night' still gives me the goosebumps). and, god it would be nice to own this on vinyl...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAO7zveEBSc

Ha ha! i think you are right.

i need to see that Teenage Superstars.

I love the Shop Assistants as well; a formative part of my youth and still sound great.

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* starts petition for Optimo C86 set in Brighton in 3 weeks *

ha ha!

I am trying to make a companion mix for this but The Ettes are very hard to find. This is their only release, a promo tape for the film's kickstarter

https://www.discogs.com/release/21459769-The-Ettes-The-Ettes

They also had a Myspace, but nothing there is working of course

https://myspace.com/thelegendaryettes/music/songs

Rose and Jill of Strawberry Switchblade have talked for the first time in decades and even agreed to be photographed together at recent screenings, which is a huge surprise for SS fans

Teenage Superstars - The Sound of Young Scotland but is mostly about the 80s Glasgow (and environs) indie scene

I don't think it's deliberate, it's more that Glasgow has always had a stronger music scene with more venues. A lot of these bands are from the environs rather than Glasgow itself - the Bellshill bands, JAMC etc.

Definitely waiting for a chance to see this — supported the Kickstarter for it years back!

Now on iPlayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00265qy/since-yesterday-the-untold-story-of-scotlands-girl-bands

smashing!

oh cool, will watch this weekend