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WE ROCK LIKE GIRLS DON'T (Album out now!)

About Me

WE ROCK LIKE GIRLS DON'T are an electrifying female guitar/drums duo from Glasgow and London.
Since January 2009 the pair have been playing wild shows around the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Italy to increasingly fervent reviews.
Self-financed debut album HOW DID IT GET TO THIS is in the shops now on the band's own label Distort via CARGO and available for download on all major download services.
"How Did It Get To This is the kind of awesome rock record we don't hear often enough. Dirty riffs roar and screech against relentless rhythms and catchy pop choruses; think PJ Harvey and QOTSA in a bloody, pummeled-to-tiny pieces musical fist fight" 8/10

"This is rock'n'roll at its purest" 9/10 Recommended Album, THE MUSIC MAGAZINE

"They've made the album they've always threatened" ALBUM OF THE WEEK, ORGAN "If PJ Harvey and Josh Homme had got together about a decade earlier and decided to indulge their mutual garage-punk influences this is what it may well have sounded like. A dark and edgy debut from British duo that could well turn into a very essential outfit on the garage rock circuit" ROOM THIRTEEN "We Rock Like Girls Don't have produced a debut album that is as pugnacious as their name. They take their lead from PJ Harvey's playful, satirical 50ft Queenie yet sound deadly serious in their intent to beat guys such as Black Lips at their DIY garage punk game. Songs about dysfunctional, obsessive love or losing it to rock'n'roll pinball from the low-slung to the unhinged with great alacrity" THE SCOTSMAN "How Did It Get To This recalls the feral ferocity of early PJ Harvey, the stark rock fire of Pixies and the insouciance of Yeah Yeah Yeahs" METRO "Like a drunken teenager tightrope-walking the wall of a multi-story car park's upper floor, WRLGD pick semblance from cacophany and inexplicably succeed on all levels" **** SUBBACULTCHA "Loud, bad-assed and swaggering, though certainly not lacking in melody, WRLGD have carved themselves a secure niche in back-to-basics lo-fi rock" TOURDATES "This album growls and claws at your inner ear with decibel offensive climaxes and enough melodic sensibilities to appeal to both sexes. Batten down the hatches folks, loud women in the area" MANCHESTER MUSIC "The first time I heard it I wanted to cut off my toes and shove them in my ears, pour lighter fluid on my speakers and throw them on top of a live hand grenade. The sound has the anarchic ferocity of the White Stripes and vintage Therapy with hints of Siouxsie And The Banshees. " ROCK REALMS “Drums, feedback, noise, glitches and after ten seconds the killer riff that sets us free. The groove is found and we are off on one of the most exciting rock rollercoasters of 2009" HUMO.BE

1. VIOLENCE

2. DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS

3. QUEEN OF HEAVY METAL

4. THE POWER OF THREE

5. I JUST WANNA STICK MY HEAD IN THE BASS DRUM

6. ROCK'N'ROLL FREAK

7. PHOTOGRAPH

8. HIP TO YOU

9. PRETTY DUMB

10. I'LL TAKE WHAT COMES

11. VIOLENCE IS IN THE AIR
All tracks recorded by Mark Freegard (BREEDERS) except track 4 recorded by Head (PJ HARVEY). All tracks mixed by Mark Freegard.

Many thanks for playing our songs to John Kennedy at XFM EXPOSURE and Up From The Underground at BFBS RADIO, Paul Cox at ARTROCKER RADIO, Vic Galloway at BBC INTRODUCING in Scotland, Jim Gellatly NEW MUSIC podcast, Billy Sloan at RADIO CLYDE, Bruce Dickinson at 6 MUSIC and TOTAL ROCK.VIOLENCE single reviews:

"Fuzzed up riff, savage chorus, Ladies and Gentlemen THIS is Girl Power.." THE-MAG

"Best single so far" ARTROCKER RADIO

"Rocking like the best girls do again" ORGAN

"Bold, brash and utterly unforgiving" SUBBA CULTCHA

"A brooding bastard of a cut - brutal and essential" LOSING TODAY

"Rocking hard enough for those with more extreme taste, WRLGD still appeal to the fragile indie spirits out there" THE MUSIC MAGAZINE

"Like a cross between the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, PJ Harvey and someone using a jackhammer on some majestic outcrop of rock" NEW NOISE

"Like the bitch love child of Elastica and QOTSA" THE LINE OF BEST FIT


WE ROCK LIKE GIRLS DON'T formed when Glaswegian guitarist/vocalist Ros Cairney met Greek, London born drummer Vas Antoniadou after advertising for a Rock'n'Roll Freak in Loot.
Nine months later with bassist Jen Simpson, first demo ROCK'N'ROLL FREAK on daytime Radio 1, We Rock Like Girls Don't had found their name, their attitude and released two acclaimed singles on their own label Distort.
Ltd edition debut 7'' vinyl ROCK N ROLL FREAK/HIP TO YOU was supported by John Peel, Zane Lowe, Jo Whiley and Alan McGee on Radio 1 and follow up CD & 7" single I JUST WANNA STICK MY HEAD IN THE BASS DRUM/OUT OF CONTROL had the music press embracing the noise.
Jen left We Rock Like Girls Don't to rejoin her brother's band and Ros and Vas decided they didn't need bass after all.
We Rock Like Girls Don't have slayed audiences all round the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, supported THE KILLERS, THE CRIBS, headlined Club NME in Nottingham and Glasgow, Artrocker and Death Disco in London and rocked the X Tent at Scotland's T in the Park festival.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/11/2005
Band Website: werocklikegirlsdont.com
Band Members: ROS

VAS

Influences: PJ HARVEY, THE WHITE STRIPES, THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS, ELASTICA, SLEATER KINNEY, THE PIXIES, THE BREEDERS, SONIC YOUTH, THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, NIRVANA, LED ZEPPELIN, THE BEATLES
Sounds Like:

Downloads available now on all major sites:

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"HOW DID IT GET TO THIS"

WE ROCK LIKE GIRLS DON'T on tour:
"Vas Antoniadou is a rock behemoth. An open handed demi-godess of the skins. Up front we have Ros Cairney. Yeah. In the beginning there was the riff; then there was Ros. Its irresistable. As in resistance is futile." IS THIS MUSIC MAGAZINE - Album launch@Nice'N'Sleazy, Glasgow, March 2009

"I don't think it will be long before the belief, passion and damn right rock n roll credentials of these two girls sees them playing to much bigger crowds" KOMODO ROCK - The Enterprise, Camden, March 2009 "We Rock Like Girls Don't are a welcome wall of angry noise. Screaming feedback, buzzing guitars and crashing drums demonstrate a demand to be taken seriously. Thank goodness for WRLGD. They brilliantly blew out my eardrums and made my Ladyfest" UPLIFT MAGAZINE - Ladyfest Goldsmiths, New Cross Inn, February 2009 "The mighty WRLGD have slimmed down to a duo without losing an ounce of the visceral ferocity that always made them such a compelling live act" TOURDATES - Purple Turtle, London, December 2008 "The recordings, though great, do nothing to capture the sheer power of the live experience" TONY KIERNAN independant promoter - 13th Note, Glasgow, October 2008

"One of the few bands that blew me away in 2008 - a powerful and captivating live band" DS independant promoter - The Portland Arms, Cambridge, November 2008
"Brilliant gig, on the darker side of rock'n'roll - JAMC meets early PJ Harvey, our nights are not normally like this!" Independent promoters The Ford Squad, The Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford February 2009
PRESS AND PR: WIRED PR
VIEW WE ROCK LIKE GIRLS DON'T's EPK AT SONICBIDS:

CMU Six Questions:

THE MUSIC MAGAZINE Interview:Listen on Artrocker radio:

VIOLENCE reached no 5 in Tourdates UK unsigned chart!:

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Record Label: Distort/Cargo
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

FREE THIS SATURDAY AT NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB!

Female guitar/drums duo We Rock Like Girls Don't cordially invite you to a free gig this Saturday afternoon, 20th June!Rough Trade Shops' RoTa afternoon @ Notting Hill Arts Club Doors 4pm - 8pm , FREE...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:52:00 GMT

WE ROCK THE TABERNACLE!

Hi,At the end of last week's hot and sweaty headline at The Enterprise, Camden - where Marshall stacks fell over and shirt buttons flew open - we were asked to play showcase event Discovery @ The Tabe...
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 12:35:00 GMT

LIVE @ TOURDATES SESSIONS!

We love this photo Jarrod from Tourdates took on his phone!Hi!Thanks to everyone who has been downloading our debut album and buying it in the shops!Come and join us for new event THE TOURDATES SESSIO...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 16:33:00 GMT

DIE PERFEKTUN UND DIE RUPPIGEN: Freiburg live review

Wednesday 22 April 2009Die Perfekten und die RuppigenThe perfect and the rough Sängerin Ros von We Rock Like Girls Dont Rock. | Foto: pr Ros singer of We Rock Like Girls Do not Rock. | Photo: pr Ande...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:27:00 GMT

BEHEMOTH & THE RIFF - Glasgow album launch reviewed

is this music? AN INDEPENDENT MUSIC MAGAZINE FROM SCOTLANDVas Antoniadou, drummer with We Rock Like Girls Don't, is a rock behemoth. An open handed demi-godess of the skins. Seriously, she picks up he...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:54:00 GMT

99 RED BALLOONS AND TRANSIT VAN HELL

Traveller's BlogWe returned from our German tour last Monday night minus a pair of Converse shoes with added aches and pains but with an exhilerating new confidence in our capacity to play an energise...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:41:00 GMT

DEBUT ALBUM IN SHOPS APRIL 6TH!

Hi,Our debut  album HOW DID IT GET TO THIS is in all good independent record shops from April 6th! The album is out on our own label Distort with distribution via Cargo Records and is in the April CAR...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:44:00 GMT

"AWESOME ROCK RECORD" 8/10 NME ALBUM REVIEW

NMEWE ROCK LIKE GIRLS DON'T    8/10 HOW DID IT GET TO THIS (DISTORT/CARGO)Ladies, listen up - Beth Ditto would probably like a little word..as would Karen O and Alice Glass, because girls quite clearl...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:04:00 GMT

LADYFEST GOLDSMITHS 2009

This review of Ladyfest Goldsmiths 2009 in Uplift Magazine - see below - echoes our own experience of Ladyfest Goldsfest 2009.Sarah Barnes writes of the difficulty in saying anything negative about La...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:35:00 GMT

GLASGOW ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY!

HOW DID IT GET TO THIS album launch party!  Thursday 12th March at Nice'N'Sleazy Come and enjoy We Rock Like Girls Don't, Miss The Occupier, Scragfight, Ruth Martin acoustic set with Suck My Left One ...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:17:00 GMT