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Girl's School, Girls School, Grillschool
British heavy metal band. Originally conceived in London in 1975 as a pub covers band called Painted Lady by Enid Williams, Kim McAuliffe and Deirdre Cartwright. The band changed name and musical direction in early 1978 upon the addition of Kelly Johnson and Denise Dufort to the roster.
Girlschool are a British heavy metal band originating out of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene in 1978 and frequently associated with contemporaries Motörhead. They are the longest running all-female rock band, still active after more than 35 years. Formed from a school band called Painted Lady, Girlschool enjoyed strong media exposure and commercial success in the UK in the early 1980s with three albums of 'punk-tinged metal' and a few singles, but rapidly lost their momentum in the following years. Despite frequent changes of line-up, original members Kim McAuliffe, Enid Williams and Denise Dufort are still in the band to this day. The only original member no longer in the band, lead guitarist and singer Kelly Johnson, died of cancer in 2007.