jQuery(wrapper).css('top', jQuery(window).height() * 0.4 - wrapper.outerHeight()); } These photos in the documentary, just like the photos of the Palm Beach trip, are deliberately goofy, as if to downplay the group’s raunchy exploits that were recorded or photographed. }); if(typeof cfJsHost != 'undefined'){ “I thought it was common knowledge that the Go-Go’s came from the streets of LA, the LA punk rock scene,” says Kathy Valentine, the band’s bassist, speaking on the phone during a whirlwind day doing press for the documentary. var readyStateOverflowInterval; That’s what I’m grateful for.”. function resize7726055f95ed6cb5fc7(wrapper){ Also repeated is the story of why Wiedlin quit the Go-Go’s in 1984: Even though she wrote or co-wrote the majority of the songs on “Talk Show,” the rest of the band wanted to split the album’s songwriting royalties equally amongst all the band members, which greatly upset Wiedlin. Contact Us That’s what happened with the Go-Go’s and Canzoneri, who says she saw the writing on the wall when other managers started to court the Go-Go’s, and the band became dazzled by these more-established managers who were making big promises. var captainformThemeStyle = {}; “We’re not a super active band now, but I still think we put out a really positive, empowering message for women that as you get into your 60s, you can still be relevant. else if ('' == 'right') jQuery(wrapper).css('top', jQuery(window).height() * 0.4 - wrapper.outerHeight()); captainForm772605PreloadInterval5f95ed6cb574c = setInterval(function(){ The documentary includes the Go-Go’s talking about how even though there were growing tensions in the band, they rallied together for Schock and took a band trip to Palm Springs to do some drug-fueled partying before Schock was scheduled to have surgery. And I’m so grateful that Richard knew that this needed to be a classic sounding band that didn’t adhere to some kind of trend of what was going on in studios in the ’80s. } var wrapper = jQuery('#captainformForm772605EmbedPopup5f95ed6cb5fc7'); Even more flabbergasting was the reason why. The documentary points to two major factors that helped the Go-Go’s become a huge success after their first album was released: MTV (which launched in 1981 and gave the Go-Go’s a lot of airtime) and the Go-Go’s being the opening act for the Police’s 1981 arena tour. “I think about it a lot,” says Valentine, “because when I first became a musician, that was my longing, was to see all-female bands at the top. Culture Representation: This documentary about the Los Angeles-based rock band The Go-Go’s features interviews with an almost all-white group of people (and one black person) discussing the band, including former and current band members; former business colleagues of the band; and other people in the entertainment industry. }, 50); Culture Mix Survey (For whatever reason, Wiedlin was the “baby” in the childbirth Clown Family photos.). However, the documentary talks a little bit more about how some of the members of the Go-Go’s ended up having “tour romances” with some of the members of Madness and the Specials. Miles Copeland III, who used to manage the mega-successful rock band the Police (whose drummer, Stewart Copeland, is one Miles’ younger brothers), co-founded the independent I.R.S. jQuery(wrapper).css('top', jQuery(window).height() * 0.4 + wrapper.width() + wrapper.css('padding').replace('px', '') * 2); And now, when our music gets played, it doesn’t sound dated. }); She used the time away from the group to write All I Ever Wanted: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Memoir, published earlier this year. jQuery(wrapper).find('a').removeAttr('href'); After Wiedlin quit, the Go-Go’s had to go through another lineup change: Valentine switched to rhythm guitar, and Paula Jean Brown joined as the band’s new bassist. captainform_preload_form_popup(popupParams); Biography. “We saw no reason why we couldn’t be just as good as the boys, or men,” she goes on to say. One of the love letters he wrote to Wiedlin at the time had some lines that Wiedlin would later put in a song that became the Go-Go’s hit “Our Lips Are Sealed.” (It’s why Hall has co-writing credit on the song.). Canzoneri remembers when she called Wenner to tell him that some of the Go-Go’s were unhappy with the magazine cover, Wenner said that he thought she was calling him to thank him for the cover, and he hung up on her. elementType: "script", “Behind the Music” mentioned the video and showed a quick clip from the non-sexual part of the video, but the video is not mentioned at all in “The Go-Go’s” documentary. But as we know, the Go-Go’s and Canzoneri ended up having the last laugh. Records: “The establishment record business dismissed them. popupTrigger.css('visibility', 'visible'); How much is average monthly salary of Edwin? 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Being a true punk artist meant shunning corporate deals and mainstream acceptance, which is why many bands like the Go-Go’s that started out as punk could no longer claim to be truly punk once they started making pop music and having big hits. captainformDomReady(function() { } The story of the all-female musical band The Go-Go’s needed to be told in a decent way, and director Alison Ellwood has finally done so in a do… Records. }); Miles Copeland comments on why he signed the Go-Go’s to I.R.S. Schock comments, “Do you think something like that is going to fuck with the band? Their discomfort with their first Rolling Stone cover shoot clearly still bothers them nearly 40 years later. Maybe not in the way the pop culture defines the way a musician or an artist should be relevant, but there’s something about this band that, if I wasn’t in the Go-Go’s, and I was in my 40s or 50s, I would be inspired by seeing us,” Valentine says. } What sets “The Go-Go’s” documentary apart from “Behind the Music” is that the documentary places more emphasis on the band’s punk roots, and there’s no bleeping out of curse words. Culture Clash:  The Go-Go’s (an all-female band) battled against sexism, as well as internal band conflicts fueled by drugs and egos. Bello and Olavarria get to tell their side of the story about their dismissals, and Canzoneri frankly admits her pain when she was sidelined after the group took on high-powered management. Ginger Canzoneri couldn’t believe it. window.addEventListener('resize', function(){ captainformDomReady(function() { }, 10); And a lot of bands do sound super dated. No other all-female rock band has had the same accomplishment. When “The Go-Go’s” documentary had its world premiere 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the movie didn’t get any documentary awards buzz, and here’s why: When you consider that the Go-Go’s already revealed a lot about themselves in “Behind the Music,” and Carlisle and Valentine have each done a memoir, the documentary doesn’t deliver a lot of new and noteworthy information about the band. They were pioneering, successful and excessive. But the ending is in the present day, showing the band at work on their first new single in nearly two decades, “Club Zero.” It’s an instantly catchy song made for the dance floor. textContent: 'var frmRef=""; try { frmRef=window.top.location.href; } catch(err) {}; var captainform_servicedomain="app.captainform.com";var cfJsHost = "https://";', Brown, who is interviewed in the documentary (she wasn’t in “Behind the Music”), remembers she was very excited at first to join the Go-Go’s, before she knew how bad things were in the band. 1 album in the United States. 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