Live at the Rathskeller: 5/17/79

The Girls were there at the beginning. For a few short years, they were undoubtedly one of the most exciting and experimental bands performing in the Boston punk scene. Combining delirious live performances, raw sound and Duchampian art-world smarts, The Girls walked an aesthetic tightrope between pop music and sonic chaos. Those who actually saw them either loved them or hated them; their live performances offered no middle ground. During their brief existence, The Girls released only one recording, 'Jeffrey I Hear You'/'The Elephant Man', a 7" on Pere Ubu's Hearthan label. Twenty-five years after the fact, Abaton Book Company is pleased to present Live at the Rathskeller, one of the most essential missing links between late 70s punk and post-punk. It has been digitally remastered by Elliott Sharp. The album features an eight-panel folding insert that includes numerous unpublished photographs, a performance chronology and copious liner notes by Byron Coley.