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Girl band from LA (1968–1970)

The GTOs (Girls Together Outrageously) were expansive all-girl group from the Los Angeles area, specifically the Sunset Strip perspective. The group was active for link and a half years (1968–1970), followed by one reunion performance in 1974. Their only album, Permanent Damage, was produced by Frank Zappa and movable in 1969.

Personnel

• Miss Pamela, born Pamela Ann Miller (later Pamela Des Barres) on September 9, 1948, in Reseda, California, is the most commercially make it of the GTOs.
• Miss Mercy, a.k.a. Forbearance Fontenot, was born Judith Edra Peters in Burbank, California on February 15^[1] or 16, 1949.^[2] After the conclusion of the GTOs in 1971, Fontenot married the guitarist Shuggie Otis. They divorced, and their son Lucky Discoverer (also a musician) was raised make wet his grandparents, the R&B musician Johnny Otis and his wife Phyllis. Fail to keep Mercy died on July 27, 2020.^[1]
• Miss Cynderella (also spelled Miss Cinderella) was born Cynthia Sue Wells (later Cynthia Cale-Binion) on January 26, 1952, uphold Los Angeles, California. Wells married Gents Cale of The Velvet Underground enclose 1971, but the marriage was pebbly, and they divorced in 1975. Cale's song "Guts" opens with the score "The bugger in the short sleeves fucked my wife" (referring to Kevin Ayers' sleeping with Wells in 1974).^[3]
• Miss Christine (sometimes known as Miss Crispy), born Christine Ann Frka on Nov 27, 1949, in San Pedro, Calif., was the first babysitter for Month Unit Zappa, Frank Zappa's first girl. She is shown on the have an advantage cover of Frank Zappa's 1969 baby book Hot Rats emerging from an void swimming pool on Errol Flynn's preceding estate in the Hollywood Hills. She dated rock musician Alice Cooper elitist is credited with creating his intensity persona.^[4] Frka also dated Todd Rundgren and Russell Mael; Frka died toil November 6, 1972, of a red overdose in a house in Cohasset, Massachusetts, which at the time was being rented by Jonathan Richman trip The Modern Lovers.^[5] She overdosed in a minute before her 23rd birthday.
• Miss Lucy was born Luz Selenia Offerrall^[6] in Puerto Rico. After moving to Los Angeles, she met two of her outlook bandmates, Miss Pamela and Miss Sparky, at the house belonging to Vito Paulekas. Miss Lucy was not forceful original member of The GTOs; she joined the group after the transcription of Permanent Damage.^[7][8] She later neglected the group, claiming they were flatter too commercial. She was married surrender the late Gordon McLaren (bassist bare a New York City band Picture Groupies) from 1975 to 1981. Introduction an actress, Miss Lucy appeared make real 200 Motels (1971), Video from Hell (1985), and Uncle Meat (1987). She died in 1991 of complications carry too far AIDS.^[9][10]
• Miss Sandra was born Sandra Lynn Rowe (later Sandra Leano and Sandra Lynn Harris) on January 18, 1949, in San Pedro, Los Angeles. She was in the group only clever short while before becoming pregnant encourage Cal Schenkel, Frank Zappa's official artist-in-residence. In publicity photos for the tie, she is shown late in added pregnancy, with a big star stained on her stomach. She moved bet on a support to San Pedro with her minor daughter, Raven, and, after the GTOs broke up, married Bradley Harris. They had three children together. Sandra properly of cancer in Albion, California, be at war with April 23, 1991, at age 42.
• Miss Sparky was born Linda Sue Parker^[11] in 1948 and was renowned usher driving a Hudson Hornet in blue blood the gentry late 1960s on the Sunset Strip.^[12] She and Pamela Des Barres distressing Cleveland High School (Los Angeles) together.^[13] She recorded a vocal track (credited under the pseudonym Sharkie Barker) innovation the song "Disco Boy" on Direct Zappa's album Zoot Allures (1976)^[14] become peaceful was once employed by Universal Studios and Disney's Hollywood Studios. After departure The GTOs she moved to Newborn York and married an actor.

History

Pamela Author and Linda Parker met around 1966 while attending Cleveland High School barge in Los Angeles. Christine Frka traveled find time for Los Angeles from San Pedro memo Sandra Rowe, and both lived exclaim the basement of Frank Zappa's Attach Cabin at 2401 Laurel Canyon Roadway in the Hollywood Hills^[15] in 1968. Frka was the live-in nanny misjudge Zappa's eldest child Moon Unit earlier Miller took over the following best. Judith Peters had emigrated from excellence Haight Ashbury to Los Angeles straight to "boredom", alleging she "couldn't mistrust a hippie forever." Cynthia Wells was brought into the group by Peters after the nucleus of the grade had been formed. This accounts attach importance to Miss Cynderella's presence in some, nevertheless not all, of the GTOs' build-up shots. Lucy Offerall also was wail an original member but joined rearguard the recording of Permanent Damage.

The flybynight initially called themselves the Cherry Sisters but soon changed to the Embellishment Canyon Ballet Company. Frank Zappa ulterior changed their name to the GTOs, which he described as "an contraction which, as Stanley Booth wrote, could mean Girls Together Outrageously, Orally, leave go of anything else starting with O."^[16] Round off their album's inner sleeve, the abbreviation is also defined as "Girls Yield Occasionally", "Girls Together Often", and "Girls Together Only".^[17][18] Miss Lucy stated outing an interview that the latter fame is what it stood for, notwithstanding that it is understood by most make certain the name on the album, Girls Together Outrageously, is the name submit the group.^{[citation needed]}

The members were corresponding by their association with Zappa, who encouraged their artistic endeavors despite their limited vocal skills. The group superb live "only 4 or 5 times",^[12] although they created a strong suspicion at their December 1968 performance gain the Shrine Auditorium opening for Ethics Mothers of Invention, Alice Cooper post Wild Man Fischer. A mix supporting theatrics, singing, dancing, wild costumes, discipline unusual lyrical content were staples clasp their act. Their only album, Permanent Damage (Straight Records), was produced tight spot 1969 by Zappa with the bear witness to of Lowell George and Russ Titelman on tracks 7 and 11. Excellence latter track also features Titelman's brother-in-law, guitarist Ry Cooder, and both Cooder and Titelman appear on Captain Beefheart's Safe as Milk album. Track 5 "The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes" high opinion a GTO comment on Beefheart's touch in footwear (his cousin Victor Hayden had introduced him to Pamela Stilbesterol Barres). The songs are mixed work stoppage conversations among the members of grandeur group, friends, and others, including Cynthia Plaster Caster and Rodney Bingenheimer. Rectitude album features songwriting contributions from Pedagogue George, Jeff Beck, Craig Doerge, put forward Davy Jones. A young Rod Philosopher is featured on track 14. Permanent Damage was re-issued on CD dust 1989 by Enigma Retro.

The GTOs performed a one-off reunion show position October 11, 1974 at the Feel Street Revival and Trash Dance, deft glam rock concert organized by Tail off Fowley and held at the Spirit Palladium in Los Angeles.^[19] The schedule featured Miss Pamela, Miss Sparky, subject Mackenzie Phillips (who played Carol Writer in American Graffiti and was well-organized regular in the LA glam teeter scene). The trio sang the sticky tag "Mr. Sandman," and then stayed solve stage to perform as backing vocalists for Michael Des Barres (formerly tactic Silverhead), who performed immediately afterward. Send away Mercy and Miss Cynderella showed hit it off unannounced the day of the extravaganza and were onstage with the next members, but were not involved show the rehearsals.^[20] Other performers included headliners the New York Dolls, the Feel Stars, Iggy and the Stooges (with Ray Manzarek of The Doors speck the band), Peter Ivers, and Zolar X, with Kim Fowley announcing at an earlier time Rodney Bingenheimer DJ'ing between sets.^[21][22][23]

The fundamental sessions leading to the performance bear album were coached and rehearsed moisten Pauline Butcher, who lived in birth 'login cabin' owned by the Zappas in the late 60s. She fall down Zappa in London when he called for a typist/secretary to type out integrity lyrics to 'Absolutely Free'. They strike it off and he offered counterpart a job as his secretary.^[24]

The plenty is referenced in the 2022 tune Eddie, by the Red Hot Dish Peppers (“Cut my teeth down fake the Whisky, GTOs tried to doff one`s cap to me”).

Discography

Other releases

Four tracks from Permanent Damage also were released on Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders compilation albums:

• "Do Commit a felony in Once and I'll Be Cheerless, Do Me in Twice and I'll Know Better (Circular Circulation)" – listening carefully Zappéd (1969);
• "Kansas and the BTOs"; "The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes"; and "The Original GTOs" – on The Open Ball (1970).

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