Ongoing History Daily: The Liverbirds, Britain’s first all-female rock band
It’s sad, but it took until at least the 1980s before the music industry and audiences accepted all-female rock bands. We wouldn’t be where we are today if not for some brave pioneering souls who, sadly, are lost to history.
Take, for example, The Liverbirds. They were from Liverpool and quite possibly the first-ever all-female rock band in the UK who were formed in 1963, making them contemporaries of The Beatles, playing at places like the Cavern Club.
The group met with all kinds of opposition and scorn. Even John Lennon had no time with them. “Girls don’t play guitars,” he said. However, The Kinks and The Rolling Stones were fans—and they had a chance to be managed by Brian Epstein, the same guy who looked after their career, something that they turned out. As a result, the Liverbirds never really broke out of Europe. Still, they did manage to leave a mark.
