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American Girls were an all-women band based in California, USA.〔Golstein, Patrick (27 July 1986). (Pop Eye ), ''Los Angeles Times''〕 American Girls originally started as a film project, which fizzled. After some personnel changes and more rehearsing, the band surprised those who hadn't previously taken it seriously by taking on a life of its own. The band invariably sustained many comparisons to the Go-Go's, who were popular at the time as well as signed to the same label, IRS Records. However, American Girls featured veterans of the all-women band scene including Brie Howard who had played drums for Fanny and Miiko Watanabe who played bass with the Screamin' Sirens. They recorded one album only, which was intended as a demo but was determined to be good as it was, it was pressed to vinyl in its original form. The eponymous debut album was released in February 1986.〔http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-02-22.pdf〕〔Wenzel Art (1 May 1986). (Casablanca brings two bands into Rochester Monday ), ''Auburn Citizen''〕 The cover shows the band in a hotel room, with booze, a deck of cards, and a copy of the National Enquirer. The video for their single "American Girl" received received some airplay on MTV.〔https://books.google.com/books?id=VyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA59&dq=%22american+girls%22#v=onepage&q=%22american%20girls%22&f=false〕 Their song "Androgynous" appeared in the 1986 film ''Tough Guys'', ''American Girl'' appeared on the soundtrack for ''Out of Bounds''. They also opened for The Lords of the New Church on 1986 tour dates.〔https://books.google.com/books?id=PCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT30&lpg=PT30#v=onepage&q&f=false〕 Miles Copeland III (brother of the Police's Stewart Copeland) was the band's manager.〔http://digital.library.unlv.edu/objects/reb/6756〕 ==Personnel== * Brie Howard: lead Vocals, LinnDrum programming, percussion * Hilary Shepard: lead vocals, percussion * DB Tressler: guitars * Miiko Watanabe: bass, backing vocals * Teresa James: keyboards, backing vocals *Early Members * *Louise Goffin: rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Girls (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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