Audio By Carbonatix
Keep Phoenix New Times Free
We’re aiming to raise $10,000 by April 26. Your support ensures New Times can continue watching out for you and our community. No paywall. Always accessible. Daily online and weekly in print.
Named after H.G. Lewis’s 1972 B-horror film, the Gore Gore Girls are the queens of the southeast Michigan garage-rock scene that grew up in the late ’90s and went mainstream with the success of the White Stripes. Decked out in spike-heeled boots, fishnets, striped stockings, matching outfits, and ’60s-style bouffants, the GGG deliver nonstop flame-thrower rock that’s as much Stooges as it is Ronettes, that’s as much punk as it is R&B, that rocks as much as it grooves — so expect plenty of guitar fuzz, primal drums, and layered girl-group harmonies. Their fluid lineup revolves around guitarist-singer-songwriter Amy Surdu, but that’s just another way of saying they go through members as quickly as the Queens of the Stone Age. The latest change-up is the replacement of hottie/bassist Jen “The Deuce” Pirch — who left to pursue a more scholarly path — with Nick Detroit, their first Gore Gore . . . er, Dude?
