The Priscillas are a British all female,

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band from

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, north

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History

The Priscillas formed in November 2003 with Jenny Drag (vocals), Guri Go-Go (guitar), Kate Kannibal (bass) and Mavis Minx (drums). The band released two singles on

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, "Gonna Rip Up Your Photograph", and "All My Friends Are Zombies", along with an EP "Aloha From Holloway" in 2004. They released the single "Superhero" on Dirty Water Records in August 2007, and an album ''10,000 Volts'' on their own label Nag's Head Records in February 2009. Their

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have had radio play on

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, and

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; the band has also played in session for

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on BBC 6Music, have been interviewed on

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's 6Music's breakfast show twice, and played sessions for

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, as well as

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. The band's videos have been playlisted at

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branches across Europe, and "Gonna Rip Up Your Photograph" was voted in the shop's top 40 videos of the year. The band has toured extensively across the UK, in the US, Spain, France, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Ireland, and Switzerland. They have played at festivals from Benidorm's Wild Weekend to the

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, Leeds Carling Weekend,

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, Lost Vagueness, Litfest, Italy's Festival Beat 15 and Ireland's Electric Picnic. They have played with bands including

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; they were once supported by

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. The band continues to play across the UK and Europe. The Priscillas wrote the theme song, "Searching For Simon", for the sci-fi comedy feature film, ''The Search For Simon'', by Martin Gooch, which has been screened at festivals worldwide. Jenny Drag aka Jen Brown has a cameo role in the film. The song was released as a single in 2014.

Members

;Current *Jenny Drag – vocals (2003–present) *Valkyrie – guitar, backing vocals (2014–present) *Taylor – bass guitar, backing vocals (2018–present) *Lisa Lux – drums, backing vocals (2012–present) ;Former *Guri Go-Go – guitar (2003–2013) *Kate Kannibal – bass (2003–?) *Mavis Minx – drums (2003–?) *Heidi Heelz – bass, backing vocals 2013–2018 *Vera Wild – bass/vox *

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— drums (c. 2008-9) *

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— guitar (2013) *Suza Sputnik – bass (c. 2012) *Stuart Starling – drums (c. 2012) *Hedge Hotpants – drums *She Rocola – bass *Lydia Lollipop – bass

Discography

EPs/Singles

*"Gonna Rip Up Your Photograph"/"Brain Surgeon" 7", 2004 *"All My Friends Are Zombies"/"Should Be Me" 7", 2004 *''Aloha From Holloway'' CD EP, 2004 (First two singles, extra track and videos) *"Superhero"/"Y.O.Y." (Dirty Water Records) 7", 2007 *"One Christmas Wish" (Beehive Records) December 2007 (download) *"Searching For Simon"/"Where's Lydia?" (Headcheck Records) 2014 (download)

Albums

*''10,000 Volts'' (2009) (Nag's Head Records)

References

External links

The Priscillas' websiteThe Priscillas on myspaceDirty Water Records websitePriscillas on Damaged Goods websiteThe Priscillas interview
on Band Weblogs
2008 Quietus interview
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