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Apr 6, 2022 · 33 Vintage Photos Of Rock And Roll’s Most Famous Groupies. By Mark Oliver | Edited By Adam Farley. Published April 6, 2022. Updated June 10, 2022. Groupies were more than just the sex that came with music stardom — they were muses who left their marks all over the history of rock music.
A groupie is a fan of a particular musical group who follows the band around while they are on tour or who attends as many of their public appearances as possible, with the hope of meeting them. The term is used mostly describing young women, and sometimes men, who follow these individuals aiming to gain fame of their own, or help with behind ...
Apr 21, 2024 · By Sarah Crocker / April 21, 2024 11:30 am EST. To some, the figure of the rock groupie represents artistic and personal freedom, not to mention wild and fun times. To others, that is only a thin veneer applied over a misogynistic, exploitative system that reduces women to objects.
- Sarah Crocker
Apr 5, 2024 · Not all groupie stories were about wild parties and concerts; some were about the simple, everyday moments with rock stars. Pamela Des Barres, in her book “I’m With the Band,” shares an eye-opening perspective she gained after meeting Gail Zappa.
Jun 10, 2023 · Corey Irwin Updated: June 10, 2023. UCR. Rock history can't be written without groupies. To many outsiders, they were simply a wild indulgence - untamed women who put the sex in “sex, drugs and...
- Corey Irwin
May 13, 2024 · Sable Starr. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Among the musicians and hangers-on who frequented popular early '70s Los Angeles haunts like the Whiskey-A-Go-Go and the Rainbow Bar and Grill, Sable Shields, who went by the name Sable Starr, was troublingly and accurately referred to as a "baby groupie."
The Groupies and Other Girls. From the Plaster Casters to the GTOs and Trixie Merkin, an investigation into female band groupies. This story originally appeared in the February 15, 1969 issue...
