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"When I'd never seen a woman give a downbeat, when all-male dance bands had one girl singer sitting in a folding chair snapping her fingers, when women were supposed to be way too competitive to play music together, the Chicago and New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Bands blew that world apart. Together with some of the punk riot-grrrls who've followed, they're all on the great re-issued CD. This is music you can dance to, rebel to, rap with, and pass on to generations. Just do it!" -Gloria Steinem "Every movement has a music. At first, it is as raw and dangerous as imagining a different world. Yet it invites us to jump in. It screams, "Come on!" The laughter makes us brave. The music helps us to stop holding our breath, hooking us up to motion that is unfamiliar to our frozen bodies. The voices challenge everything we have ever been taught about ourselves& among the sounds of change was the music of the Chicago and New Haven Women's Liberation Bands." -Holly Near The legendary Chicago and New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Bands (1972), remastered and with two new bonus tracks by the contemporary feminist rock band Le Tigre. From blues to stand-up comedy to ragtime to rock, this hilarious, spirited, and soulful album has been called "the mother of riot grrrl, foxcore, any rock by women who ask no quarter." (Ben Kim, Illinois Entertainer)