Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains: teenage Diane Lane and Laura Dern rock punk
by Jenny Valentish from Technology | The Guardian on (#5CZXV)
This long-buried gem from 1982 about a teen-girl punk band subverts the great rock'n'roll swindle of the Sex Pistols
When Johnny Rotten crouched on the edge of the stage in San Francisco in 1978, at the demise of the Sex Pistols' US tour, and asked, Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" it would inspire a key moment in a film four years later.
In Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains, Billy (Ray Winstone) fronts the Looters - a London punk band, all poxy" this and bollocks" that - rounded out by real-life Sex Pistols Paul Cook and Steve Jones, as well as Paul Simonon from the Clash. Billy addresses the fanatical teenage girl audience awaiting the set of headline act the Fabulous Stains, and snarls: You've been ripped off."
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