Girls Against Boys
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Girls Against Boys at the Touch and Go 25th Anniversary Block Party, 2006
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Washington, D.C., United States |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
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| Members |
Eli Janney Scott McCloud Johnny Temple Alexis Fleisig |
| Past members | Brendan Canty |
Girls Against Boys are an American indie rock/post-hardcore band, formed in Washington, D.C. in 1988 and currently based in New York City.
The group began as a side project of Eli Janney and Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty. Canty left the project by 1990 due to his commitments with Fugazi. Janney went on to recruit three former members of D.C. hardcore punk group Soulside—Scott McCloud, Johnny Temple and Alexis Fleisig—to complete the line-up.
Girls Against Boys are perhaps most notable for employing dual bass guitars, a rarity in rock music. Their second album, Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby, was a heavy yet nuanced entry into early 1990s post-hardcore. It was later performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series, and at the 25th anniversary concert for Touch and Go Records held in Chicago in September 2006.
They provided music for the soundtrack to the film Series 7: The Contenders (2001) and one song for the soundtrack to the 1994 film Clerks. They also contributed the song "Freaks" to the soundtrack for the cult film Hedwig and the Angry Inch and covered the song "Boogie Wonderland" for the 1999 movie 200 Cigarettes; the band also appears in the film. The cover sounds highly similar to their song "Let Me Come Back". They have also contributed to soundtracks of the films Permanent Midnight, White Oleander, SubUrbia, Terror Firmer, Mallrats, the Psycho remake and Songs of the Witchblade.
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