Girl

Girl are a London rock band active from 1979 to 1982. They play glam rock and hard rock, and are also associated with heavy metal and glam metal.

Line-up

The band includes Phil Lewis on lead vocals, Phil Collen on guitar, Simon Laffy on bass and Dave Gaynor on drums. Gerry Laffy also plays guitar in the band, and Mark Megary plays bass briefly before Simon Laffy. Pete Barnacle and Bryson Graham also serve as drummers at different points in the group’s history, and Pete Bonas replaces Phil Collen near the end of the band’s run.

History and recordings

Girl release several studio albums, including Sheer Greed, Wasted Youth and Killing Time. They also issue live recordings such as Live At The Marquee and Live At The Exposition Hall, Osaka, Japan, along with the 50-track anthology My Number: The Anthology. Their recordings are originally issued on Jet Records and later made available through Sanctuary Records.

The band records an early version of “Hollywood Tease” before Phil Lewis and Phil Collen later move on to other projects. After Girl, Gerry Laffy, Simon Laffy and Pete Barnacle form Sheer Greed, with Phil Lewis and Phil Collen guesting on recordings by that group as well. Phil Collen later joins Def Leppard, and Phil Lewis later sings with L.A. Guns, New Torpedoes, Tormé, Filthy Lucre and The Liberators.

Simon Laffy and Phil Collen later play together in Man-Raze. Girl remain a noted British glam rock act from the late 1970s and early 1980s.