Girls Against Boys

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Name = Girls Against Boys


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Origin = Washington DC
Genre = Indie rock Post-hardcore
Years_active = 1988–present
Label = Touch and Go Records Southern Records Jade Tree Records
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Current_members = Eli Janney, Scott McCloud, Johnny Temple, Alexis Fleisig
Past_members = Brendan Canty
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Girls Against Boys are an indie rock/post-hardcore band, originally forming 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 soon left the project and by 1991 Janney had gone 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, and for their second album, "Venus Luxure No.1 Baby", a heavy yet nuanced entry into early 1990s post-hardcore. This album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.

They provided music for the soundtrack to the film , and two songs 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.

Band members

* Eli Janney – bass, back-up vocals, keyboards
* Scott McCloud – vocals, guitar
* Johnny Temple – bass
* Alexis Fleisig – drums

Discography

Studio albums

* "Tropic of Scorpio" (Adult Swim, May 1992)
* "Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby" (Touch and Go, August 1993)
* "Cruise Yourself" (Touch and Go, September 1995
* "House of GVSB" (Touch and Go, February 1996
* "Freak*on*ica" (Geffen, 1998)
* "You Can't Fight What You Can't See" (Jade Tree, 2002)

Extended plays

* "Nineties Vs. Eighties" (Adult Swim, March 1992)
* "Sexy Sam" (Touch and Go, 1994)
* "B.P.C./Satin Down" (Your Choice Records, 1994)
* "Disco Six Six Six" (Touch and Go, October 1996)

Split releases

* "Cheap Sweaty Fun & TJ's Xmas" (1994) — Split 7" with Man or Astro-man?
* "8 Rounds" (Radiopaque Recordings, 1997) — Split CD EP with Guided by Voices; benefit for the Washington Free Clinic.

External links

* [http://www.gvsb.com/ Official band website]
* [http://www.tgrec.com/bands/band.php?id=47 Touch and Go Records] , band mini-site
* [http://www.southern.com/southern/band/GIRLS/ Southern Records] , band mini-site
* [http://prague.tv/articles/art-and-culture/gvsb Kill the Sexplayers!] by Travis Jeppesen