Making the Grade in Los Angeles.

“Miss Betty” with the ill-fated all-girl band “Quiver”, from 1993 on Know Records. “This song was written about a two dollar plastic doll called ‘Miss Betty’. Like a fake Barbie, that we got at Pic N Save. (Only the real Barbie is worth picking and saving). If Betty were a regular sized human, we could make her go to the A&R reps and ‘sleep our way to the top’ for us. You know, none of us are willing to do that ourselves” — From a 1993 Quiver interview. One of the notable all-female bands from Los Angeles, Quiver played original groove-oriented art-punk in the 1990’s. They achieved local success in the LA club circuit. One of their favorite ‘haunts’ was Raji’s on Hollywood Blvd., where they played almost weekly. Quiver played shows everywhere from The Troubador to unknown warehouse lots in Orange County. Quiver released a 7″ vinyl EP on Know Records entitled “Miss Betty” in 1993. It was distributed world-wide by Dutch East Indies Trading. The same year, Quiver also appeared on the Homeboy Records CD compilation of local bands entitled “Blackout LA”. They received air-play on the Los Angeles college radio stations such as KXLU, and Rodney Bingenheimer’s radio show on KROQ. The band also garnered great reviews, in “Maximum Rock N Roll”, and other fanzines. “By the late 1980’s, what was labeled ‘punk rock’ had become one of the last places where a musician could maintain their artistic integrity, experiment with new and/or unusual concepts, and explore originality. It was …
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