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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

LA’s Fanny is critically praised but largely forgotten

Fanny is the first all-female rock band signed to a major label. They started in LA. David Bowie once called them “one of the most important female bands in American rock.”

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By Madeleine Brand • May 6, 2019 • 1 min read

Fanny is the first all-female rock band signed to a major label. They started in LA. David Bowie once called them “one of the most important female bands in American rock.” Writer Dylan Rupert spent time with Fanny for season two of KCRW’s Lost Notes.

The full story about Fanny comes to Lost Notes on May 16. Subscribe here.

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    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

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    Line Editor, Press Play

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    host of the KCRW podcast Lost Notes: Groupies

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