Girl Wasted Youth (Box Set)

Band slightly out of time, Girl formed in 1979, coming to prominence with their debut LP "Sheer Greed" in January 1980. Featuring singer Phil Lewis, guitarists Gerry Laffy and Phil Collen, and joined by Gerry's brother Simon on bass, they rocked hard enough to capitalise on the burgeoning New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement that was sweeping across the UK, a scene led by Iron Maiden, Saxon and Def Leppard. Though it's fair to say that with their pretty boy good looks and make-up, their glam leaning roots would make them a big influence on the "hair-metal" bands of the mid-1980s, but not necessarily with the then more prevalent denim & leather brigade of the NWOBHM crowd.