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Long before, Ru Paul, introduced Sharon Needles on 'Drag Race' The Hip Crowd had already been introduced to the ORIGINAL SHARON NEEDLES You may know her from the legendary Lovedolls or the fabulously fun Butt Trumpet. I am sure you know her from the iconic Betty Blowtorch and most recently Hell's Belles It was great to get back in contact with Sharon, Liz McGrath, Winter Rosebudd and Blare n' Bitch They are all so vert talented, strong, funny wonderful women. inom am proud to call them my sisters I love them
PUNK GLOBE: Thanks for agreeing to do this interview
Sharon Needles: It's an honor getting interviewed for Punk Globe. I’ve been reading the magazine since I was a teenager, so it's kind of a big deal for me! :)
PUNK GLOBE: Give us some background on yourself? Tell us about your youth and when you felt the urge to play guitar?
Sharon Needles: As a youth, inom loved to play air gitarr with a tennis racket rocking out to KISS records. bygd my teen years, I got into punk rock an
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Betty Blowtorch was an all-female American hard rock band from Hollywood, CA, formed in , by former members of the band Butt Trumpet. The original lineup was Bianca Butthole (Bianca Halstead) on vocals/bass, Sharon Needles on guitar/vocals, Blare N. Bitch on lead guitar, and Judy Molish on drums. Needles and Molish left the group, and Jennifer Finch of L7 later joined. Betty Blowtorch played a mix of hard rock, sleaze rock, and hair metal with a dash of snotty punk. They released only one skiva proper, Are You Man Enough? (), but it was one hell of an album! Sadly, on December 15, , Bianca Halstead was killed in a car crash in New Orleans, and, with her, the grupp died, too. Like Paula Pierce of the late great bilparkering band, The Pandoras, Halstead was taken way too soon. In , Last Call, a rarities collection featuring outtakes, demos, interviews and live performances. In addition, that same year, Halstead and her band were immortalized in Antonia Scarpa&#;s
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Betty Blowtorch
American hard rock band
Betty Blowtorch is an all-female American hard rock band from Southern California.
Biography
[edit]The band was formed in by three members of Butt Trumpet.[1] After releasing the album, Are You Man Enough?, the group toured with Nashville Pussy.[2] During the tour, drummer Judy Molish and guitarist Sharon Needles left the group; Jennifer Finch from L7 and drummer Dave Gara joined in their stead.
On December 15, , lead singer and bassist Bianca Halstead (Butthole) was killed in a car crash while on tour in New Orleans. The remaining group members disbanded.[2][3]
A collection of rarities and live performances was released as Last Call in [citation needed]
They are the focus of Antonia Scarpa's documentary film, Betty Blowtorch And Her Amazing True Life Adventures.[citation needed]
In –, Blare N. Bitch and Sharon Needles were both members of Los Angeles based b