The Pandoras-Dark November (Kim Shattuck Memorial Tribute)

Bio By She Rox All Female Bands: The Pandoras, began in 1983, in Hollywood, California as a 1960's influenced garage rock band, and gained a solid fan base with their edgy primitive garage rock sound, that found the band at the forefront of what would become hoards of 1960's inspired bands in L.A's rock scene. Within a year the band release their debut It's About Time, and also saw Pierce the only member left, new members were brought in and by this time the band was comprised of Paula Pierce on vocals and guitar, Karen Blankfeld on drums, Melanie Vammen on Keyboards and Julie Patchouli on bass guitar, who would later be replaced by Kim Shattuck, this line up would release the band's second full length album Stop Pretending in 1986. This era of the band has been hailed as the height of their career along with the release of Stop Pretending as the best release from the band. The album itself was a slicked and catchy garage rock with a more commercial friendly vibe thanks to the pop overtones. Long gone was the more raw almost DIY sound of the band, and the album proved the Pandoras were evolving as players and Pierce evolving in her song writing. As good as Stop Pretending was it failed to break through to mainstream radio but the band toured constantly in support of it however the band was quick to start recording new material. By 1987 the band was set to release their third full length album Come Inside, a shift musically towards a more rock sound, this album however...