Ginger Canzoneri was an American band manager. She was the original manager of 1980s power pop and female punk rock group The Go-Go's, starting in 1979.[1] Canzoneri joined the band after its formation in 1978, and she pawned her jewelry and secured a loan on her car to fund the band's UK tour opening for The Specials and Madness in the summer of 1980.[2][3] She helped the Go-Go's sign their first major label record deal.[4] She was associated with the women in punk rock movement.[5] She went on to manage other bands.[6]
Ginger Canzoneri | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Band manager |
| Years active | 1978-present |
| Known for | Original manager of The Go-Go's |
Canzeroni notably called Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner on behalf of the band to complain about what they felt was a sexist depiction of them on one of the magazine's covers.[7] She is featured prominently in a documentary about the band, The Go-Go's (2020), which mentions that she felt pushed aside when the band became more successful.[8]
Once the band left Ginger's management, they acquired a corporate management team, including an accountant and lawyer.[9] Ginger, like the members of the band, was female and promoted it as an all-girl group, but the management run by Irving Azoff that succeeded her was all-male.[10][11] Canzeroni was beaten with a nightstick by the LAPD at the so-called Elks Lodge massacre or police riot, or the St. Patrick's Day massacre, March 17, 1978, at what is today the Park Plaza Hotel.[12][13] She lived in Alphabet City.[14]
Ginger and the Go-Go's members were sued for wrongful termination by Margot Olavarria, the band's original bassist, and the suit was settled in 1984.[15]
References edit
- ^ Valentine, Kathy (April 9, 2020). All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-4773-1233-9.
- ^ Stuever, Hank (July 30, 2020). "For too long, the story of the Go-Go's was a cautionary tale. A new documentary turns it into a triumph". Washington Post. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ Elliott, Paul (May 2002). "The Go-Go's: The Fab Femme Five". Q (via Rock's Back Pages). Retrieved January 7, 2024.
- ^ Doe, John; DeSavia, Tom (June 4, 2019). More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-306-92211-4.
- ^ Goldman, Vivien (May 7, 2019). Revenge of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-4773-1654-2.
- ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. June 14, 1999.
- ^ Whittington-Hill, Lisa (September 7, 2023). The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-5013-9029-6.
- ^ Rooney, David (January 24, 2020). "'The Go-Go's': Film Review | Sundance 2020". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ Garrigós, Cristina; Ahonen, Marika (2023). Women in Rock Memoirs: Music, History, and Life-Writing. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-765932-8.
- ^ Pond, Steve (July 27, 2020). "The Go-Go's on Being Brats and Fighting Rock 'n' Roll's 'Gender Boxes' (Video)". TheWrap. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ MacLeod, Sean (September 3, 2015). Leaders of the Pack: Girl Groups of the 1960s and Their Influence on Popular Culture in Britain and America. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5202-8.
- ^ Ngô, Fiona I.B. (July 2012). "Punk in the Shadow of War". Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory. 22 (2–3): 203–232. doi:10.1080/0740770X.2012.720826. ISSN 0740-770X. S2CID 143665330.
- ^ Carlisle, Belinda (April 5, 2011). Lips Unsealed: A Memoir. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-46350-0.
- ^ Bailey, Fenton (November 17, 2022). ScreenAge: How TV shaped our reality, from Tammy Faye to RuPaul's Drag Race. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4735-9786-0.
- ^ Martin, Philip (August 23, 2020). "Critical Mass: How the Go-Gos found themselves in L.A.'s punk scene". Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
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