Beth Ditto's Standing in the Way of Control launches her on the path to A-list celebrity

24 January 2006: Number 49 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicUntil Standing in the Way of Control, the Gossip were just another garage trio on the American underground. Sure, they were notable for their feminist zeal and their live show – frontwoman Beth Ditto had a voice that was more church than punk – but their early records summoned a scrappy charm. Before the recording of Standing in the Way, the band's founding drummer Kathy Mendonca left and was replaced ...

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