The 'slut rock' of Butcher Babies pales next to music's true female adventurers

Butcher Babies may play semi-nude. But theirs is still a Playboy approach to female sexuality – Rockbitch and Tribe 8 proved women really could do what they wantedIf you read Louise Brown's commendably diplomatic article on "slut rock" for the Quietus this week, you'll have heard about the Hollywood metal band Butcher Babies, a five-piece outfit whose two frontwomen – former Playboy TV personalities Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey – scream and head-bang their way through sets with breasts ...

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