If anyone is ever in the Montreal area, you can see a copy of this photo (my photo) at my art gallery, BBAM! Gallery. One of my favourite photos. They were a fantastic group.

Bass player is Jane Crockford, former member of Bank of Dresden. She also sang some lead vo. After a lengthy battle with cancer, Jane passed away at South Lake Regional Health Center, with her family by her side on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, in her 57th year.

what a fantastic bassist! great taste for fun basslines!!!

Lead singer is Swiss-born Ramona Wilkins-Carlier, Teacher at Hasmonean High Screwel, London. Education was at Middlesex University, with a PGCE in Secondary Education and Teaching, 2001 - 2002, and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Policy. She has repeatedly turned down requests for her to appear on Britain's Got Talent because of "the friggin' kids!" she has in her life as a teacher. Anyway, it's weird seeing Ramona today and back then side by side. It's almost as if they were the same person.

Guitarist Kate Korus, who had previously played with the all-female bands the Castrators and also Slits, was originally from the States, although she'd lived in England since 1974. Bassist Jane Crockford was a teenage runaway whose claim to fame was sharing a squat with Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten. Vocalist Ramona Carlier, a former ballet student from Geneva, Switzerland, had apparently moved to London due to the lack of punk culture in her home country. Prior to joining Mo-Dettes, Ramona was the original singer of another band Kleenex / Liliput, under the pseudonym Regula Sing. And drummer June Miles-Kingston met Kate on the set of the Sex Pistols' film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, where they were both employed as musicians.

Long in the tooth about feminine issues, the Mo-dettes gave all of us a great rush of self awareness. We (a tiny sect then) found a great sense of pride in their "balls" to actually express what we had longed for. 1980 was a nadir and it was also a zenith! Talk to me, all of you other persons inspired by this brief moment in history! Au Pairs? Just let me know about you.

Still got my "Mmm... Mo-Dettes" badge!

Saw them live a couple of times, they were very entertaining.

Now we have the conclusion Of a girl and her confusion Please don’t follow her example She really was too simple Lacking any dedication Couldn’t face the situation Following her extremes Got the man of her dreams Oh oh oh Miss Liberated See how you are situated Watch out you don’t burn his lunch You’ll find he’s got a nasty punch Foolish Girl…………

Nothing quite like it! It's just fun and brilliant and so far ahead of 1980. Massive thought all pretty and prim! It had a first life, then it had that second life ... finally it had that punk feel of "fuck you". Such a close band yet not very productive after their one and only foray into a career! Some say an entity needs only one statement so brilliant to make the notice of persons! I cite The Shaggs, and The Slits and The Mo-dettes and The Raincoats and Delta 5 and Young Marble Giants.

Whiskey cleared the situation Saw the point of flirtation With painted lips and mini skirt Down the disco did it work Now she’s happy and so meek In Camden Town wed to a Greek. Oh oh oh Miss Liberated Your feminism was soon sated Smiling as you cook his meal You now know how satisfaction feels

YES she can !!!

I need there lp

excellent!!!1 what a great surprise!!! thankyou sisters to posting this song, and for the one who sent the words!! great!!! this is our lesbian feminist history.

so slits and raincoats esque! :D

When something is reslly great it cathes up with me sometime

Klasse

I really like the ironical lyrics.

@marshmellowmeltedass Can't believe these aren't on the net (I did look!!). Had to split into various replies due to limits! She was once a feminist Sharp and deadly was her kiss Soft unpainted lips would part Revealing fangs to pierce your heart Long ago her bra was burned Because her young love had been spurned Had no further use for men So turned to politics and zen Oh oh oh Miss Liberated Men and love were unrelated Angry from loves ups and downs You looked on all men with a frown

goodish raincoats u knob

The "shit".

does anyone know where i can find the lyrics?

Oh, oh, oh! Wir sind die Modernisten!

Say it all in Finnish! They'll love you more in Suomi!

♋ I see it, some of it. ♋ I see it, all of it. ♋ I don't see it, not all of it.

X Ray Specs = best punk girl band.

Enjoy the page on Facebook> Female fronted ROCK'N'ROLL

Trolling of fake feminists

Don't like the photo.