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Fifth Column -"Like This"

Fifth Column Wikipedia

Fifth Column was a Canadian all-women experimental post punk band from Toronto, which came about during the early 1980s. They took the name Fifth Column after a military manoeuvre by Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War, in which nationalist insurrectionists withinbesieged Republican Madrid, called 'the fifth column', would aid the four columns (north, south, east and west) outside the perimeters.

The name of their first full-length recording To Sir With Hate was a play on the theme song from the British school film, To Sir With Love, performed by Lulu. A song from this LP, "The Fairview Mall Story" was based on true events concerning media publication of the names of men arrested after being entrapped by police and was instrumental in paving the way for the emergence of the queercore scene. Their video for the song, directed by indie feature film director Steven Rumbelow, involved 50's images of men cruising in their new cars, shopping malls, and car crashes, was intercut with the band and go-go dancer Bruce La Bruce. A video for the song "Where Are they Now?" was also made, directed by Marc de Guerre.

Most recent Lineup:
G.B. Jones (drums, guitar, vocals)[1]
Caroline Azar (vocals, organ, guitar)
Beverly Breckenridge (bass; 1986 -) (also of Phono-Comb)

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Punk Rock Academy Fifth Column Interview

Introduction

I talked to guitarist G.B. Jones and bassist Beverly Breckenridge for about an hour if memory serves correct. At least, that's how much tape I had to transcribe. It was a hot Friday afternoon in summer and I was glad to have central air conditioning.

Interview

Is Fifth Column a punk band, indie band, or just a band?
B: We call ourselves a punk band sometimes. Whatever.
I was introduced to the band through the International Hip Swing comp. but I know you have more albums out.
GB: Just two. And a bunch of singles. One's on Outpunk, we have one on a label out of New York. "Don't" is on the Outpunk thing, it's also on the CD but it's a different version.
B: That's a split 7" with God Is My Co-Pilot.
GB: And then Ann Margret was a character on the Flintstones named Ann Margrock. She did a song on the Flintstones so we covered it. Before the movie came out I must add.
B: You know, I never thought about that! And they didn't put it on the soundtrack!
GB: I know, they didn't. Can you believe it? Ann Margret. She was so cool.
B: Well, you should get the single. That's a split 7" with ...
GB: Trailer Queens. They're an amazing girl group from Portland, Oregon that we played with when we were on tour.
B: I think the only thing they've recorded is a split 7" with us. They do a cool cover of "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'."
So how did Fifth Column get started as a band?
GB: Well, you know. Fall in with a bad crowd and you can't get away. Once you join the gang, you make that pledge of allegiance and then you can't quit. You die with them or die escaping. We stick it out together because we're all the same kind of people. We have a lot in common.
B: I guess it started with a bunch of friends, right? I actually joined the band a bit later, I wasn't in the first incarnation, but G.B. and Caroline Azar were.
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[used_songs]

I love Fifth Column! I used to exchange letters, zines, music, and videos with GB Jones back in the 90s and she was so awesome! I was a little nobody queer punk in south Texas, but she was so supportive of everything my friends and I were doing.

God is My Co-Pilot rock too. I did a DIY workshop for the Texas Lesbian Conference (a miserable failure - they looked at us like we were monsters) and GodCo sent us a bunch of DIY stuff for the presentation.

[the_future_modernes]

Oh! I'm glad she was cool in person as well! Do you wanna tell us a a bit about "God is My Co-pilot" in a short post maybe????


*bats eyelashes*