The following lore, included in Lost Nodes Groupies, is based on personal histories of sex, drugs, and rock and roll from the previous century.

Any stories, as told to us, belong solely to the speakers and their memories.

Previously, on Groupies.

Groupies were the stars of the scene.

That was my dream, hanging around on sunset strip being glamorous, wearing Lurex tube tops and

giant platforms.

These are women that are talented in ways that are maybe not being told always.

When L.A. punk started to bubble up in the mid to late 70s in post-Glam Hollywood, a new set of girls landed there, as they always did, seeking parties and music and freedom

and Hollywood craziness. These new kids understood that they were shuffling in the footsteps of the platformed scene queens

that came right before them.

I think that the baby groupies paved the way for what we wanted to do.

They gave us permission and inspiration.

This is Teresa Carriacus, the L.A the LA punk scene photographer who we heard from last

episode. They really did pave the way the baby groupies for other teenagers to have the

putzpah to follow their lead and do what they want. It wasn't the specific thing that they pursued, you know, like rockstar boyfriends.

It was just like they pursued their dream.

The early girls of L.A. punk knew the baby groupies, who were just a couple years ahead of them in age and on the scene.

It's like they were just a little too young or too late to fully catch that

glam era wave. I definitely did have a huge sense of envy because they got to be around,

you know, Led Zeppelin and the New York dolls. I mean, like in their everyday thing, they got

to go to rehearsals and sound checks and be at their table at the rainbow

and having those guys pay for their pizza. That part, I just thought, oh, that must be a lot of fun.

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