互惠生乐队 Au Pairs
- 成立日期: 1978年
- 厂牌: Human / Kamera
- 流派: 摇滚 / 后朋克
- 语言: 英语
- 乐队成员: Lesley Woods / Paul Foad / Jane Munro / Pete Hammond
- 职业: 音乐人
人物简介 · · · · · ·
Au Pairs were a post-punk band who formed in Birmingham, UK in 1979. Musically they were very similar to bands such as Ludus, Gang of Four and Delta 5. That is, the rhythm section was tight and funky (obvious influences were James Brown and Funkadelic), but the guitars were light and "scratchy" (like Subway Sect). All these bands shared a strongly left wing social outlook, but the Au Pairs stood out due to their frontwoman, Lesley Woods, being an outspoken feminist and lesbian: the band were greatly influential in this respect on the riot grrrl movement a decade later. Music historian Gillian G. Gaar noted in her history of women in rock that the band mingled male and female musicians in a revolutionary collaborative way as part of its outspoken explorations of sexual politics.