Fanny: The Right to Rock

Fanny: The Right to Rock

Co-founded by Filipina American and queer teenagers, Fanny is the first all women band to release an album with a major record label (Warner/Reprise, 1970). Revered by David Bowie, meet the most groundbreaking rock group you've never heard of... yet.

Fanny: The Right to Rock

1h 24m

Co-founded by Filipina American and queer teenagers, Fanny is the first all women band to release an album with a major record label (Warner/Reprise, 1970). Revered by David Bowie, meet the most groundbreaking rock group you've never heard of... yet.

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    Trailer

    S1 E1 - 30s

    Co-founded by Filipina American and queer teenagers, Fanny is the first all women band to release an album with a major record label (Warner/Reprise, 1970). Revered by David Bowie, meet the most ground breaking rock group you've never heard of... yet.

  • The Band Is Back In the Recording Studio After 50 Years: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Band Is Back In the Recording Studio After 50 Years

    S1 E1 - 1m 28s

    Fanny prepares to record their first album in over 50 years. Jean Millington shows her 1962 Precision bass as "the only thing my son wants to inherit!" Lead guitarist June Millington shares how she swaddles her vintage electric guitar "in my old pajamas... to keep them comfortable." Drummer Brie Darling warms up and shares how the bandmates would carry their own gear and set it up themselves.

  • "Fanny Hill" the Sorority House of Rock and Roll: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    "Fanny Hill" the Sorority House of Rock and Roll

    S1 E1 - 1m 26s

    Explore Fanny's legendary home in the Hollywood Hills, affectionately called "Fanny Hill." June Millington shares how "it was a sorority with amps!" Brie Darling and Jean Millington then share how music icons used to jam with them there, including Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan's The Band, Joe Cocker, and Little Feat.

  • Trailblazers for Women In Rock: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trailblazers for Women In Rock

    S1 E1 - 1m 30s

    The B-52's Kate Pierson says "Fanny was the first band I saw where women were playing guitar. They were great!" The Go Go's Kathy Valentine gives kudos to other Fanny bandmates, and John Sebastian of Lovin' Spoonful shares how bassist Jean Millington was the first woman player he saw who had "stink face" when "playing one of those vicious bass lines."

  • Hooked Within Four Minutes: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Hooked Within Four Minutes

    S1 E1 - 1m 29s

    Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott shows us his vintage flexidisc of Fanny's song "Blind Alley," which he has saved since he discovered the band as a pre-teen. Joe says, "I had no idea who they were, but this four minutes of music, and I was hooked. I would play that thing until literally the needle would've gone through it."

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