'I don't go to the gigs to go to the gigs – I don't give a shit about the gigs!': Exploring gig attendance and older punk women. (1st June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Way, Laura
• Is Part Of: Punk & post-punk. Volume 8:Number 2(2019)
• Page Start: 257
• Page End: 269
• Publication Date: 2019-06-01
• Subjects: Punk rock music -- Periodicals; Punk rock music -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Punk rock musicians -- Periodicals; Punk culture -- Periodicals; 306.48426
• DOI: 10.1386/punk.8.2.257_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2044-1983

Abstract

This article considers gig attendance amongst a sample of twenty-two older punk women. A feminist methodology was employed, with qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviewing with seventeen older punk women, and an additional five women answering questions by e-mail correspondence. With the majority of the research sample attending gigs on a regular basis, it could be assumed that this meant music was a significance part of 'doing' punk but this was realized to be quite a simplistic assumption. The article will consider this in more detail through discussing two key questions: What are the key reasons and motivators behind older punk women attending gigs? What barriers do these women face when it comes to gig attendance?