"The
Raincoats, seminal post-punk band, 'godmothers of grunge' and inspiration to a
generation of riot grrrls, formed in the late 1970s when Gina Birch met Ana da
Silva, becoming one of the most important underground bands Britain has ever
produced. Ana and Gina, along with the various musicians who flowed in and out
of the band's many formations, created a sound that, while inspired by punk and
rock music that had come before, was uniquely and uncompromisingly powerful and
female, and which has held a fascination over all those lucky enough to have
stumbled across it." - Nazmia Jamal