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St. Louis' almost-famous 1970s girl band the Welders finally gets its due
Members of the all-girl band the Welders were mere teenagers when they burst onto the St. Louis music scene in the 1970s — yet, they were ahead of their time.
“They formed in 1975 and were already playing what would become punk rock a couple years later,” Jason Ross (aka Jason Rerun) told St. Louis on the Air.
It was a somewhat unusual sound to come out of Florissant, admitted drummer and keyboardist Jane Fujimoto.
“Everyone was into Three Dog Night,” she said. “We were definitely outsiders.”
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-12-17/st-louis-almost-famous-1970s-girl-band-the-welders-finally-gets-its-due