Dec 15

Betty Blowtorch

BETTY BLOWTORCH

 
Betty Blowtorch  was an all-female American hard rock band from Southern California.  (More from Wikipedia) 
 
 
 
 
Lightening the mood some, Betty Blowtorch is an all-woman punk rock band that is more like this month’s UARB than anyone I have talked about so far.  Allmusic described the band like this:  “Strutting with the guts of Joan Jett and harsh vocals of L7, this hard rock four-piece is truly individualistic and unafraid to be disruptive.  Bianca Butthole (bass/vocals), Sharon Needles (guitar), Blare N. Bitch (guitar), and Judy Molish (drums) follow Hollywood’s heavy metal/glam rock scene with a passion for sexed-up anthems of fantasy, and have been honing their nasty rock ways since the late ’90s.”
 
Everyone but Molish had previously been in a band called Butt Trumpet – with similar sensibility though not all-female – along with vocalist Thom Bone and drummer Jerry Geronimo.  Betty Blowtorch was formed in 1998, and while not exactly a pose, their brand of sex-obsessed punk is clearly performed with a wink at the audience – their first single, “Size Queen” has guest musician Vanilla Ice (“Ice Ice Baby”) rapping about the size of his member – and also has surprising professionalism.  After their full-length album, Are You Man Enough? came out in 2001, Betty Blowtorch began touring with the hard rock/psychobilly band Nashville Pussy. 
 
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As to the lyrics in the Betty Blowtorch song that I have, “Shut up and F--k” – taken from the same compilation album, Dr. Wu Records Compilation Vol. 2-000 (2000) as “We Came, We Saw, We Drank” by past UARB Mötochrist – I have nothing to add.
 
     Baby, baby standing at the bar
     You saw me wanking my bass guitar
     Baby, baby get on your knees
     Cause I want you to worship me
 
     I don’t care who you are
     I just want to f--k in your car
     Shut up and f--k
     Shut up and f--k
 
     Some people might call me a slut
     What can I say, I wanna bust a nut
     I strap on my biggest dildo
     It makes me hot when you’re screaming “no”
 
     I don’t wanna know your name
     I just wanna f--kin get laid
     Shut up and f--k
     Shut up and f--k
 
     I don’t want conversation
     I just want penis penetration
     I don’t want you to be mine
     I just wanna sixty-nine

     Shut up and f--k
     Shut up and f--k
     Shut up and f--k
     Shut up and f--k
 
     Whatcha gonna do tonight?
     Shut up and f--k
 (June 2016)
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Last edited: April 8, 2021