08-01-2019 10:00 via theguardian.com

Giant nappies, CD burning and 'perv bops': when girl bands go wrong

The history of girl group’s problematic pasts, from the shocking undertones of teen punks Bow Wow Wow to boycotting presidents and bloodied tamponsSex Pistols overlord McLaren knew how to shock. The Kings Road boutique he ran with Vivienne Westwood was called Sex (gosh!). He was behind 14-year-old Annabella Lwin posing nude on a Bow Wow Wow album cover (grim!). And he wrote a song for Bananarama called Don’t Touch Me Down There, Daddy (ew!). Wisely, they never recorded said incest-bo
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