Gaye Advert

Gaye Advert
Birth nameGaye Black
Born (1956-08-25) 25 August 1956
Bideford, Devon, England
GenresPunk rock
OccupationMusician
InstrumentBass guitar
Years active1976–1979
LabelsStiff
Formerly ofThe Adverts

Gaye Black (born 25 August 1956), known professionally as Gaye Advert, is an English punk rock musician, best known for being the bassist in The Adverts in the late 1970s. She was one of the first female rock stars of the punk rock movement, whom The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music called the "first female punk star." She was "one of punk's first female icons". Dave Thompson wrote that her "photogenic" looks, "panda-eye make-up and omnipresent leather jacket defined the face of female punkdom until well into the next decade."