The Pandoras
The Pandoras | |
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L-R Kim Shattuck, Karen Blankfeld, Paula Pierce, Melanie Vammen | |
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| Origin | Chino, California, US |
| Genres | Hard rock, garage punk, garage rock, punk rock, heavy metal |
| Years active | 1982–1991 |
| Labels | Bomp!, Rhino, Elektra, Restless |
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The Pandoras were an American all-female garage punk band from Los Angeles, California, active from 1982 to 1991. The band is among the first handful of all-female rock bands to ever be signed to a major label. From the beginning, the band found a strong following in the Hollywood garage rock and Paisley Underground scene, making the gossip pages almost weekly. The Pandoras enjoyed strong radio support from DJ Rodney Bingenheimer. The band graduated from the garage rock sound to a more contemporary, hard rock style in later years, spawning the off-shoot band the Muffs.
The Pandoras founder/singer/guitarist/songwriter, Paula Pierce, died of a brain aneurysm on August 10, 1991, at the age of 31. The Muffs frontwoman and founder Kim Shattuck, who played bass in the Pandoras from 1985 to 1990, appeared as lead singer and guitarist of the reunited Pandoras until she died of complications from ALS on October 2, 2019, aged 56.