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Sister GeorgeSister George, named after the 1960s movie The Killing of Sister George, were an influential and important band from London. Although queercore bands had existed in the U.K. in the 1980s, such as The Apostles, Academy 23 and No Brian Cells, Sister George, formed in 1994, brought queercore into the spotlight in the U.K.. The members were Lisa on bass, Daryl on drums, Lyndon on guitar and vocals. Sharing vocals with Lyndon was Ellyot Dragon, who had left The Darlings with Lesley Woods, formerly of the post punk band Au Pairs, and Debbie Smith, later in Curve and Echobelly, to join Sister George. Their first album, Drag King, came out on Catcall Records and the band found themselves heralded in the pages of British music magazines such as the NME. They toured with acts like Huggy Bear and Hissyfit at first, but soon they were joined by other queer bands such as Mouthfull and Children's Hour and it was these groups that popularized queercore in the U.K. Their album was rereleased in the U.S. by Outpunk Records and a video for the song "Handle Bar" was made. This song also appeared on the Outpunk Records compilation, Outpunk Dance Party. Also featured on Drag King was a cover, done hardcore style, of the Tom Robinson song "Glad To Be Gay" although Sister George was less than sincere in regards to the sentiment of the original and featured the voice of serial killer Aileen Wuornos chanting, "We kill in self defense" throughout the entire song. The band broke up in the midst of recording their second album. Afterwards, Ellyot Dragon went on to form Nightnurse which featured then 16 year old Charlotte Hatherley on guitar, who would later have success with the band Ash. Daryl drummed for The Elements Of Crime with Chris and Jo from Huggy Bear, Layla from Skinned Teen, Dale from Blood Saugage and Andrew from Linus, releasing the single "The things we do for love..." Sister George perform live and are interviewed in the film, She's Real, Worse Than Queer by Lucy Thane. See also List of musicians of Queercore Sister George
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