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Marrying the feedback-drenched sonic assault from the British shoegazer scene using the melodic immediacy of classic pop — a strategy critics dubbed “bubblegrunge” — Velocity Girl surfaced among the most successful and acclaimed indie rock and roll bands of the first ’90s. Their root base lay down in the short-lived …

b. 1908, Virginia, USA, d. 31 Might 1990, Washington DC, USA. Molton started preaching at age 17, not taking on acoustic guitar until 1943, when she relocated to Washington DC. Practically blind, she backed herself by playing in the roads. From 1963, she produced appearances around the folk circuit, and …