The Go-Go's are the first all-girl band to write the songs and play the instruments on a #1 US album: their debut Beauty and the Beat. The Bangles came close with Different Light in 1986, but only reached #2. The Dixie Chicks got there in 1999 with their album Fly.
The group formed in 1978 in Los Angeles, California. Frontwoman Belinda Carlisle was briefly a member of the influential punk band The Germs, but Charlotte Caffey was the only member with much experience - she had been in a band called The Eyes. The group learned on the fly with constant gigs.
Early on, The Go-Go's played several seminal punk venues across Los Angeles, including Whisky A Go Go and The Masque. In a Songfacts interview, Go-Go's guitarist Charlotte Caffey spoke about the latter venue: "The Masque was incredible. It was filthy and dirty, it was incredible. There was a feeling... I don't even know how to explain it. It was electric. And, oh, man, it was a really great thing to experience."
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