Inspired by the BBC's recent People’s History of Pop series, I dug out a student radio documentary project about ‘Women in Rock’ that I made at the London College of Printing when I was 18 years old, back in 1997, some 20 years ago now!   Featured in the doc are interviews with Drugstore’s singer-songwriter Isabel Monteiro before a gig at The Garage in Highbury, teen punk-pop band Kenickie’s singer & guitarist Marie du Santiago (Nixon) at the band’s debut album launch at Tower Records and a chat with top Radio 1 DJ of the day, Jo Whiley.

The doc was made on a reel to reel player and recorded onto cassette tape - this was in a pre-digital age so please excuse the sound quality.  I like to think it gives an aural snapshot of the late 90s music scene and gives a flavour of some original 90s Girl Power.

The title of the documnetary 'Rip Her to Shreds' is taken from the Blondie song of the same name.  The idea behind the documentary was to take a look at how women in the music industry were depicted by the media at the time.

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