The Pippettes

By: Lisa M. Bello

If anyone out there has missed the Phil Spector “girl group” sound of the 1960’s, boy do I have a group for you, introducing the Pipettes!

The Pipettes, pronounced “the pi’ pets”, hail from the United Kingdom are a mix of the Supremes and the Shangri-Las with a touch of the vocal timbre and style of post-riot grrl acts such as Sahara Hotnights and The Donnas.

Much like the girl groups of the 1950s and 60s, The Pipettes were basically manufactured by someone else. They were a brainchild experiment by singer-songwriter and promoter Monster Bobby. The big difference here is that the Pipettes write their own lyrics to most of their songs, where as most of the songs of the girl groups in the past were written by the men who manufactured them. So this is a modern twist on the classic girl group formula.

The group consists of three women: Gwenno, Rosay and RiotBecki. Gwenno and Rosay sing and play keyboards where RiotBecki just sings. On stage, in videos, but never ever in photographs, the Pipettes are backed up by an all-male backing band collectively known as the Cassette. The Cassette currently consists of (according to Wikipedia) Monster Bobby on guitar, Jon Falcone on bass, Seb Falcone on keyboards and Jason Adelinia on drums.

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