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- ↑ "River City Backstage Blog: Back to the 80s". BBC. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ↑ Campsie, Alison (30 May 2021). "Scotland's forgotten girl bands making noise once more". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
Glasgow band Sophisticated Boom Boom, featuring singer and actress Libby McArthur
- ↑ "Sophisticated Boom Boom session, recorded 20 September 1982, broadcast 7 October 1982". Keeping It Peel. BBC. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
Libby Mcarthur (Vocals)
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Libby Mcarthur (Vocals)
- 1 2 Hawthorne, Katie (21 August 2024). "'They couldn't even afford a bag of chips!': Scotland's great lost all-female bands". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
Such was the fate of 80s post-punk group Sophisticated Boom Boom, who supported Simple Minds and bagged John Peel sessions with their witty, stylish songs. Before they could get signed, singer Libby McArthur found out she was pregnant. In the film's saddest moment, she recalls telling the group, and later discovering that her bandmates had replaced her. "The loss was devastating," she says, "but I went out with my chin up. The one thing I decided was, you will not use that name. Sophisticated Boom Boom – you owe me that."
- ↑ The Steamie Souvenir Programme, Autumn 2017
- ↑ "Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands". EIFF. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
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