“People like The Stones, or later on The Kinks. They all really liked us and thought that we had something special": The Liverbirds on life as Britain’s first female rock band

The Liverbirds.

In a fascinating, in-depth interview with our sister site Guitar World, Beatles contemporaries the Liverbirds have given an insight into the many challenges an all-female band faced in the 1960s.

Theirs is a fascinating story that includes run-ins with Chuck Berry’s manager, screaming fans in Europe and the time when they only just evaded the clutches of Gary Glitter. During the '60s they played to packed out arenas in mainland Europe, but never had a chance to make it in their homeland.