Neo Boys

One of the pioneering all-female punk bands of Portland, Oregon's punk scene of the '70s and early '80s, Neo Boys formed from the ashes of Formica & the Bitches, when singer KT Kincaid, her bassist sister Kim, guitarist Jennifer Lobianco, and drummer Pat Baum began playing together in 1978. The group played lots of underground shows as well as high-profile ones opening for <a href="spotify:artist:0S7Zur2g8YhqlzqtlYStli">Television</a> and the <a href="spotify:artist:0sTTw3dw3EA0c7NaZnrJd2">Wipers</a>, and in 1980 they recorded their debut EP, Give Me the Message, with the latter band's <a href="spotify:artist:37vJXKpAZ14eznUnANSsZZ">Greg Sage</a>. Lobianco left Portland for Hollywood later that year, and Neo Boys found a new guitarist in <a href="spotify:artist:5QLfyFy4mMOvdU1ZEaNYRW">Meg Hentges</a>, a more sophisticated player who helped the band broaden its style. This lineup recorded 1982's Crumbling Myths EP, which showed off the group's more accomplished musicianship and increasingly eloquent and political lyrics. When <a href="spotify:artist:5QLfyFy4mMOvdU1ZEaNYRW">Hentges</a> left Portland in 1983, Neo Boys called it quits. While most of the group ultimately retired from making music, <a href="spotify:artist:5QLfyFy4mMOvdU1ZEaNYRW">Hentges</a> continued as a solo artist, and as part of a duo with her wife, Jude O'Nym. In 2013, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22K+Records%22">K Records</a> released the comprehensive retrospective Sooner or Later. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi