Betty Blowtorch and her Amazing True Life Adventures is about one of the most amazing all girl rock bands ever. It took a while to assemble them but once they came together it was nothing but blow your face off rock n roll thunder. In the beginning the band was called Butt Trumpet with a lead singer named Thom; a punk outfit that wrote clever ditties and toured the west coast. The lead singer Thom was a punk rock purist, so when managers wanted to charge more for tour shirts or charge for stickers that he wanted to give away free; he suddenly had issues with being in the band. The band was signed by EMI which he thought was an irony as they swore they would never sign another punk act after the whole Sex Pistols debacle. Thom would eventually be pushed out of the band and then Dan would replace him, only to leave in the middle of a song while the band was on tour.
The girls came to the conclusion that they could do this themselves and would then evolve into Betty Blowtorch. Bianca Butthole (Lead singer), Sharron Needles, Judy Molish and Blair n Bitch would become some of the most feared chicks in the LA rock scene. They were as bad ass as any of the guys who were tearing up the clubs then. Not to mention these chicks were hot, and very vocal about their love of the male member. Their buddy Vanilla Ice would drop by to sing a verse on their song size queen about the size and prowess of his member; and after the verse drop trau to prove he wasn’t fibbing. One of their most popular songs ‘Ugly’ is so clever, you have to just watch for the story telling bit in the middle of the song. Hilarious!
The girls are raw rock, scathing and hard, with a pyrotechnics show to rival that of Kiss. They have a lady fire handler that travels with them, and have been known to have girl on girl action on their sets whilst they rock out. Things start picking up for the ladies of the Torch, touring like crazy, and a hot buzz on VH1 and an album ‘Are you Man Enough’ burning up the underground. Bizarrely enough in the middle of the tour Bianca wakes up to find that Judy and Sharron have bailed, taking equipment, merchandise and a van! Bianca won’t give up and jumps on the phone to get replacements to finish the tour. Amazingly she finds some incredible musicians to keep the show tearing on through. One night in New Orleans after a show the band is winding down and planning to go back to the hotel. Bianca hops a ride with a friend and the rest of the band takes the van back to the hotel. Bianca never makes it to the hotel as the car she was riding in crashes on the highway and she is killed. Betty Blowtorch is snuffed out before they can take over the world. Watching the film you get to experience the band in all of it’s glory. Long live Betty Blowtorch!
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