My Rock 'n' Roll Friend

The conversation is about sexism, and the man is wearing lipstick, but she’s the one doing all the work

‘It means’ – she breathes a deep heavy sigh – ‘it means that I want to feel totally free as a woman. And not feel in any way oppressed by old attitudes that men have forced upon us.’

Bands fall apart due to the tensions of personality conflict, but those same antagonisms can also keep them together, providing a kind of internal tension and friction, a jostling for power, an irritating spark.