the Contractions is considered one of the strongest power trio to come out of San Francisco during the early eighties punk scene, a three women band made of; Guitar and vocals: Mary Kelley Drums and vocals: Debbie Hopkins Bass and vocals: Kathy Peck.
"The hottest all woman group ever to come out of the Bay Area." - BAM Magazine
From their website: "The Contractions burned across the national Punk/New Wave scene from 1979 through 1985. Their rough-edged music mixed an urban garage-rock sound with a pop/new wave sensibility and grabbed immediate fan and critical support. One moment they were playing straight-ahead rock’n’roll, a classic power-trio — Debbie a veteran drummer with jazz sensibilities; Kathy on her Hofner playing a melodic bass-line; Mary with her Pete Townsend-windmill guitar strumming. Then, just when you thought you knew what you were listening to, the band would become James Joyce and Link Wray all wrapped into one, with Mary singing poetry over slow, mesmerizing, watery guitar, then tearing into a guitar solo worthy of Eric Clapton."
In addition to music making, basdsist Kathy Peck is Co-Founder and Executive Director of H.E.A.R. | Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers | www.hearnet.com