The Raincoats are a post-punk band and were formed in 1977 by Ana da Silva (vocals, guitar) and Gina Birch (vocals, bass) while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England.[LINK: http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/gender-in-humanities/archive.htm] ?Women and the Rock Business, and the story of the Raincoats? The Open University 7 February, 2005 open.ac.uk - Retrieved: 28 July 2007 Career The line-up included Ross Crighton on guitar and Nick Turner on drums for the band?s first gig on 9th November 1977. Kate Korus, from The Slits and later The Mo-dettes, joined briefly and was replaced by Jeremie Frank. Nick Turner left to form The Barracudas and Richard Dudanski (exThe 101'ers and later Public Image Ltd. (PiL)] sat in on drums and film maker Patrick Keiller replaced Jeremie Frank on guitar. Late in 1978, The Raincoats became an all female post-punk band, when joined b

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