Faster Than Sound: Damn, Kathy Valentine Can Write!

Go-Go's local Kathy Valentine reflects on her memoir at three Austin fall events

"...Book tour and Go-Go's dates dashed by the pandemic, Kathy Valentine focuses on self-improvement. From her Westlake home, the..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Kathy Valentine Swaps Stages for Zach Theatre's New Show Head Over Heels

Jukebox musical features the greatest hits of the Go-Go's

"...production of Head Over Heels – Austin music legend Kathy Valentine...."

July 6, 2023 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...I Ever Wanted: A Rock ’n’ Roll Memoir by Kathy Valentine, ©2020, published with permission from the University of..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

Kathy Valentine Departs “This Town”

Bluebonnets’ unsappy UK sendoff invites John Doe and Sue Foley

"...complain that we could never pack the Continental Club,” Kathy Valentine said Saturday night. “Guess it just takes leavin’..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Margaret Moser Tribute: Kathy Valentine

Right place, right time, right woman to share the joy with

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Family Style: Kathy Murray's Blues

From the dance floor to the stage

"...I saw in the audience wherever I went was Kathy Murray...."

Dec. 3, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

This Town

The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine takes the Zilker Park train back to her Austin upbringing

"...the spare elegance of her West Lake Hills home, Kathy Valentine curls up in a comfy armchair. Austin's recent..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Lust to Love

Kathy Valentine/Go-Go's Q&A outtakes

"...Go-Go's guitarists Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin experienced what Kathy Valentine calls in this week’s Music feature their Lennon..."

Aug. 18, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Friday the 13th Reaps Austin Music

Joe Valentine, Ponty Bone, Fai Jow all pass on the same day

"...That same morning, Austin lost Joe Valentine, a deep soul singer, multi-instrumentalist, record label founder, and..."

July 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Tiarra Girls Can’t Stop the World

Full-time school and a new record label engage in a tug of war

"...christened the L.A. New Wavers’ new bassist, native Austinite Kathy Valentine. Last month, the homegrown Tiarra Girls – Tiffany,..."

Oct. 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...did Lois Richwine, another San Antonian. Also visiting Britain: Kathy Valentine, the teenage guitarist Muñoz encountered while rooming with..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

2013-14 Austin Music Awards

"...Dale Dudley, Nakia, and Kathy Valentine..."

March 13, 2014 Photo Gallery

Can't Stop the World

Austin's native contribution to the Go-Go's, guitarist/bassist Kathy Valentine, relives 30 years of Beauty and the Beat

"...Kathy Valentine, reclining on a red velvet Louis XV-style sofa..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...was all because of Project Terror," insists Violators guitarist Kathy Valentine, who remarks that the distortion of the timeline..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Soundtrack Series’ Sunshine of Your Love

Kathy Valentine and more continue storytelling song recall

"...and 2014 Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductee Kathy Valentine...."

April 9, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar remains new-year-fabulous in fur despite others' mauling, pushing, and vomiting

"...I attending the party thrown by everyone's favorite Go-Go, Kathy Valentine. On the way there, while recalling the early-Eighties..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Geranium Cabbages

Accompanying piece to the Uranium Savages, in which author Margaret Moser founds her own parody band, the Geranium Cabbages.

"...a drummer named Marilyn Dean and a guitarist named Kathy Valentine. I still had access to the bass, and..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...very young kids," says Blackmon. "Marilyn was like 16, Kathy was 16, Carla was probably 21. Jesse was probably..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...Future Violator and Go-Go's bassist Kathy Valentine fell in love with a Dallas-based bunch called..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Margaret Moser 1954-2017

Austin’s patron saint of music passes

"...the wonder and the gratitude of an artist,” offered Kathy Valentine, bassist and songwriter for the Go-Go’s during their..."

Aug. 26, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Review: Zach Theatre's Head Over Heels

The Go-Go's get the jukebox musical treatment by way of Shakespearean bawdiness

"...director, former Go-Go's bassist, and Austin native and resident Kathy Valentine mentioned her response when Zach czar Dave Steakley..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Playback: Sanctified Souls

Uncovering Arizona Dranes, remembering Brent Grulke

"...› Kathy Valentine won't be playing bass on the Go-Go's Sept...."

Sept. 7, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

After a Fashion

Stephen's there as the fur and the rose petals fly ... and reconnects with Ken. No, not the doll, silly, the Neiman Marcus veep.

"...this. Hours later she was at Pink Salon with Kathy Valentine, who was thrust into the capable hands of..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...I have gotten to know him and his wife, Kathy, better, and it is always a pleasure to see..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Austin Record Stores Hang On, Together

Online and curbside pivots support an altered Record Store Day for Austin vinyl emporiums this Saturday.

"...acted as the exclusive sellers for signed copies of Kathy Valentine's March Go-Go's memoir All I Ever Wanted, a..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home

What we’re spending our time with

"...Kathy Valentine: All I Ever Wanted Amazon, Bookshop.org, Indiebound.org..."

April 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Shark Attack!

American Sharks, the future of Austin rock

"...› Austin native Kathy Valentine filed a lawsuit against her band the Go-Go's,..."

June 7, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Holiday in San Antonio

The birth of Austin's punk scene: the Sex Pistols at Randy's Rodeo in San Antonio, 25 years ago this week.

"...Sublett: Our troupe, consisting of Eddie Muñoz, Carla Olson, Kathy Valentine, and Marilyn Dean, drove down to San Antonio..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

We Have an Issue: Find the Thing That Moves You

In this week’s issue, Derek Udensi profiles Austin hip-hop artist Blakchyl

"...the songs of the Go-Go's – Austin music legend Kathy Valentine...."

July 14, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Fanny: The Right to Rock

Rocking reminder of the pioneering all-woman band

"...of their albums), Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, the Go-Go’s Kathy Valentine, the B-52s’ Kate Pierson, and many others sing..."

June 10, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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