Watch Lesley-Anne O’Brien chat with Nuha Ruby Ra & Dr Ruth Pearce for the Womxn In Music discussion panel, as part of The BOILEROOM‘s celebrations International Womxn’s Day 2021.
Dr Ruth Pearce is a trans feminist activist, researcher, and punk musician. Ruth currently plays bass in fuzzy noise-pop group wormboys, and performs vocals in queer punk trio Dispute Settlement Mechanism. She has organized events since 2005 with Rolling Head Promotions and the Revolt! riot grrrl collective.
Lesley-Anne O’Brien has been label manager of Lockjaw records in collaboration with head honcho Rob Piper since 2014, she is also a guitarist in punk ‘n’ rollers the Midwich Cuckoos, a global collaboration between friends with a passion for punk rock music led to the shred-tastic formation of the 6-strong band.
East London’s avant-punk queen Nuha Ruby Ra has been spending the last year or so cultivating a dedicated following and racking up an impressive catalogue of collaborators from around the world. She’s now set to release her debut EP ‘How To Move’ on Brace Yourself Records.