It's True Arthritis Sux

The Coathangers are a nearly all girl punk band. They have a hard edged, aggressive sound, but one that is clearly indebted to a love of garage rock, as well as post-punk, new wave sounds. There's a lot of Killer Pussy echoes in the vocals, and a number of the songs bring to mind PIL.

There are sixties garage overtones all over their music, if you listen for it. Probably their most sixtiesish song is "Tonya Harding" with the very farfisa sounding organ work, and the falsetto girly vocals that give way to a more biting chorus. I also like "Getting Mad and Pumping Iron", "Pussywillow" and "Toomerhead".

But there's one song that I can really relate to. Maybe one of The Coathangers has arthritis. As someone who does and suffers on a daily basis I can relate to any song titled "Arthritis Sux".

i don't want broken bones
bullied bones
fight
fight
fight
rheumatoid i'm annoyed
i can't move
fight
fight
fight
i can't get up
you fucking suck
i've had enough
fight
fight
fight

The Coathangers -- Arthritis Sux


The Coathangers -- Tonya Harding