I agree with that, my point was I hear more traditional rock in The Donnas than I do in a lot of other all girl bands of that era. A decent amount of Donnas music (some production changes aside) could have been released from 1978 to 1984 and fit in along bands like Kiss, Van Halen, etc). Just good straight up rock music.
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Today exactly 20 years ago we started recording Mandylion at the Woodhouse studio's, Hagen, Germany! First recorded song: Strange Machines.