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Period Pains
Band Reading United Kingdom
Period Pains formed in Reading, United Kingdom. Period Pains has 1 chart appearance on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1997. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?)”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #4. The station that charted Period Pains most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1997.
Period Pains were an all-female indie punk band from Reading, formed in 1996, with Chloë Alper and Felicity Aldridge in the ranks. They made their name in 1997 with a single that picked a fight with the Spice Girls: "Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?)", released on Damaged Goods, a snotty, scrappy jab of a song whose title does all the explaining.
The stunt worked. They recorded a session for John Peel, later released as an EP, and that summer they opened the Reading Festival on the Dr. Martens Stage, a home-town band getting the first word. Alper went on to co-found Pure Reason Revolution, while Aldridge moved into film production.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Period Pains on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?) | 1 | #4 | – | 1997 |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?) | John Peel's 'Pretty' Festive Thirty-One of 1997 |
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