History Music / Fanny

* VisualPun: On the back cover of ''Fanny'', the band is standing shoulder-to-shoulder smiling at the camera. On the front, it's the same pose as seen from behind, but Alice is reaching down and grabbing June's ass. Doubles as a StealthPun when you know that Alice was a closeted (to the public, at least) lesbian.

The peculiar thing about Fanny's reputation is that, in the aftermath of their breakup, the band was essentially written out of popular music history. Before the internet, histories of women in popular music tended to leap from the 60s singer-songwriters to punk-era performers such as [[Music/{{Pretenders}} Chrissie Hynde]], [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]], Music/TheSlits and Lydia Lunch. Fanny's albums were generally unavailable even second-hand; no critics saw fit to mention them or recall their work, and the only glimpses to be had of them were the occasional re-broadcast of their few appearances on early 70s TV shows such as Germany's ''Beat-Club''. June Millington worked as a producer and organised a music camp for young girls; Jean Millington worked as a herbalist and married Music/DavidBowie's guitarist Earl Slick; Brie Howard-Darling (her married name) became a session and touring drummer. The Millingtons occasionally played together, but resisted attempts to revive the band as its own tribute act. Alice de Buhr gave up working as a professional drummer and eventually founded her own video production company; Nickey Barclay ditched her "Nickey" persona and went on working under her real name (Nicole), gigging, writing music for TV and mentoring young musicians, before chronic illness forced her to stop retire from performing around 2000.

* VisualPun: On the back cover of ''Fanny'', the band is standing shoulder-to-shoulder smiling at the camera. On the front, it's the same pose as seen from behind, but Alice is reaching down and grabbing June's ass.

Sisters June and Jean Millington were born in the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} but moved with their family to Sacramento in 1961. There, they formed a high school band called the Svelts, with June on guitar, Jean on bass, and classmate Brie Berry on drums. The Svelts didn't last long, with Brandt leaving to get married, and when they disbanded, drummer Alice de Buhr formed a band called Wild Honey which the Millington sisters then joined. Wild Honey moved to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles and secured a deal with Creator/RepriseRecords, whereupon the band recruited UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC-born keyboardist Nickey Barclay and changed its name to Fanny.

The original lineup made the band's canonical first four albums, ''Fanny'' (1970), ''Charity Ball'' (1971), ''Fanny Hill'' (1972) and ''Mothers Pride'' (1973), and also worked as session musicians, with all four of them playing on Creator/BarbraStreisand's 1971 album ''Barbra Joan Streisand''. June Millington and Alice de Buhr left the band in 1974, and were replaced by Patti Quatro ([[Music/SuziQuatro Suzi]]'s sister) and the returning Brandt, with the group making one more album (''Rock and Roll Survivors'') before disbanding.

* CareerEndingInjury: Shortly after making the ''Fanny Walked The Earth'' album, Jean suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of her body. {{Downplayed}} in that while it left her unable to play bass, she can still sing.

* MonochromeCasting: Averted: the Millingtons are half-Filipina.

Sisters June and Jean Millington were born in the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} but moved with their family to Sacramento in 1961. There, they formed a high school band called the Svelts, with June on guitar and Jean on bass. The Svelts didn't last long, and when they disbanded, drummer Alice de Buhr formed a band called Wild Honey which the Millington sisters then joined. Wild Honey moved to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles and secured a deal with Creator/RepriseRecords, whereupon the band recruited UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC-born keyboardist Nickey Barclay and changed its name to Fanny.

The original lineup made the band's canonical first four albums, ''Fanny'' (1970), ''Charity Ball'' (1971), ''Fanny Hill'' (1972) and ''Mothers Pride'' (1973), and also worked as session musicians, with all four of them playing on Creator/BarbraStreisand's 1971 album ''Barbra Joan Streisand''. June Millington and Alice de Buhr left the band in 1974, and were replaced by Patti Quatro ([[Music/SuziQuatro Suzi]]'s sister) and Brie Brandt, and they made one more album (''Rock and Roll Survivors'') before disbanding.

The peculiar thing about Fanny's reputation is that, in the aftermath of their breakup, the band was essentially written out of popular music history. Before the internet, histories of women in popular music tended to leap from the 60s singer-songwriters to punk-era performers such as [[Music/{{Pretenders}} Chrissie Hynde]], [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]], Music/TheSlits and Lydia Lunch. Fanny's albums were generally unavailable even second-hand; no critics saw fit to mention them or recall their work, and the only glimpses to be had of them were the occasional re-broadcast of their few appearances on early 70s TV shows such as Germany's ''Beat-Club''. June Millington worked as a producer and organised a music camp for young girls; Jean Millington worked as a herbalist and married Music/DavidBowie's guitarist Earl Slick; both of them occasionally played together, but resisted attempts to revive the band as its own tribute act. Alice de Buhr gave up working as a professional drummer and eventually founded her own video production company; Nickey Barclay ditched her "Nickey" persona and went on working under her real name, gigging, writing music for TV and mentoring young musicians, before chronic illness forced her to stop gigging around 2000.

In 1999, Music/DavidBowie gave an interview to ''Magazine/RollingStone'' in which he gave the band its most visible tribute in years: "[Fanny] were one of the finest fucking rock bands of their time, in about 1973. They were extraordinary: they wrote everything, they played like motherfuckers, they were just colossal and wonderful, and nobody's ever mentioned them. They're as important as anybody else who's ever been, ever; it just wasn't their time." With the rise of the internet, and a generation of music fans interested in finding role models and precursors, Fanny was rediscovered. The 2002 boxed set ''First Time In A Long Time'' collected their first four albums and a bunch of other tracks. In 2021, a Rockumentary was released called ''Fanny: The Right To Rock''.

* TheBusCameBack: Brie Brandt, who played drums on ''Rock and Roll Survivors'', had been the drummer before they started recording.
* CareerEndingInjury: Shortly after making the ''Fanny Walked The Earth'' album, Jean Millington suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of her body. {{Downplayed}} in that while it left her unable to play bass, she can still sing.

* HardRock: This was their genre.
* LighterAndSofter: This was enforced on them by their producer Richard Perry, who according to June Millington persistently turned her amp down in the studio. Live tracks, outtakes and rehearsal takes reveal that they were a lot louder and heavier than much of their studio output makes them appear to be.

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: The Millington sisters, along with original drummer Brie Darling, reformed Fanny in 2018 and recorded a SelfTitledAlbum under the name "Fanny Walked The Earth".

* StageName: "Nickey Barclay" is a stage name. The real "Nickey" is extremely private and does not take part in reunions, etc., although she is pleased by the revival of the band's music and wishes the others well.

* VisualPun: On the back cover of ''Fanny'', the band is standing shoulder-to-shoulder smiling at the camera. On the front, it's the same pose as seen from behind, and Alice de Buhr is reaching down and grabbing June Millington's ass.
* VocalTagTeam: Every member of the band sang lead vocal at some point, but mostly this was the Millington sisters and Barclay. June Millington had the strongest and most rock-ish voice; Jean Millington's was lighter and more vulnerable-sounding; Nickey Barclay was throatier and more soulful.

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: June, Jean and Brie reformed Fanny in 2018 and recorded a SelfTitledAlbum under the name "Fanny Walked The Earth".

* TheBusCameBack: Brie Brandt, who played drums on ''Rock and Roll Eurvivors'', had been the drummer before they started recording.

In 1999, Music/DavidBowie gave an interview to ''Magazine/RollingStone'' in which he gave the band its most visible tribute in years: "[Fanny] were one of the finest fucking rock bands of their time, in about 1973. They were extraordinary: they wrote everything, they played like motherfuckers, they were just colossal and wonderful, and nobody's ever mentioned them. They're as important as anybody else who's ever been, ever; it just wasn't their time." With the rise of the internet, and a generation of music fans interested in finding role models and precursors, Fanny was rediscovered. The 2002 boxed set ''First Time In A Long Time'' collected their first four albums and a bunch of other tracks.

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Nickey Barclay, Jean Millington, Crispian Mills, Alice de Buhr and June Millington.]]

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally between 3 and 5, but live recordings show that they could go up to 6.

The original lineup made the band's canonical first four albums, ''Fanny'' (1970), ''Charity Ball'' (1971), ''Fanny Hill'' (1972) and ''Mother's Pride'' (1973), and also worked as session musicians, with all four of them playing on Creator/BarbraStreisand's 1971 album ''Barbra Joan Streisand''. June Millington and Alice de Buhr left the band in 1974, and were replaced by Patti Quatro ([[Music/SuziQuatro Suzi]]'s sister) and Brie Brandt, and they made one more album (''Rock and Roll Survivors'') before disbanding.

* ''Mother's Pride'' (1973)

* CoverVersion: They mostly wrote their own material but had some notable ones, including "Hey Bulldog" by Music/TheBeatles, "Ain't That Peculiar" by Music/MarvinGaye, "Special Care" by [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Stephen Stills]], "Young and Dumb" by Ike Turner and "Badge" by Music/{{Cream}}, among others.

* RecordProducer: Richard Perry for the first three albums, Music/ToddRundgren for ''Mother's Pride'', and Vini Poncia for ''Rock and Roll Survivors''.

The original lineup made the band's canonical first four albums, ''Fanny'' (1970), ''Charity Ball'' (1971), ''Fanny Hill'' (1972) and ''Mother's Pride'' (1973), and also worked as session musicians, all four of them playing on Creator/BarbraStreisand's 1971 album ''Barbra Joan Streisand''. June Millington and Alice de Buhr left the band in 1974, and were replaced by Patti Quatro ([[Music/SuziQuatro Suzi]]'s sister) and Brie Brandt, and they made one more album (''Rock and Roll Survivors'') before disbanding.

The peculiar thing about Fanny's reputation is that, in the aftermath of their breakup, the band was essentially written out of popular music history. Before the internet, histories of women in popular music tended to leap from the 60s singer-songwriters to punk-era performers such as Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, the Slits and Lydia Lunch. Fanny's albums were generally unavailable even second-hand; no critics saw fit to mention them or recall their work, and the only glimpses to be had of them were the occasional re-broadcast of their few appearances on early 70s TV shows such as Germany's ''Beat-Club''. June Millington worked as a producer and organised a music camp for young girls; Jean Millington worked as a herbalist and married Music/DavidBowie's guitarist Earl Slick; both of them occasionally played together, but resisted attempt to revive the band as its own tribute act. Alice de Buhr gave up working as a professional drummer and eventually founded her own video production company; Nickey Barclay ditched her "Nickey" persona and went on working under her real name, gigging, writing music for TV and mentoring young musicians, before chronic illness forced her to stop gigging around 2000.

Sisters June and Jean Millington were born in the Philippines but moved with their family to Sacramento in 1961. There, they formed a high school band called the Svelts, with June on guitar and Jean on bass. The Svelts didn't last long, and when they disbanded, drummer Alice de Buhr formed a band called Wild Honey which the Millington sisters then joined. Wild Honey moved to Los Angeles and secured a deal with Reprise Records, whereupon the band recruited Washington DC-born keyboardist Nickey Barclay and changed its name to Fanny.

The original lineup made the band's canonical first four albums, ''Fanny'' (1970), ''Charity Ball'' (1971), ''Fanny Hill'' (1972) and ''Mother's Pride'' (1973), and also worked as session musicians, all four of them playing on Creator/BarbraStreisand's 1971 album ''Barbra Joan Streisand''. June Millington and Alice de Buhr left the band in 1974, and were replaced by Patti Quatro and Brie Brandt, and they made one more album (''Rock and Roll Survivors'') before disbanding.

In 1999, Music/DavidBowie gave an interview to ''Rolling Stone'' in which he gave the band its most visible tribute in years: "[Fanny] were one of the finest fucking rock bands of their time, in about 1973. They were extraordinary: they wrote everything, they played like motherfuckers, they were just colossal and wonderful, and nobody's ever mentioned them. They're as important as anybody else who's ever been, ever; it just wasn't their time." With the rise of the internet, and a generation of music fans interested in finding role models and precursors, Fanny was rediscovered. The 2002 boxed set ''First Time In A Long Time'' collected their first four albums and a bunch of other tracks.

* CoverVersion: They mostly wrote their own material but had some notable ones, including "Hey Bulldog" by Music/TheBeatles, "Ain't That Peculiar" by Music/MarvinGaye, "Special Care" by [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Stephen Stills]], "Young and Dumb" by Ike Turner and "Badge" by Music/{{Cream}}

* VocalTagTeam: Every member of the band sang lead vocal at some point, but mostly this was the Millington sisters and Barclay. June Millington had the strongest and most rock-ish voice; Jean Millington's was lighter and more vulnerable-sounding; Nickey Barclay was throatier and more soulful.

* CoverVersion: They mostly wrote their own material but had some notable ones, including "Hey Bulldog" by Music/TheBeatles, "Ain't That Peculiar" by Music/OtisRedding, "Special Care" by [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Stephen Stills]], "Young and Dumb" by Ike Turner and "Badge" by Music/{{Cream}}

'''Fanny''' was an American rock band that was formed in 1969 and broke up in 1975, notable for being one of the first important bands to be all-female, and the first all-female band to release an album on a major label. Their reputation was almost completely eclipsed by punk and their records were out of print for, literally, decades, but since the early 2000s the increasing visibility of women in rock has seen a revival of interest in the band, which was sealed when Rhino Records brought out a boxed set of their first four albums and a collection of live tracks and out-takes.

'''Fanny''' was an American rock band that was formed in 1969 and broke up in 1975, notable for being one of the important bands to be all-female, and for being the first all-female band to release an album on a major label. Their reputation was almost completely eclipsed by punk and their records were out of print for, literally, decades, but since the early 2000s the increasing visibility of women in rock has seen a revival of interest in the band, which was sealed when Rhino Records brought out a boxed set of their first four albums and a collection of live tracks and out-takes.

The peculiar thing about Fanny's reputation is that, in the aftermath of their breakup, the band was essentially written out of popular music history. Before the internet, histories of women in popular music tended to leap from the 60s singer-songwriters to punk-era performers such as Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, the Slits and Lydia Lunch. Fanny's albums were generally unavailable even second-hand; no critics saw fit to mention them or recall their work, and the only glimpses to be had of them were the occasional re-broadcast of their few appearances on early 70s TV shows such as Germany's ''Beat-Club''. June Millington worked as a producer and organised a music camp for young girls; Jean Millington worked as a herbalist and married Music/DavidBowie's guitarist Earl Slick; both of them occasionally played together, but resisted attempt to revive the band as its own tribute act. Alice de Buhr gave up working as a professional drummer and did other things in the entertainment industry; Nickey Barclay ditched her "Nickey" persona and went on working under her real name, gigging, writing music for TV and mentoring young musicians, before chronic illness forced her to stop gigging around 2000.

The peculiar thing about Fanny's reputation is that, in the aftermath of their breakup, the band was essentially written out of popular music history. Before the internet, histories of women in popular music tended to leap from the 60s singer-songwriters to punk-era performers such as Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, the Slits and Lydia Lunch. Fanny's albums were generally unavailable even second-hand; no critics saw fit to mention them or recall their work, and the only glimpses to be had of them were the occasional re-broadcast of their few appearances on early 70s TV shows such as Germany's ''Beat-Club''. June Millington worked as a producer and organised a music camp for young girls; Jean Millington worked as a herbalist and married Music/DavidBowie's guitarist Earl Slick; both of them occasionally played together, but resisted attempt to revive the band as its own tribute act. Both Alice de Buhr and Nickey Barclay gave up working as professional musicians.

* HardRock: This was their genre