Once again, director Alison Ellwood has hit it out of the park with her newest documentary The Go-Gos on Showtime. Told in their own voices, the girls are raw and candid, with no holds barred on every subject.
The Go-Gos are a Los Angeles based punk/new wave band formed in the late 70s, around 1978. They started off as more of a hardcore punk band; in their earliest stages, no one knew how to play any instruments, and they had to quickly learn in order to play gigs. In fact, at their first gig they only knew 2 songs, had a 3 song set by playing one of the songs twice. But they persevered, and practiced, and honed their skills.
Early bassist Margot Olavarria and early drummer Elissa Bello left the band, or as they state, were...