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Ep!phanee: lead vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
13. I’m All Alone (Penny Dreadful) #2 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: backing vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: lead vocals, drums.
Save it for the Night (1963)
Save it for the Night was originally envisioned as a more sensual, traditionally female album, and while some of that was present, it became a showcase for the more complex melodies that Ep!phanee and Penny wanted to play. It also featured the first song penned by Steffie Sin. Long Day on the Road became the title track for the Ladybug’s first movie, which featured many of the songs from this and previous albums.
1. To Be or Not To Be (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: Bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
2. Long Day on the Road (Penny Dreadful) #1 on the singles chart.
Penny Dreadful: vocals (double tracked), electric guitar, acoustic guitar. Ep!phanee: harmony vocals, guitar, piano. Steffie Sin: bass, bongos. Ruth De Molay: drums, tambourine, cowbell.
3. The World’s a Stage (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, piano. Penny Dreadful: harmony vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
4. Crying Waiting Hoping (Buddy Holly)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
5. True Love Ways (Buddy Holly)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
6. Midnight Shift (Buddy Holly)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
7. Beautiful Dreamer (Stephen Foster)
Ep!phanee: vocals, piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
8. I Don’t Want to Lose You (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: backing vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
9. One Long Night (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: harmony vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
10. Leaving for the Enclaves (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: piano, tambourine. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar, harmonica. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
11. Save Me the Last Kiss (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
12. I’ll Try to Make a Cake (Penny Dreadful) #3 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
13. Save it for the Night (Ep!phanee) #1 Single
Ep!phanee: vocals, dulcimer, guiro. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
Distortion (1964)
A hard rocking album full of heavy drum beats and long, complex, loud guitar solos, Distortion sparked a revised dance craze as women began to dance with each other.
1. Distortion (Steffie Sin) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar, piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar, acoustic guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums. Other: fuzzbox
2. Wo-Man or Feaux-Man (Penny Dreadful & Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar, sitar. Steffie Sinn: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums. Other: fuzzbox
3. Casanova (Ep!phanee) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals, cowbell, tambourine. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums. Other: fuzzbox
4. How I Became a Cheerleader (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: harmony vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass, organ, saxaphone. Ruth De Molay: drums.
5. Good Converts to Bad (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: backing vocals guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: lead vocals, drums.
6. Under the Heel (Steffie Sin) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar, marimba. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: fuzz bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
7. What is Heaven For? (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
8. Cram (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: rhythm guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums. Other: backing vocals
9. Wonton Boys (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
10. Wonton Girls (Penny Dreadful & Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass, drums, French horn.
Other: Vienna Girls Choir.
11. A Mute Appeal for Sympathy (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: vocals, drums.
NOW! (1964)
NOW! was written with a west coast feel and many of the tracks made use of a pipe organ, a theremin, and an echo chamber. NOW! also became the title for the second Ladybugs movie built around a plot to end world peace, foiled by our heroines.
1. NOW! (Ep!phanee) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: lead vocals (double tracked), rhythm guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, acoustic guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums, tambourine.
2. He was Valiant (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: flute, bass, organ. Ruth De Molay: spoken narrative, drums. Other: orchestra.
3. Paragon of Virtue (Ep!phanee) : #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: sitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass, piano, theramin. Ruth De Molay: vocals, drums.
4. Boldness Be My Friend (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, piano. Penny Dreadful: bass, guitar. Steffie Sinn: organ, guitar. Ruth De Molay: drums.
5. Life’s Last Chance (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass, saxaphone. Ruth De Molay: drums.
6. Faultless to a Fault (Penny Dreadful) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: guitar, piano. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: organ, bass, theramin. Ruth De Molay: drums.
7. If Men Were Living (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums. Other: backing vocals.
8. Lonely Girl (Penny Dreadful) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar, piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: piano, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
9. Wait and See (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar, theramin. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: vocals, organ, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
10. As a Rule (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar, theramin. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: vocals, organ, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
11. Love is the Energy of Life (Penny Dreadful) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
12. Above Suspicion (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: harmony vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: organ, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
13. Coward (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
14. But Men are Men (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
Plastic Wave (1964)
Plastic Wave was a return to the Buddy Holly roots of the Ladybugs, and featured some of the best acoustical work t
he group ever did.
1. Exalt Him (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: acoustic guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: backing vocals, drum.
2. Fall Asleep My Love (Steffie Sin) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: acoustic guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: backing vocals, drum.
3. Follow the Drinking Gourd (Traditional)
Ep!phanee: vocals. Penny Dreadful: acoustic guitar. Steffie Sin: flute.
4. Never Kiss the Girls (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, tambourine. Penny Dreadful: acoustic guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drum.
5. It’s So Easy (Buddy Holly) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
6. That’ll Be the Day (Buddy Holly) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
7. Everyday (Buddy Holly) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
8. Autumn (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
9. The Teacher of All Things (Ep!phanee) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
10. I Saw, I Felt, I Came (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
11. The Name of Honor (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: vocals (double tracked), bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
12. Break the Law (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
13. Winter Windows (Penny Dreadful) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
Beneath the Denim (1965)
Beneath the Denim was a “typical” Ladybugs album, with Ep!phanee’s growing experimentalism, Penny Dreadful’s growing hard rock presence, and Steffie Sin’s expanded song writing. The original cover, which featured Steffie pulling the back of Penny’s pants down below her buttocks, was replaced with a tamer image of the band on stage and the unsold portion of the original print run was papered over with the new picture.
1. Artificial Man (Penny Dreadful) #1 on the singles chart
Ep!phanee: vocals (double tracked), guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
2. The Essence of Life (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
3. Believe What You Wish (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
4. Desire (Steffie Sin) #1 on the singles chart
Ep!phanee: piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
5. No One is Brave (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: guitar, harpsichord. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: vocals, drums. Other: chamber orchestra.
6. Throw the Dice (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: backing vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
7. Beneath the Denim (Steffie Sin) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: backing vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: backing vocals, drums.
8. We Are What We Think We Are (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
9. Equal Years (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, piano. Steffie Sinn: bass, drums.
10. Impossible to be Great (Epiphanee) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals. Other: choir
11. Face in the Light (Ep!phanee) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: guitar, piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass, fuzz bass. Ruth De Molay: vocals, drums.
12. A Child’s Sob (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, piano. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass, flute. Ruth De Molay: backing vocals, drums.
13. Crammed with Heaven (Epiphanee)
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, piano. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar, mandolin. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass, dulcimer. Ruth De Molay: spoken word, drums.
UXB (1965)
UXB was an album themed around the Great Science War, though not all songs were devoted to the topic. The cover of UXB pictured the band wearing gas masks. Ep!phanee revealed several tattoos in the photo. This set off a new trend of women sporting tattoos. Today the album is most remembered for Ruth De Molay’s first song and only great hit, which the other three Ladybugs worked extensively on with her, though like most Ladybugs albums, it featured multiple number one hit songs.
1. The Science War Song (Ruth De Molay) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: backing vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass, organ. Ruth De Molay: lead vocals, drums.
2. Noble Corpses (Ep!phanee) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
3. Love Me Like a Bomb (Ruth De Molay)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: vocals, drums.
4. La Brea Tar Pits (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, piano. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums. Other: sound effects machine.
5. The First Time She Kissed Me (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: harmony vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
6. Girls Blush (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: harmony vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
7. Wishing They Were (Penny Dreadful & Steffie Sin) #1 on the singles chart
Ep!phanee: backing vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
8. True Things Wrong Names (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: harmony vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
9. Unexploded Bomb (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: a cappella vocals.
10. Darkness on the Battlefield (Ep!phanee) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: guiro. Ruth De Molay: triangle.
11. Suddenly Shamed (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: harmony vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
12. Nightingale (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sinn: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
13. Spend Your Manhood (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: harmony vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
14. Deep Drunken Joy (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sinn: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.
15. Splendid Wasteland (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals. Steffie Sin: drums.
Magnum (1966)
Magnum was a hard rocking album with a few rock ballads thrown in for good measure. Magnum is often pointed to the example of a technically perfect
rock album. Some site Magnum as the point when Penny Dreadful’s coy lyrics about sexuality blossom into graphic detail—particularly in Know thy Flower.