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Pleasure featured all female musicians from the D.C. area, who were in, or recently graduated from, high school when the band began in the late 1980s. The group was known as "D.C.'s only all-girl Go-Go band". Michelle
Peterson was lead singer/rapper, though other members also provided vocals, Claudia
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Malcolm played keyboards and Genny Cruz played guitar. Charlie
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in late 1990/early 1991, which contributed to opening up the reputation of Go-Go to a national audience.
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was the first all-female Go-Go band, based in the
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as their band, as the trio explained on an appearance on the
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