GTO's

From the Pamela Des Barres website (Copyright © 2002): The GTO's (which stands for Girls Together Outrageously) were a loose collection of groupie-chicks that collected around the FrankZappa/Mothers of Invention/L.A. Rock-N-Roll scene in the late 60's/early 70's. The point of this amalgamation of super-groupies was to attract as much attention as possible (which they did) from rock gods and other celebrities, via a combination of freaky makeup, clothes and behavior (which was often spurred by rampant drug use and abuse). In terms of originality and inventiveness, most of the GTO's looked pretty rad, and if you want to see pictures and find out juicy star-fucking details, read "I'm With the Band" by Pamela Des Barres, who was, basically, the Queen of the Supergroupies.

From a Rolling Stone article (February 15, 1969, no author name mentioned): The GTOS are a sociological creation of Frank Zappa's. He didn't create the GTOs; he merely made a "group" of them... and now is presenting them. According to Frank, G.T.O. stands for Girls Together Occasionally, Girls Together Only, or Girls Together Often. Girls Together Only are lesbians. But the GTOs (the group) are not lesbians; they are merely girls who happen to like other girls' company.

Mentioned during "Star Special", FZ as a guest DJ on BBC Radio 1 in 1980.

• Miss Christine
• Miss Cinderella
• Miss Mercy
• Miss Pamela
• Miss Sandra
• Miss Lucy (Lucy Offerall)
• Miss Sparkie (Sparkie Parker)

GTO's - "Permanent Damage" (LP, Straight STS 1059, December 8, 1969)