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The Go-Go’s documentary is honest and outstanding Alison Ellwood’s film on the L.A.-based, all-female band pulls no punches and shows why they were so successful, revolutionary and influential. Author: By John Curley The Go-Go’s, the new documentary by filmmaker Alison Ellwood that chronicles the rise and fall and rise again of the Los Angeles-based, all-female band, premieres on Showtime on Friday, July 31st, at 9 p.m. Eastern. The film is brutally honest. It pulls no punches, and it presents The Go-Go’s as something of a dysfunctional family that worked really well together an...

There was time when an all-female group didn't write its own songs or play its own instruments. Then came the Go-Go's. They did both, while also becoming one of the biggest bands of the early MTV era. Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin actually rose out of Los Angeles' late-'70s post-punk scene, but they had higher aims. "We Got the Beat," which Caffey is said to have written in basically five minutes, ensured the Go-Go's would never toil in local obscurity. Hits like "Our Lips Are Sealed," "Head Over Heels" and "Vacation" confirmed their nervy ...