The Girls' Guide to Rocking

The band Care Bears On Fire and their hit "Everybody Else" might sound like any other New York pop-punk group, except these three girls from Brooklyn are 13 to 15 years old.

Bands like Care Bears On Fire are popping up everywhere now, as more girls pick up instruments and form bands. At last count there are 24 rock camps for girls across the U.S. and Canada, with at least seven started in the last year alone.

For girls looking to make some noise, music and culture critic Jessica Hopper is a rock star of a guide. She’s been involved in the music industry since high school, having started an influential ‘zine, "Hit It or Quit It" at 15, and was part of the Riot Grrl movement. Now 32, she's worked as a tour manager, band publicist, DJ, bass guitarist, rock critic, and the music consultant for PRI's This American Life.

She's compiled the advice she wishes she’d heard when she was younger and put it into a new book, The Girls' Guide to Rocking. She joins us from the offices of Drag City Records in Chicago.

Read an excerpt from The Girls' Guide to Rocking

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