The Dirty Burds was a Lo-fi sixties garage girl punk band from London, England, formed around 1995, and the line up at the time was Fabien on vocals, Jacqui on bass guitar, Domi on drums and Teri on guitar.
One demo was recorded with this line up and then Fabian left. The Burds were on the lookout for a replacement singer. Jacqui stumbled across Tina at a 60's Garage club and asked her to to join.
After a few months rehearsing, they recorded the "Dirty Shame EP" for Damaged Goods, which was recorded at Toe Rag Studios by Liam. The record was quite chaotic....just the sound the Burds were after. Teri left and Domi took over on guitar. Not long after the band split and reformed. Lois and Mole from the Embrooks became part of the next line up. Lois was now in control of the drums and Mole on guitar. Mave joined and for a while they had two guitarists. Next followed a mini tour of the West Coast of America, from L.A, San Francisco, Las Vegas (The Grind) to San Diego.
Their second single, "It's A Lie" was on Mademoiselle Records. The label was set up by Christelle, who after seeing the Burds was inspired to start a record label that released only all girl bands. The atmosphere between some of the band was not good. After the short tour in the USA Mole and Lois left. Mave stopped playing guitar and became their drummer. Lynne joined the Burds and she became the guitarist. Tedra (also in Bullet Train) followed on guitar and this was truly a laid back line up but no gigs ever happened. The last single was ironically titled "Gotta Go" and was released on Rapid Pulse Records in America in 1999. Tina decided to leave to concentrate on her other band Suicide Milkshake and that's as far as the story goes.
