Screamin' Sirens was an American all-female band from Hollywood, California that recorded from 1983 to 1987. The band combined country music, punk rock, rockabilly and a dash of funk to create an eclectic wild party music.
Screamin' Sirens were formed in Hollywood, California in around 1983 by vocalist Pleasant Gehman and drummer Diane Dixon (aka Boom Boom Laffoon). Laffoon had for three years previously been a member of the band Keith Joe Dick and the Goners. Two different guitar players joined, but soon left. Then the band added guitarist Rosie Flores, namesake of the band Rosie and the Screamers, with whom Laffoon was acquainted from her time with Keith Joe Dick and the Goners. The trio added bassist Laura Bandit, a veteran of the minor punk bands One Doesn't Swallow and Hard as Nails, Cheap as Dirt. A fifth member of the group, Marsky Reins, played fiddle in addition to guitar, helping the band to achieve a signature punked up country and western sound.
Sporting cowboy boots and western skirts, the band delivered a high energy live show. They released two albums, Fiesta! (1984) on Enigma Records and produced by Michael Reid, Greg Humphrey & Brian Ahern. Voodoo came out in1987 on Restless Records and was produced by Ethan James. They also released two singles "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" in 1984 on Beach Culture Records and "Fiesta!" in 1984 on Enigma Records.
The band had several lineup changes over the course of their existence, adding Miiko Watanabe and also Fur Dixon on bass as well as former Pandoras drummer Casey Gomez. They portrayed The She-Devils in Max Tash's film The Runnin' Kind, which took its name from a song written by sister and brother Diane Boom Boom Dixon and Gary Dixon (Fur Dixon's husband). Original drummer and songwriter Diane 'Boom Boom' Dixon went on to play with the Baloney Heads and the Real Dixons in Austin, Texas. Pleasant Gehman became a writer and editor, professional dancer and a member of the Ringling Sisters. Rosie Flores went on to have a successful solo career in the alternative country and rockabilly scene. Genny Schorr, the original guitar player, was also in the original line-up of all girl band Backstage Pass and was involved in The Masque. She later owned Rock clothing store Strait Jacket. Miiko Watanabe went on to play with American Girls. Fur Dixon went on to play in The Cramps, The Dixons, Fur Dixon and Blow Up, Fur Dixon and Steve Werner, and a new band she formed in 2015, WTFUKUSHIMA!
