Timmy Spence with Doris Fish. Photographer TBD. Timmy Spence was introduced to the Sluts A Go-Go by Eddie Troia, who was helping them produce Sluts A Go-Go A Play With Music (soon Blonde Sin). Timmy was a keyboard musician in Jennifer Blowdryer’s punk band The Blowdryers and he joined the Sluts as musical director for the…
Leila and the Snakes records sleeve. Back of Leila and the Snakes record sleeve. Signed to Greg Foss (Ginger Quest) by Jane Dornacker. Courtesy Greg Foss. Leila and the Snakes San Francisco rock band headed by Jane Dornacker in the late 1970s. Doris and Jane and Pearl E Gates met while performing with the Tubes.…
Jane Dornacker flyer for Hotel Utah. Collection of Miss X. Jane Dornacker Jane Dornacker met Doris Fish after Doris joined the Tubes for a three week stint in 1976 after winning the Tubes talent contest. Jane was a member of the band and wrote their 1976 song “Don’t Touch Me There”. She formed the band…
James Moss One of the people impressed with Doris’ act with the Tubes was James Moss, a former child star in Hollywood who was trying to make a name for himself in San Francisco as a filmmaker and promoter. His scheme was to produce a film called Magazine Movie and recognized Doris as potential STAR,…
Blonde Sin Poster December 19 & 20, 1980 Design by D. Evenson Miss X Collection Eddie Troia acted as a pseudo manager/producer for the Sluts A Go-Go in 1980-82. Having seen them at their debut show he approached Doris about improving the show and giving it more polish and coherence. Together, they developed what would…
Jasper Havoc photographed in San Francisco by David McDiarmid in 1977 (Australian Queer Archives) Jasper Havoc was Doris friend in school, they explored drag together as teenagers and then as members of Sylvia and the Synthetics. Jasper joined Doris briefly in San Francisco in 1977. Jasper was killed in a fire in 1979 while Doris…
Calling All Girls poster designed and illustrated by Doris Fish. 1981 Doris Fish designed this show poster starring the mysterious Miss X. Black ink, Letraset typography, she hand painted the black letters where they needed to be white, either with Liquid Paper or tooth paint. It’s Miss X’s personal favorite image Doris drew of her.…
Ginger Quest (Greg Foss) was a hardcore fan of the Sluts A Go-Go, attending many of the Blonde Sin shows. He befriended the girls, often inviting them to his home at 422 Oak St, feeding them after performances and at Thanksgiving, and even hosting Doris’ wedding reception. After Freda Lay abruptly left Blonde Sin, he…
Doris Fish Video Tour of 422 Oak Street, San Francisco 422 Oak Street. Greg Foss’ apartment where the Sluts often partied, where Doris turned tricks and where she eventually became a room mate. It was the site of the Vegas In Space party and much of the filming for the Vegas in Space film.
Black and white portrait of Freda Lay. Photographer TBD. Freda Lay was one of the original Sluts A Go-Go. A tall, pretty, AMAB from Pittsburgh, PA, who was into drag. She and Brad Chandler (X) met in Hollywood working at a gay porn cinema. The two relocated, with Freda’s boyfriend, to San Francisco in the…