The Pandoras

The Pandoras were an all-female rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California in the 1980s, who began in the garage rock style and later adapted a hard rock style bordering on hair metal.

The Pandoras were formed

The Pandoras were an all-female rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California in the 1980s, who began in the garage rock style and later adapted a hard rock style bordering on hair metal.

The Pandoras were formed by singer-guitarist Paula Pierce and bassist Gwynne Kahn (the granddaughter of 1920s/1930s Tin Pan Alley songwriter Gus Kahn) in 1981. They were associated with the Paisley Underground era in Hollywood's alternative rock scene, along with bands such as Redd Kross, The Three O' Clock, The Dream Syndicate and The Rain Parade. These bands shared an aesthetic heavily influenced by 1960s garage rock and psychedelia, and most (but not all) of the members tended to come from the West Side and Beach Cities areas of Los Angeles. (Ms. Pierce, a native of Orange County, was a notable exception.)