Practically as much of Tacoma institution as bad streets and Frisko Freeze, Girl Trouble has been performing for nearly 30 years. The group, consisting of Kurt P. Kendall on vocals, Bon Von Wheelie on drums, Kahuna on guitar, and Dale Phillips on bass has consistently produced rockabilly influenced garage and punk since their first performance in 1984. By keeping to their do-it-yourself mentality and instilling their music with ferocious energy, they managed to make it through grunge (and basically every other potentially questionable music movement) unscathed.

They've provided support and influence to the Tacoma music scene, including taking in 15 year old Neko Case who can be seen go-go dancing on stage with Girl Trouble in the "My Hometown" video around 2:50. They even wrote the below song "Neko Loves Rock 'N' Roll" about her. In addition, they opened for the Sonics reunion at the Paramount, won a lawsuit against a pay-to-play company in Ohio, and played their own show outside Marymoor park after being snubbed by the Subpop twentieth anniversary party in 2008, despite having contributed to the Sub Pop 20 compilation that gave the label its first legs.

Though they may be the self proclaimed "slowest-moving band in show business," I have a feeling Girl Trouble isn't going anywhere. If you're interested in catching them in the future, be sure to check out their official facebook and website.