Period Pains

For the pains associated with menstruation, see Dysmenorrhea.

Period Pains were a British all-female indie punk band formed in 1996. They gained attention in 1997 after releasing the single "Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?)". They then recorded a session for John Peel, which was subsequently released as an EP.^[1]

Period Pains
Origin	Reading, Berkshire, England
Genres	Indie rock, punk, riot grrrl
Years active	1996–1997
Labels	Damaged Goods
Past members	Chloe Alper Felicity Aldridge Laura Warwick Magda Przybylski Laura Viney

They opened the Reading Festival in 1997 on the Dr. Marten's Stage.^[2]

Chloe Alper went on to co-found Pure Reason Revolution. Felicity Aldridge moved into film production working for director/producer Nick Weschler.^[3]

Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?)

"Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?)"
Single by Period Pains
Released	18 July 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Pop punk, riot grrrl
Length	1:44
Label	Damaged Goods
Songwriter(s)	Chloe Alper, Felicity Aldridge
Period Pains singles chronology
"Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?)" (1997) "BBC Sessions" (1997)

The band achieved notoriety in 1997 after releasing the single "Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?)", a play on the Spice Girls' single title. The track was an attack on what they saw as the Spice Girls' shallow attitudes, and was heavily plugged by John Peel and Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 1. The UK's tabloid newspapers also picked up on the band.^[4] As a result, it made the UK Singles Chart at number 87 in late August 1997 with practically no advertising,^[5] and was number 4 in Peel's annual end-of-year Festive Fifty.^[6]

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[7]	87

Discography

Singles and EPs

• "Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?" (Damaged Goods, 1997) [#87, UK Singles Chart], condensed chart (3-track single)
• BBC Sessions (Damaged Goods, 1997) (5-track Peel Session EP)

Compilation Appearances

• "Daddy, I Want a Pony" on And The Rest Is History (Zerox, 1997) (LP/CD compilation inc. Kenickie, Helen Love, Symposium, Midget, Bellatrix, Disco Pistol, etc.)