" ...the switch comes two weeks after another country group, the former Lady Antebellum, changed its name to Lady A. That change was accompanied by a social media statement in which Lady A said that the country's recent attempts to reckon with racial justice issues had made the band members' eyes open wide to inequality. "

(BBC - 25 June 2020)


“ A sincere and heartfelt thank you goes out to ‘The Chicks’ of NZ for their gracious gesture in allowing us to share their name. We are honored to co-exist together in the world with these exceptionally talented sisters. Chicks Rock! ”

(Pitchfork - 25 June 2020)







(Big Dixie Chicks fan here , not least because of their ballsy 2003 stand against the US invasion of Iraq.)

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haha dumb move

Aw for goodness sake...!!

What next.... Bjork will be offering 60% off her next album and the Don will be telling us that hair rinse is an alternative for gin!

We might feel similar if we lived in USA right now.
Instead of in our relatively tranquil comfort downunder here.

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Nah, they should've just changed to "Chicksie Dix"  

"I see music as a lifetime affair." [Rory Gallagher]

Jun 27, 2020 16:42:36 GMT 12 foveaux said:

Nah, they should've just changed to "Chicksie Dix"  

Or why not Chixie Dicks?

I'm sure with a bit more thought they could have come up with a better name. Chicks is a little bland for a group who couldn't be accused of that.
The word chick applied to females is rather 1960s.

As a ps saw the NZ Chicks in concert at Ingill Civic theatre about 1967 but don't remember a thing. May have been backed by Max Merritt and the Meteors.

in these super enlightened/woke/pc times, chicks by itself is just as bad ?

nz chicks was suzanne someone ?

Jun 29, 2020 9:59:40 GMT 12 michaelw said:

in these super enlightened/woke/pc times, chicks by itself is just as bad ?

nz chicks was suzanne someone ?

Donaldson sisters, Sue and Judy.
Sue married Bruce Lynch and worked for some time in the UK as a backup singer for the likes of Cat Stevens.

Radio NZ interview on Monday with Emily Strayer (previously Emily Robison) of The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks):

www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018755740/emily-strayer-of-the-chicks-formerly-the-dixie-chicks


(Emily Strayer on the left.)

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The record company didn't get the memo ?