How do you prevent a musical about a trio of musically-challenged sisters who sing awful songs from being musically-challenged itself? That’s the tightrope tread by creators Joy Gregory, Gunnar Madsen ...

The Shaggs‘ ramshackle 1969 debut album, the outsider art cult classic Philosophy of the World, is getting a vinyl reissue via the good people at Light in the Attic which will be out September 9. The ...

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In Bed with My Brother’s raucous but rigorous piece inspired by girl band the Shaggs There’s an admirable transgressiveness to In Bed with My Brother’s theatre. Following Tricky Second Album, inspired ...

In 1969, the small New Hampshire town of Fremont still felt like the 1950s. Most of the families went to church and the ham-and-bean suppers. Some of the boys were letting their hair grow, but not ...

In early August, indie label Light in the Attic announced that the improbable story of the Shaggs would have yet another chapter. Forty-seven years after its release, their Philosophy of the ...

The Shaggs barely registered a footnote in rock 'n' roll history books until the sister act's lone 1969 recording started earning holy grail status from outsider-music aficionados during the last two ...

The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World has had 1 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 2011. What awards has The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World been nominated for? Outstanding Book of a ...

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Compelled by prophecy, a desperate father forces his misfit daughters out of school and into the recording studio. The Shaggs have been called “better than the Beatles,” “the worst band ever,” ...