Pretty in Punk
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 
(Rhino)
Made in 1981, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains offered a fictional alternative to rock’s boys’ club, with the Stains—a no-nonsense female punk trio (including a young Diane Lane and Laura Dern) that sneered like the guys (their mantra: “We don’t put out!”) and wore sheer, glam-y getups straight out of Ziggy Stardust’s closet. But the world wasn’t ready; the film never got a wide release. Nearly three decades later, after building up a sizable cult audience, it’s finally coming out on home video. The movie features Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols and Paul Simonon of the Clash, but it’s worth it for Lane alone: Her performance as a chain-smoking ne’er-do-well smarts like a stiletto-heel kick to the teeth.
