Mad Cave Preview: 'GROUPIES' Trade Paperback

About Groupies

A sexy, fem-focused look at the dark underside of music fandom, informed by Mullane’s research on the real women labeled “groupies” and illustrated by one of the industry’s top artists!

Celebrated filmmaker Helen Mullane teams up with superstar artist Tula Lotay for sex, drugs, and rock and roll on the Sunset Strip! On a wild night out at the Fox Club, the coolest, hottest, and wildest girls on (or off) the Strip meet the edgiest up-and-coming band in town, and sparks fly. The Moon Show’s stardom is about to rise as they celebrate getting signed to the legendary Asmodeus Records. As the story unfolds, the excited groupies head on tour with the band – living the dream – but their tuned-in and dropped-out idyll is about to unravel. Something dark is pulling the strings, and the girls are about to discover the true cost of rock and roll.

Writer Helen Mullane on Groupies:

“Groupies is such a personal book, growing as it does out of mine and Lisa’s shared love of classic horror, passion for music, and fascination with that weird cognitive dissonance that’s an essential part of being a woman in the world. I’m a huge fan of media that is very pulp, very lurid, but still has a strong point of view, and that’s what we’re striving for with this book.

Groupies explores the darkest excesses of rock and roll through the eyes of the girls who give their all to the bands they love. It felt important to give each girl her say, her chance to share her point of view. Just like anyone else, Groupies contain multitudes, and our story is about love and hate and jealousy and friendship, just as much as it’s about banging rock stars.

It’s so exciting to be working with Mad Cave on the print release of the book, to give the readers a chance to truly luxuriate in Tula Lotay’s gloriously woozy, sexy art. We’ve got some awesome extra content planned that’s going to add even more dimensions to our plugged-in, dropped-out world.”