Mary Monday

Mary Elizabeth Inman Monday (2 May 1945 - 30 April 1988) was an American punk singer, who released one single, 'I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie / Popgun', in 1977. Her backing group were called The Bitches. She had lived in Alaska for the last six years of her life. Very little information is on the internet about her life and it is not known what she died of. 
==Links to Peel==
Peel played both sides of Mary Monday and her group's only release many times on his shows. After his death, it was found that he had a copy of her single in his record box.
==Shows Played==
;1978
*21 August 1978: Popgun (b-side 'I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie 7") Malicious Productions
*29 August 1978: Popgun (b-side of 7" I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
*19 September 1978: Popgun (single – I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions (JP: “Seems to be a bit of a shortage of good rowdy records like that these days. A little less guitar and a little bit more of Monday, Mary Monday, would have satisfied me, but there you are. A great record I think.”)
*04 October 1978: Popgun (single - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions (JP: "And that's a very wonderful record I think.")
*10 November 1978: Popgun (single - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions 
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*05 December 1979: Popgun (b-side 'I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie 7") Malicious Productions
;1980
*29 April 1980: Popgun (7") Malicious
*02 September 1980: Pop Gun (7" – I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
;1982
*18 January 1982: Pop Gun (single - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie b-side) Malicious Productions
;1988
*28 November 1988: Popgun (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie / Popgun) Malicious Productions
;1994
*08 October 1994: Popgun (7” - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
;2001
*02 January 2001: 'I Gave My Punk Jacket To Ricky' Compilation CD: HEAR This) Sub City
*02 January 2001: 'Pop Gun' (7" - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie) Malicious Productions
*07 January 2001 (BFBS): 'I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie (Compilation CD-H.E.A.R. This)' (Sub City) (JP: 'She always sounded to me like something out of a John Waters film...when I was listening to that, I thought, yeah I remember playing that on the radio, certainly remember playing it on BFBS, but then I thought to meself, wasn't it the other side that was the track that used to get played most frequently? I went to get the record and indeed it was.')
*07 January 2001 (BFBS): Popgun (7"-I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie)' (Malicious Productions)
== See Also ==
*Sounds
==External Links==
*Punk Girl Diaries
*Discogs
Category:Artists