“Fanny: The Right to Rock” – End game [MOVIE REVIEW]
Wild Honey, soon to be Fanny, performing in the Millington garage in “Fanny.” Photo courtesy of Film Movement. “Fanny: the Right to Rock” chronicles the rise and fall of one of the best bands you’ve never heard of. Looking for a way both to fit in and to stand out in high school, Jean and June Millington, Filipina Americans, decided that hard rock was their ticket to ride. Jean, on bass, and June on guitar garnered plenty of attention in their home town of Sacramento during the sixties. Soon their duo grew to a trio with the addition of drummer friend Brie Darling, another Filipina American, and they had the start of a band that grew out of their garage to gigs along the coast. Called the Svelts, they added guitarist Addie Clement and drummer Alice de Buhr who replaced Brie when she got pregnant. The Svelts morphed into “Wild Honey” and off they went. Getting noticed by a record label was another thing entirely, compounded by the fact that these were girls in a boys’ world. Rock groups often had a girl singer, sometimes even a girl instrumentalist, but an all girl group? Never. But they just wanted to play, and play they did. The stars were shining brightly when they played an…
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