Long before the word “groupie” became a label to define a specific archetype of woman associated with rock gods and promiscuous sex, there was the “vamp,” an alternative archetype of film long past. The vamp was seductive, and she was theatrical. Everything from her movements to her makeup was excessive, and irresistibly dangerous. The vamp did not fit comfortably into the traditional image femininity. She knew she was beautiful, and something to be desired, and this knowledg

No Other arrived in 1974 with an extravagant sound and mysterious image during a time when music was moving away from the traditional folk-country sound of the late sixties, favouring hard and blues rock. The album seemed deliberately out of step with its time, with Gene Clark sewing together an impossibly elaborate tapestry of gospel choirs, steel pedals and orchestral arrangements backed by soul rhythms and spiritual searching.