The early seventies in London was a time of leftist ideals and women's liberation in rock music. It was the beginning of punk rock, and Barbara Gogan felt the pull of this musical revolution from a very early age. Leaving her Noyers-sur-Jabron commune in France, the 18-year-old Gogan moved into a London squat and became forever known as one of the founding members of punk rock in the London band The Derelicts. In the post-punk '80s, Gogan's bandmates changed, as did her music. She fronted the London band The Passions, had two chart-topping singles, and will forever retain her pop-star status with legions of fans. The hit single, "I'm in Love with a German Film Star," appeared most recently on a 1999 Rhino Records release titled The Postpunk Chronicles Vols. 1-3. Here, Gogan's work is alongside those of such bands as REM, Joy Division, and Echo and the Bunnymen. In the technologically driven '90s, Gogan paired up with electronic composer He...