Leanne Garner Fiona Garner Kate Turley Meriam "Mim" Mohammad Charlotte Fendek
21st Century Girls were a teenage
all-female band founded in 1996 in
Dudley,
West Midlands,
UK. Previously called She Devil, the band originally consisted of singer Leanne Garner, her sister Fiona Garner on bass, guitarists Kate Turley and Meriam "Mim" Mohammad, and drummer Charlotte Fendek. Fendek later left the band, and Mohammad moved onto drums.[citation needed] In 1999, the band (then aged 14–16 years) were the first signing to
Simon Fuller's
19 Recordings.[1] After a big publicity campaign the band released their debut single, "21st Century Girls", in June 1999.[2][3] The single reached number 16 on the
UK Singles Chart.[4]
The band disbanded after they were dropped by their record company in 2000.[5]