Stiff Gins

Stiff Gins
Origin	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	World folk acoustic
Years active	1999 (1999)–present
Labels	Sony Didgeridoo
Associated acts	The Black Arm Band
Website	stiffgins.net
Members	Nardi Simpson Kaleena Briggs
Past members	Emma Donovan Sieni Taumeopeau

Stiff Gins are an Indigenous Australian band from Sydney. They call their music "acoustic with harmonies" and are regularly compared to Tiddas. The band was formed by Emma Donovan, Nardi Simpson and Kaleena Briggs in 1999, after meeting at the Eora Centre while studying music. The band's name uses the word gin (a derogatory word for Aboriginal woman which was also a Dharug word for woman/wife) with the word stiff to become strong black woman, a name which caused debate about use of the word gin.

The band won Deadlys in 2000 for Most Promising New Talent and in 2001 for Single Release "Morning Star".

Davis, Therese (2006). "'The Spirit, the Heart and the Power': An Interview with the 'Stiff Gins' on Music, Friendship and History". Aboriginal History. 30: 111–123. 

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