'We're Yorkshire's real Riot Women musicians'

Erin Hyde sings in punk band Nervous Twitch

From Kate Rusby to Kiki Dee, Self Esteem and Corinne Bailey Rae, Yorkshire has produced hundreds of musicians.

Now Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright has penned a drama about five middle-aged women who form a makeshift punk rock band in Hebden Bridge, called Riot Women.

Ahead of the show's release later this year, we speak to some of Yorkshire's female punk stars and real "riot women".

Sarah Griffiths is one half of Duck

Sarah Griffiths, 54, is one half of Duck, a Sheffield-based synth-punk band.

She says she's really looking forward to seeing how Wainwright has written about the Yorkshire punk music scene.

"Sally Wainwright is brilliant - obviously I love Happy Valley. So it's in good hands.

"I'm looking at the cast list, which looks amazing, but also they seem like a similar age to me, so I'm curious to see how that plays out.

"But I'm wondering how relatable it's going to be and whether these issues are going to come up."

Ms Griffiths has been in bands since she was 14 but says she's had more success in her 40s and 50s.

"Since being in my 40s, I've had records out on other labels, which was a very difficult thing to do before. So that's quite heartening.

"I had a small break when I had a young family and my kids were very young. I was in someone else's band for a bit, just trying to sort of keep my hand in and then we formed Duck when I was in my 40s."

Alongside writing and recording music, Ms Griffiths also organises gigs in Sheffield.

"We put gigs on with a lot of other people and we'll never have an all-male line up for example. Or we'll give a chance to a new all-female band."

She says representation is key - especially for women.

"You've got to be able to see it. If you don't see women on stage playing instruments, shouting, you know, all those things that aren't considered feminine, if you don't see that, you're not going to feel confident to do it yourself."

Tiger Island band members Penny Brazier and Kath Hartley returned to music after a gap in their 30s

Erin Hyde, 38, plays bass, drums and sings in Leeds punk band Nervous Twitch. She has played with the band for 10 years and they have just recorded a new album.

"I secretly wanted to join a band but never thought it was for me," she says.

"I never thought I had it in me, so when I got asked to join on the drums I was thinking I would probably just do it for like a week or so.

"More than 10 years later I now sing in my band and I am a songwriter as well."

Ms Hyde moved to Leeds in 2007 to study art at university. She met her partner and decided to stay in the city.

She says the Leeds music scene is great for musicians and fans because of the variety of venues and its association with her own genre: post-punk.

"There is a healthy scene but it's not just a touring city for huge fans. You've got smaller gig venues, then you've got venues like Brudenell, which is always a perfect opportunity for a band at my level because it gives us the opportunity to be able to support someone and play to a bigger crowd.

"Whereas we might not get that if we were just a city that had the bigger venues like the O2."

Penny Brazier and Kath Hartley have been playing in Tiger Island for five years

Penny Brazier, 44 and Kath Hartley, 41, are members of Tiger Island - a garage rock band with members in Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield.

Both women have played in bands throughout their lives, starting as teenagers, taking a break in their early 30s and now coming back to music in their early 40s.

They agree it's a fairly common trend for women in bands.

Kath says: "I definitely missed doing something creative and I think you miss the camaraderie of being in a band and around other musicians.

"It's not just about playing music, it's getting to go and watch loads of other people play music and feel inspired. I missed being part of that scene."

Penny says music has helped her maintain an identity separate from being a mother, especially during her children's younger years.

"Music is so valuable for me, and when I don't have that in my life, I struggle a bit.

"I've got two little boys now and I've become very consumed with my identity as a mother.

"Being able to go and stand in rehearsal room, make loads of noise or stand on a stage and be somebody playing a really loud guitar, for me that is amazing. It gives me part of my identity that I might have lost otherwise."

She says the trend of seeing young people and older people on stage - with a gap of those in the 30s - is something she's also seen in the demographic of listeners.

"I went to a gig on Monday night but it was noticeable to me that there were lots of really young people there and a lot older people there. And the bit in the middle was kind of missing.

"I don't know what that phenomenon is. Maybe you call it a midlife crisis. Maybe it's just realising what matters to them.

"There were lots of reasons where you get to that kind of early 30s stage where people start to have other priorities. But then you hit 40 and you realise just how much you're missing music."

Mary McKay plays drums in three bands

Mary McKay is in three bands: Ladies Nite, a synth pop band, The Networks with her 10-year-old son, and indie-rock band Pifco.

She began as a student in 1997 playing drums and more than 25 years later she still loves it.

Being in a band as a mum in her 40s has changed how she views playing.

"My son is 10 now. When he was first born, it was harder," she says.

"Me and my husband used to play together in the cellar while he was having his nap upstairs with the baby monitor down there.

"But then it was harder to do gigs when it was the two of us playing together, we'd have to get a babysitter to do the gigs."

It's a trend that has continued, Mary says, with fewer people wanting "to go out and drink four pints on a weeknight and watch three bands that they've never heard of with their mates".

The plus side of playing in your 40s, she says, is being able to find focus more easily.

"I'm a lot more strategic about trying to write music. I don't spend a lot of time waiting for the inspiration to strike," she says.

"I tend to be a bit more a bit more organised. I think: 'Right, I've got an hour here to do this. Or an hour there to do that. Let's get on with it. Get some songs written.'"

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