I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.

She wrote "Can't Stop the World" on the Go-Go's debut album and co-wrote the hit singles "Vacation" and "Head Over Heels" which appeared on subsequent releases. After the Go-Go's disbanded Valentine played guitar in the World's Cutest Killers with former Girlschool guitarist Kelly Johnson The BlueBonnets and The Delphines. See also
Music of Austin
Eric Johnson.

In 2005 Kathy Valentine released a solo recording Light Years that Kathy Valentine co-produced wrote arranged and performed the guitar and vocal tracks. After the Go-Go's disbanded Valentine played guitar in the World's Cutest Killers with former Girlschool guitarist Kelly Johnson The BlueBonnets and The Delphines. She now resides in her hometown of Austin with her husband and young daughter.