This new documentary about The Go-Go's proves they "still got the beat."

I remember watching Fast Times at Ridgemont High when I was 12, and there were two things from that movie that I will never forget: Phobe Cates' jaw-dropping scene and The Go-Go's signature song We Got the Beat, which was used in the opening sequence.

Beauty and the Beat, the group's first studio album, was one of the most successful debut albums of all time. It stayed on top of the Billboard charts for six straight weeks, earned them a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, and made music history as the first album by an all-female band to hit No. 1.

Their story is being told in a new documentary feature simply called The Go-Go's, directed by Alison Ellwood and premiering on Showtime next month. Ahead of the film's release, the band will drop their first new recording in 19 years, Club Zero, out July 31st.

Check out the trailer below.

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