Jersey girl Palmyra Delran pounds out punk at Blue Fin in Monterey with her Los Angeles buddies Bubble Gun.

Palmyra Delran feels like she always has to be on, doing the punk rock thing long after she leaves the stage.

“Sometimes I feel like [punk rock women] have to fight a little harder to get noticed,” says Delran, who was with Pink Slip Daddy and, most notably, the Friggs (she also recorded with The Muffs' Kim Shattuck.) “Growing up, being inspired by all these woman punk rockers I remember thinking, ‘One of these days, it’s not going to be an issue.’”

Delran already had the advantage of packing more punk into a two-minute song than the Ramones’ entire career.

The Friggs (known for giving out carefully plotted door prizes such as half-eaten sandwiches) spray noxious grains of humor into their sarcasm-coated, Velvet Underground-inspired sludginess of “I Thought You Said You Were Going to Kill Yourself” and “I Cringe.” While Delran takes her solo stuff to an even higher octane – fueled by an even louder and noisier guitar engine – her signature brand of memorable hooks soaked in retro garage rock and sassy prose remains intact. Her gritty “You’re My Brian Jones,” off You Are What You Absorb, is a pop-punk anthem that could have been a blueprint for every single song in The Breeders’ catalog.

The Friggs’ story began in 1991 in the overcast wasteland of Camden, New Jersey, with their pleasantly grimy version of the Troggs’ 1970 “Come Now.” It marked the all-girl group’s debut, and six months later, they would sell out their first show, a New Year’s Eve gig at a popular spot for underground music in Philly.

“It was one of my favorite shows ever, for sure,” Delran remembers.

The Friggs released one full-length record, Rock Candy, in 1997 to rave reviews, which led to opening slots for Cheap Trick and Beck. But while the Friggs were done by 2000 and Delran embarked on a solo career, the myth of the Friggs never went away: Their 2008 reunion show at the Mercury Lounge in New York City brought out E-Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, a longtime fan.

“[Van Zandt] asked if we were going to stay together now,” Delran says. “I said, ‘I don’t think so, but I have a solo record coming out,’ and he said, ‘I want that record.’”

Not only did he dig her record, She Digs the Ride, as much as the Friggs, he featured it on his nationally-syndicated radio show Little Steven’s Garage.

“[Van Zandt] gives outcast musicians a chance,” Delran says. “He’s supportive of women and he’s been a champion of my stuff for years and I’m grateful.”

PALMYRA DELRAN and BUBBLE GUN 10pm Friday, Feb. 21. Blue Fin, Steinbeck Plaza, 685 Cannery Row, Monterey. $10. 717-4280.