Riot grrrl is an underground feminist punk movement that began during the early 1990s within the United States in Olympia, Washington, and the greater...
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The following is a list of notable bands associated with riot grrrl from the early 1990s to the present, mainly in the United States and United Kingdom...
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Kathleen Hanna (category Riot grrrl musicians)
1968) is an American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. In the early-to-mid-1990s, she was the...
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Third-wave feminism (section Riot grrrl)
flourished. In addition, third-wave feminism is traced to the emergence of the riot grrrl feminist punk subculture in Olympia, Washington, in the early 1990s. As...
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Punk rock (section Riot grrrl)
riot grrrl scenes, cofounded the indie/punk band Sleater-Kinney in 1994. Bikini Kill's lead singer, Kathleen Hanna, the iconic figure of riot grrrl,...
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Punk zine (section Riot Grrrl zines)
Homocore. The queercore zines influenced the Riot Grrrl zines of the late 1980s and 1990s, as well. The "Riot Grrrl" movement emerged from the punk scene in...
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Tobi Vail (category Riot grrrl musicians)
and today are largely credited (along with Bratmobile) with starting riot grrrl, a movement that merged do it yourself (DIY) punk culture with feminism...
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Bikini Kill (category Riot grrrl bands)
bassist Kathi Wilcox, and drummer Tobi Vail. The band pioneered the riot grrrl movement, with feminist lyrics and fiery performances. Their music is...
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Zine (section 1990s and riot grrrl)
introduced the Riot Grrrl Manifesto in their second issue as a way of establishing space. Zinesters Erika Reinstein and May Summer founded the Riot Grrrl Press...
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Le Tigre (category Riot grrrl bands)
pronunciation: [lə tiɡʁ]; French for "The Tiger") is an American art punk and riot grrrl band formed by Kathleen Hanna (of Bikini Kill), Johanna Fateman and Sadie...
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Punk subculture (section Riot grrrl)
out of the riot grrrl movement explored issues of queer identity, contributing to the queercore subculture. The queercore and riot grrrl subcultures...
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Women in punk rock (section Riot Grrrl)
and 1980s persevered into the 1990s via the Riot grrrl movement in the Olympia, Washington area. Riot Grrrl addressed more than the sexism of punk culture...
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Heavens to Betsy (category Riot grrrl bands)
guitarist Corin Tucker and drummer Tracy Sawyer. The duo were part of the DIY riot grrrl, punk rock underground, and were Tucker's first band before she co-formed...
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Corin Tucker (category Riot grrrl musicians)
Tucker’s place in rock history is already set in stone, and her work in the riot grrrl era is pretty much peerless, thanks to the muscular guitar style, otherworldly...
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Bratmobile (category Riot grrrl bands)
formed in 1991. They are known for being one of the first-generation "riot grrrl" bands. The band was influenced by several eclectic musical styles, including...
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Mimi Thi Nguyen (section Riot Grrrl)
the Riot Grrrl movement as one that is important and yet problematic. In her essay "Riot Grrrl, Race, and Revival", Nguyen discusses the work the Riot Grrrl...
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Music of Washington (state) (section Riot grrrl)
1990s-present) Bangs, riot grrrl/punk rock (1997–2004, 2010) Beat Happening, indie/twee/noise pop/lo-fi (1982–1992) Bikini Kill, riot grrrl (1990–1997, 2017...
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the speed, heaviness and attitude of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and riot grrrl with electronic music such as hardcore techno, gabber, jungle, drum and...
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Critics commonly categorise the band's music as electro-punk, nu metal, and riot grrrl. The band, their 2022 Enter Shikari collaboration "The Void Stares Back"...
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known for their melding of grunge with shoegaze, as well as their DIY and riot grrrl-inspired ethics. The band's most recent EP, Heaven, was released on May...
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Destroy Boys (category Riot grrrl bands)
punk rock, garage punk, hardcore punk, garage rock, rock and roll and riot grrrl. They cite influences including 1980s punk rock bands like Operation Ivy...
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Women in music (section Riot Grrrl)
with Riot Grrrl Day – we made a playlist to celebrate". SheKnows Media. Retrieved 7 April 2018. Feliciano, Steve (19 June 2013). "The Riot Grrrl Movement"...
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have described Pottymouth as a classic riot grrrl album. NME said that the album "helped to refine what riot grrrl was all about—namely, shunning academia...
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Feminism in culture (section Riot grrrl movement)
music scene, riot grrrl is also a subculture; zines, the DIY ethic, art, political action, and activism are part of the movement. Riot grrrls hold meetings...
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by a wide variety of genres, from Wall of Sound, Motown to no wave and riot grrrl. The album reached the top 10 on the charts in the UK and Germany, and...
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L7 (band) (category Proto-riot grrrl bands)
L7 has, at times, been linked to riot grrrl; although they preceded and are outliers of both the grunge and riot grrrl movements. L7 has been supportive...
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Kathi Wilcox (category Riot grrrl musicians)
throughout the '90s and is considered one of the definitive bands of the riot grrrl movement. Wilcox's other musical projects include the Frumpies with Vail...
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Joan Jett (category Proto-riot grrrl bands)
Kane. The press touted Jett as the "Godmother of Punk" and the "Original Riot Grrrl". In 1994, the Blackhearts released the well-received Pure and Simple...
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having grown out of the riot grrrl movement, and has recently been seen in current fourth-wave feminist punk music. Riot grrrl bands often address issues...
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volume." Grunge was also closely linked with Riot Grrrl, an underground feminist punk movement. Riot Grrrl pioneer and Bikini Kill frontwoman Kathleen...
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