Description of Riot Grrrl
The Riot Grrrl movement of the 1990s melded Punk music with confrontational feminist lyrics and themes. Largely spawned from the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S. (Olympia, Washington in particular), the most influential and best-known of the original Riot Grrrl bands -- Bikini Kill and Bratmobile -- set their radically feminist agendas to scathing Punk-influenced music. The music never quite reached mainstream ears, but has nonetheless made serious inroads into the fabric of the '90s Indie Rock and Punk scenes, most notably in the critically lauded second generation Riot Grrrl trio Sleater-Kinney. Veteran rock 'n' roller Joan Jett has been widely cited as being the original Riot Grrrl, although many have incorrectly placed Hole's Courtney Love and P.J. Harvey in the milieu.
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7 Year Bitch
Singer Selene Vigil, guitarist
Stefanie Sargent and
drummer Valerie Agnew
first played in a band called
Barbie's Dream Car. Bassis...
Bikini Kill
With their fanzines and 1991
debut release, Bikini Kill
helped launch the Riot Grrrl
movement within Punk.
Following their break-up,...
God Is My Co-Pilot
This New York outfit
specialize in
discombobulated Post-Punk,
finding the correlation
between No Wave and Eu...
Sleater-Kinney
Impassioned lyrics woven
from intricate vocal
harmonies create
everything from Riot Grrrl
fury to Twee Sweetness....