Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Riot Grrrl Active: 90's Formed: October 1990 in Olympia, WA
Huggy Bear, Suture, Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, Team Dresch, Excuse 17, Sleater-Kinney, Julia Cafritz, Autoclave, The Butchies, Babes in Toyland, Free Kitten, Mecca Normal, Lydia Lunch, L7, Brassy The Dials, The Violents, The Moves, Selby Tigers, The Shondes, Beezus, Sarge, Short Round, Sleater-Kinney, Walking Bicycles, Viva la Foxx, Valeze, We Start Fires, Mika Miko, Jack Off Jill, The Phantom Pregnancies, The Gossip, The Soviettes, Ikara Colt |  |
The point band of the early-'90s riot grrrl movement, Olympia, WA's Bikini Kill exploded onto the male-dominated indie rock scene by fusing the visceral power of punk with the impassioned ideals of feminism. Calling for "Revolution Girl Style Now," the group's fiercely polemical and anthemic music helped give rise to a newly empowered generation of women in rock, presaging the dominance female artists would enjoy throughout the decade.
Bikini Kill formed in the late '80s at Olympia's liberal Evergreen College, where students Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, and Kathi Wilcox first teamed to publish a feminist fanzine, also dubbed ~Bikini Kill.
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Release: August 19, 2008
Label: Kill Rock Stars
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Release: May 26, 1998
Label: Kill Rock Stars
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