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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Bad Cop/Bad Cop is an American riot grrrl band from San Pedro, California, United States. They are currently under contract with Fat Wreck Chords. Bassist...
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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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concerts. On the whole, Riot Grrrl was closely linked to Western cultural institutions, whose equivalents don't exist in Russia. Pussy Riot used situationist-style...
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hardcore, post-hardcore and nu metal. Their music makes use of elements of riot grrrl, heavy metal, dubstep, screamo, pop, electronic and hip hop music. NME...
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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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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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like Japanese pop music. They said that they are “influenced by western Riot Grrrl attitudes and the sounds of punk and angular post-rock”. The band mentioned...
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Sleater-Kinney (category Riot grrrl bands)
harmonica, and vocals) in 2019. Sleater-Kinney originated as part of the riot grrrl movement and has become a key part of the American indie rock scene. The...
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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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K Records (section Riot Grrl movement)
music and indie rock, the DIY label is regarded as one of the pioneers of riot grrrl movement and the second wave of American punk in the 1990s. Calvin Johnson...
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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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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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