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Bikini Kill was an American punk rock band, formed in Olympia, Washington, USA in October 1990. Often considered pioneers of the riot grrrl movement, Bikini Kill’s incendiary lyrics, calling for “Revolution Girl Style Now,” helped inspire countless female punk bands of the 1990s and later.
The band was formed at The Evergreen State College by Kathleen Hanna, Kathi Wilcox and Tobi Vail. They began working together on a fanzine called Bikini Kill, and with the addition of Billy Karren, formerly of The Go Team (not to be confused with the current band The Go! Team) on guitar, formed a band of the same name. Hanna, a former stripper, wrote most of the band’s songs and encouraged a female-centered environment at their shows, urging girls to come to the front of the stage and handing out lyric sheets to them.
After an independent demo cassette, Revolution Girl Style Now, Bikini Kill released The Bikini Kill EP on the indie label Kill Rock Stars. Produced by Ian MacKaye of Fugazi, the album began to establish the band’s audience. In 1993, Bikini Kill went to England and began working with Huggy Bear, releasing a joint recording together and touring the UK. The tour was the subject of a documentary film by Lucy Thane entitled It Changed My Life: Bikini Kill In The U.K…
By the following year, riot grrl was receiving constant attention in the media and Bikini Kill were seen as leaders of the movement. At this time the group called for a “media blackout” to be executed by all riot grrrls, since they felt the band and the movement were being misrepresented and commodified.
The band was formed at The Evergreen State College by Kathleen Hanna, Kathi Wilcox and Tobi Vail. They began working together on a fanzine called Bikini Kill, and with the addition of Billy Karren, formerly of The Go Team (not to be confused with the current band The Go! Team) on guitar, formed a band of the same name. Hanna, a former stripper, wrote most of the band’s songs and encouraged a female-centered environment at their shows, urging girls to come to the front of the stage and handing out lyric sheets to them.
After an independent demo cassette, Revolution Girl Style Now, Bikini Kill released The Bikini Kill EP on the indie label Kill Rock Stars. Produced by Ian MacKaye of Fugazi, the album began to establish the band’s audience. In 1993, Bikini Kill went to England and began working with Huggy Bear, releasing a joint recording together and touring the UK. The tour was the subject of a documentary film by Lucy Thane entitled It Changed My Life: Bikini Kill In The U.K…
By the following year, riot grrl was receiving constant attention in the media and Bikini Kill were seen as leaders of the movement. At this time the group called for a “media blackout” to be executed by all riot grrrls, since they felt the band and the movement were being misrepresented and commodified.
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Reject All American
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natiellynatty wrote:
BIG BK!
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leno7 wrote:
greatest band ever!
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mietpistole wrote:
*put*
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-stain- wrote:
Can somome put a bullet through empjori's head?
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haggard666 wrote:
Kinda makes me wonder how Bikini Kill and Anal Cunt both got to be in my top 50.
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ohiogrinder wrote:
I recommend you shut the fuck up
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AntiWarhol wrote:
trolls are bored to death. i recommend a boob job for all of them. or play with your moobs if you are fat. [2]
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ochybabexs wrote:
bikini kill is revolution!!!
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la_de_da wrote:
I ♥ BK
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ohiogrinder wrote:
nice comeback. does Gloria Steinem write your insults?
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Dreadnoiz wrote:
love them!!
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xtakedownedx wrote:
you suck and your metal sucks and your life sucks
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ohiogrinder wrote:
complaining? I'm merely stating the truth. I don't know where you're from (nor do I care, you feminist twat), but where I'm from music like Bikini Kill is complaining in itself. a bunch of women who don't get it (often enough) whining and bitching about male libido and dominance.
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neebatelna wrote:
love them :D who r those weirdos posting here n complaining like babies btw? it's surely time to leave, u freaks ;)
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ohiogrinder wrote:
worst band ever. Anal Cunt was right.
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dogs_whistle wrote:
*troll-troll*
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shellytreepie wrote:
britney's?
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polexiaomg wrote:
I can think of ten bands whose' pages you could get a more amusing reaction out of trolling then this one.
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eternalcowboy2 wrote:
i dont think so btw
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eternalcowboy2 wrote:
would it be inappropriate to call a riot grrrllll Sugar Tits
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