The Gits were led by the phenomenal Mia Zapata. They were on their way to big things when she was tragically r*ped and murdered while walking home in 1993. The band broke up afterwards and unfortunately her r*pe and murder went unsolved for a decade. This is “Second Skin” (https://tinyurl.com/bddcf2zz) / No Strobe: (https://tinyurl.com/yc67czfu) from their first 1992 album “Frenching the Bully” (https://tinyurl.com/r4xu3uh9)
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Los Angeles’s L7 is known for their in your face music & performances .“Shove” (https://tinyurl.com/yc2cbtrc) / No Strobe: (https://tinyurl.com/37f7ht2p) is from 1990’s “Smell the Magic” (https://tinyurl.com/59bksd9x). They broke up for 13yrs in 2001 but as of 2014 they are back and on the road w/most of their original lineup (Drummer Demetra Plakas didn’t join until 1989). Their recent album is 2019’s “Scatter the Rats” (https://tinyurl.com/3benp46d)
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7 Year Bitch was an undeniably influential hard edged riot grrl band. “Hip Like Junk” (https://tinyurl.com/25n9k4h2) / No Strobe: (https://tinyurl.com/yhwx2576) is from their 1994 debut album “¡Viva Zapata!” (https://tinyurl.com/ms75nkv6) which was compiled in conjunction with the band’s general feminist activism and in memory of the late Mia Zapata from The Gits, who they were close with. As with their name, the band broke up after 7yrs in 1997.
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Hole was primarily the work of guitarist-songwriters Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson. “Violet” (https://tinyurl.com/3je4j979) / No Strobe: (https://tinyurl.com/ytpztd28) is from their 1994 album “Live Through This” (https://tinyurl.com/3ufx2j9z) which was released in the wake of Love’s husband’s death by suicide and a mere 2 months before bassist Kristen Pfaff’s fatal drug overdose. The band finally broke up in 2016 BUT are trying to reunite (?)
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Minneapolis’s Babes in Toyland were one of the first riot grrl bands to gain a national audience. “Bruise Violet” (https://tinyurl.com/3sykh7k3) / No Strobe: (https://tinyurl.com/2p9n2kf2) is from their album “Fontanelle” (https://tinyurl.com/yc3rfz5t). Unfortunately infighting & drugs left the band on an on/off basis from their late 1980s inception to their 2001 breakup. They reunited in 2014 but similar issues led to their final 2020 breakup
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Hammerbox was a rather short lived band whose members went on to be members of A LOT of band from the PNW in the 90s into the late 00s. “Trip” (https://tinyurl.com/mvjya7j) / No Strobe: (https://tinyurl.com/m5raakj3) is from their final studio album “Numb” (https://tinyurl.com/yrws7t2w).
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Lazy Susan was led by singer-songwriter Kim Virant. Unfortunately the band fell apart due to external pressures from multiple broken record deals. “Scarlet Letter” (https://tinyurl.com/2pky5wnz) / No Strobe: (https://tinyurl.com/yc85t54u) is from their final studio album “Sink”. Virant went on to be a local session musician and street-level activist.
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“Big Black Marble Eyes” (https://tinyurl.com/mcf2z443) / No Strobe: (https://tinyurl.com/ezyzufhp) is by MaxiBadd who quickly changed their name to The Danger Gens. This is from only studio album “Life Between Cigarettes”. Members of the band would go on to found a feminist self defense program in the PNW called “Home Alive” in the wake of the murder of Mia Zapata and devote their time to feminist and child safety activism.
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Grunge and Riot Grrl music wasn’t just an American phenomenon: Stockholm, Sweden’s Drain STH was a more hard rock take on the genre but I think “Serve the Shame” (https://tinyurl.com/mwby4dct) / No Strobe: (https://tinyurl.com/yc5r9r2w) from their first studio album album “Horror Wrestling” (https://tinyurl.com/3ww7r6rj) was one of the songs that got the band to tour internationally nonstop until their breakup in 2000
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One of the first grunge bands was the Kim Warnick and Lili Gargiulo fronted Fastbacks. A bit more pop-punk than the more metal influenced bands that followed. “Impatience” (https://tinyurl.com/54uad7fn) / No Strobe (https://tinyurl.com/3uwpa5us) is from their 1992 album “The Question is No” (https://tinyurl.com/msnnwsna). One of the most prolific and long lived grunge bands, they broke up in 2002.
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Southern California’s The Muffs were led by singer and guitarist Kim Shattuck. The band would breakup in 1999, 2004 and 2019, respectively. “Lucky Guy” (https://tinyurl.com/43nr8m9a) / No Strobe: (https://tinyurl.com/3zn4su7t) is from their self titled debut album (https://tinyurl.com/5n6esu23). The bands final album was 2019’s “No Holiday” (https://tinyurl.com/zzm898d3) was released after Kim Shattuck’s passing due to ALS at age 56.
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Bikini Kill is one of most revered and influential riot grrl bands of all time led by “The Punk Singer” herself Kathleen Hanna. “Rebel Girl” (https://tinyurl.com/38ky886y) / No Strobe (https://tinyurl.com/baer9pxd) is their iconic feminist anthem according to Rolling Stone Magazine is one of the greatest songs of all time. The band has reunited a few times after their initial 1997 breakup including a tour in 2024.
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London’s own Wolf Alice is led by Ellie Rowsell. “Moaning Lisa Smile” (https://tinyurl.com/mffyjrz8) / No Strobe (https://tinyurl.com/728u6u2x) is from their 2014 EP “Creature Songs”. Their most recent album is the phenomenal “Blue Weekend” from 2021 (Album: https://tinyurl.com/3y6vsbrb) / Movie: https://tinyurl.com/y4y4392a)
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