Riot Girrrrrrl bands

[Nibble]

Prog on the wireless, R4, about the 90's band movement. God, they really were awful weren't they?!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Kathleen Hanna was hot though.

 

[Grombleton]

Some of the bands were pretty good - Sleater-Kinney, Jack Off Jill to name two...it'll never go down as the greatest movement in history, but there was some good songs in the middle of the crap.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

A friend of a friend was in Huggy Bear.

A few of us went to see them live. They were 'our' Riot Grrrrl (no i in Grrrl, pedant alert) band, being based in Brighton.

Unfortunately they were shit.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

L7 were great !!

 

[crasher]

Prog on the wireless, R4, about the 90's band movement. God, they really were awful weren't they?!

Sleater Kinney were good. Otherwise, I think you may be right.

 

[Nibble]

Yes Sleater Kinney were good. L7 were apalling but often got their fannies out in the name of feminism. Watch out for flyimg jamrags though. Any genre that gave us Courteny Love should be wiped from the annals of time.

 

[Grombleton]

Yes Sleater Kinney were good. L7 were apalling but often got their fannies out in the name of feminism. Watch out for flyimg jamrags though. Any genre that gave us Courteny Love should be wiped from the annals of time.

I agree about Courtney Love, but i think she's distanced herself from the movement as she thought the music was crap, among other reasons. An annoying bint though.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

I f***ing love Sleater-Kinney, their first album at least, been to see them a couple of times.

 

[Insel affe]

I f***ing love Sleater-Kinney, their first album at least, been to see them a couple of times.

This

 

[Superphil]

L7 were great !!

Indeed, was listening to them this morning, Bite the Wax Tadpole (the literal translation of Coca Cola in Chineese apparently).

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Do music fanzines still exist? Couldn't go to watch certain bands at that time without everyone trying to sell you a fanzine.

 

[Nibble]

Yeah, you can get zines still. I used to make one called Cooking Rice for a couple of years in themid 90's. My favourite was Craphound.

Crap Hound -- seminal clipart zine -- is back! - Boing Boing

 

[Big_Unit]

L7 were great !!

I saw them at The Leadmill in Sheffield in the mid-90s - they were utterly mental. Great night.

 

[tinycowboy]

I saw Huggy Bear, Blood Sausage, Mambo Taxis, and the Voodoo Queens. Loved them all, especially photocopied rants inserted inside the sleeves of 7" singles. Never got to see SK. Most of the music doesn't stand the test of time that well, but it was all about attitude and energy. Is it inappropriate of me to say I found girls wearing hairclips very acceptable? Would be interested in buying a book about the scene - I'm sure a lot of it went over my head...

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

I listened to a CD by Brassy the other day which was a 90s band. Not strictly Riot Girl but I enjoyed it.

 

[The Modfather]

Huggy Bear were acceptable. The rest were appalling

 

[rosscrudos]

Riot Grrrl and the fanzines was the first thing that got me into good music. Still love lots of the bands:Huggy Bear, Team Dresch, Bikini KIll, Bratmobile, Slant 6, Skinned Teen. Brighton used to have a few good zines...rigsby, tadpole, zonked.

 

[skipper734]

Riot Grrrl not keen on the sugestion that Mrs Beckham aka Posh Spice was the poster girl for girl power.

 

[Peteinblack]

I f***ing love Sleater-Kinney, their first album at least, been to see them a couple of times.

I'm another Sleater-Kinney devotee.

Tracks like 'I wanna be your Joey Ramone' and 'I'm not waiting ("Your words are sticky stupid running down my legs !!!) are brilliant; I still play them today.

I Want To Be Your Joey Ramone - YouTube

Sleater-Kinney - Im Not Waiting (live 2000) - YouTube