riot grrrl bands you should know
The Classics (aka the ones you probably have heard of)
Bikini Kill
Bratmobile
Emily’s Sassy Lime
Fifth Column
Heavens to Betsy
Huggy Bear
Sleater-Kinney
Team Dresch
The Lesser Knowns (and other bands by riot grrrls)
Adickdid
Angelica (British riot grrrl band)
Autoclave
Cadallaca (Corin Tucker’s band)
Casual Dots (Kathi Wilcox’s band)
Chalk Circle (not a part of the riot grrrl scene, but serves as a precursor)
Cold Cold Hearts (Allison Wolfe’s band)
Excuse 17 (Carrie Brownstein’s band)
Fluffy (British riot grrrl band)
The Frumpies (composed of Bikini Kill members and Molly Neuman of Bratmobile)
Heartless Martin (Corin Tucker’s short-lived band)
The/Julie Ruin (Kathleen Hanna and eventually Kathi Wilcox’s band)
Le Tigre (Kathleen Hanna’s band)
The Lois (also Lois Maffeo)
Lucid Nation (experimental rock)
Mambo Taxi (British riot grrrl band)
The Need
Partyline (Allison Wolfe’s band)
Raoooul
Red Aunts
Skinned Teen (British riot grrrl band)
Slant 6
Spider and the Webs (Tobi Vail’s band)
Suture! (Kathleen Hanna’s band)
Tattle Tale (slower riot grrrl band said to be proto-folk punk)
The Third Sex
Tribe 8
Viva Knievel (Kathleen Hanna’s band)
Wild Flag (Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss’ band)
The Not-Really-Riot-Grrrl-But-Often-Affiliated-With-the-Scene bands
7 Year Bitch
Babes in Toyland
Bangs (Tobi Vail’s sister’s band)
The Gossip
Hole
Kenickie
L7
Lunachicks
Mika Miko
Shannon and the Clams
Neo-Riot Grrrl/Brat Punk
Be Your Own PET (Nashville, TN)
Brazilian Wax (Pittsburgh, PA)
The Coathangers (Atlanta, GA)
Coolies (New Zealand)
Finally Punk (Austin, TX)
girlpool (Los Angeles, CA)
Joanna Gruesome (Cardiff, Wales)
Kitten Forever (Minneapolis, MN)
La Luz (Seattle, WA)
Mommy Long Legs (Seattle, WA)
Potty Mouth (Northampton, MA)
Que Pasa (Austin, TX)
Slutever (Los Angeles, CA)
feel free to add any you can think of!
I will add…
Skinny girl diet Cake like Dickless Bitch Alert
(This is one of the best lists I’ve ever seen)
