Riot Grrrl is Back! Its History & The New Scene

Riot grrrl was a musical, political, and cultural movement that claimed space for women in punk, and gave us phrases like "girl power" and "girls to the front." What happened to it? And what's the state of riot grrrl today?

I researched the original movement and interviewed some modern riot grrrls to find out more about the rebirth riot grrrl has been experiencing over the last 5 or so years. So we'll hear from these artists about why riot grrrl is still relevant, and what new bands we should keep an eye on.

Want to hear more from the bands I spoke with?
Bad Static (Nico's band) on Bandcamp:
https://bad-static.bandcamp.com/album/miss-dirty-fingers

Creeping Embers (Luciyan's band) on Bandcamp:
https://creepingembers.bandcamp.com

Lady Lychee (Emma and her band) on Bandcamp:
https://ladylychee.bandcamp.com

PLAYLIST!!
A LOT of artists were covered here, but I've tried to put together a tasty playlist covering a lot of them, including the first wave and the current.

The playlist on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQq2yFaPuKPQ&si=HPmHNIOzKlnrrktq

On Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/riot-grrrl/pl.u-Ymb0E75UaqZp6o

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NEW RIOT GRRRL BANDS DISCUSSED OR MENTIONED:
18 Fevers, American Girlfriend, Bad Static, Big Joanie, Brea Fournier & The Dream Ballet, Burly Girlies, Cat Crash, Creeping Embers, Dazey & the Scouts, Death Pill, Destroy Boys, Dream Wife, Evie Echoes & the Locations, Froggy, HotWax, Lady Lychee, Lambrini Girls, Mac 'N' Toss, The Menstrual Cramps, M(h)aol, Mommy Long Legs, Pathetica, Petrol Girls, The Pheremones, Pleasure Venom, Showgirls, T@B GRRL, VIAL, Violent Vickie

HOW DID NONE OF US MENTION: Mannequin Pussy, Amyl & The Sniffers, or Die Spitz? Can't wait for all the comments about how we obviously don't know what we're talking about because they weren't mentioned.

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RECOMMENDED READING
I used a lot of sources, but the biggest ones were these excellent books:

"Women Make Noise: Girl Bands from Motown to the Modern" Edited by Julia Downes
"Shouting Out Loud: Lives of the Raincoats" by Audrey Golden
"Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution" by Sara Marcus
"Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk" by Kathleen Hanna

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Chapters:
00:00 Fascinating Intro
01:52 Origins / Bikini Kill
09:26 Bratmobile
14:35 Zines
17:51 Positive Force
19:28 Corin & Carrie
22:28 Not Riot Grrrls
30:14 The 'End'
37:10 A New Beginning
45:00 Modern Bands

Tags:
#punk #punkrock #punkhistory #musicdocumentary #musichistory #riotgrrrl #bikinikill