Riot grrrl

Riot grrrl (or riot grrl ) is a musical movement Punk feminist rock'n'roll/hardcore and having known its apogee with beginning of the year 90. It is a reaction to the tendencies machists of certain parts of the movement Punk.

Heritage

The groups resulting from the movement riot grrrl generally had as little recognition on behalf of the general public and the industry of the disc as the other punk groups. Few groups renvendiquent now only movement riot grrrl . Nevertheless the place of the women and the theses feminist found since the beginning of the movement riot grrrl a more important place on the punk scene and few punks groups adopt a hostile attitude with regard to the women and of feminism. There exist also festivals of independent music directed towards the female groups the such Ladyfest.

It is necessary to rather see the “disappearance” of the movement riot grrrl like a greater acceptance and an integration by the punk movement of the feminist ideas that a defeat of the punk feminists. The punk movement adapted to integrate the claims of the riot grrrl .

The years 2000

Many the women implied in the movement riot grrrl then make to part of the independent music scene like Kathleen Hanna in the trio the Tiger and especially its old group Bikini Kill, Tobi Vail, regarded as one of the theoricians of the movement and threshing-machine of Kill Bikini plays now in Spider & The Webs, Kathie Wilcox in the group Casual Dots, and group it Bratmobile is still in activity.

Some groups associated with the movement Riot grrrl

Katastrophy Wife, Babes in Toyland, daisy chainsaw, queen adreena, will tura satana, manhole, the lvrs, my ruin, Jack Off Jill, scarling, Hole, Courtney Love, L7, Bratmobile, Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, the Tiger, Peaches, lesbian one ecstasy, bitch alert, Veruca Salt, Cs, the pipettes, electrocutes, X-Ray Spex, The Slits, kleenex/liliput, essential logic, joan jett, lita Ford, runaways, the organ, Juliette and the licks, cobra killer, gore gore girls, free kitten, frumpies, the need, the fakes, Lunachicks, Julie Ruin, heavens to betsy, huggy bear, TEAM dresch, meg lee chin, lolita storm, Atari teenage riot, hanin elias, ec8or, Lydia Buffet, kidney thieves, the birthday massacre, genitorturers, excuse 17, crisis, tapping the vein, poe, tracy bonham, jill sobule, casual dowries, spider and the Webs, Naked Aggression, the butchies, bifnaked…

External bonds

French-speaking forum riot grrrls
French-speaking Site on Riot Grrrl
History of the movement riot grrrl
grrrl Zine Network
Ladyfest
LadyWiki
Riot Grrrl Online
Riot Grrrl Online Board Message/Forum

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