bikini kill.

many of you probably have never heard of bikini kill... so this is me educating you.

bikini kill was formed in Olympia, Washington in the 90’s. The band consisted of four members vocalist Kathleen Hanna, guitarist Billy Karren , bassist Kathi Wilcox, and drummer Tobi Vail. Tobi Vail (the drummer in bikini kill) actually dated Kurt Cobain (and broke his heart!). In fact on the Nevermind album Kurt based most of his song lyrics on the raging grief he felt after she dumped him! On another note Tobi actually wore the deodorant ‘Teen Spirit’ and after Kurt and Tobi slept together one of Tobi’s friends spray painted “Kurt smells like Teen Spirit” on his bedroom walls. [Little bit of Kurt history for you there rock stars]. Anyway im sidetracked…

Now the reason I am blogging about this punk rock girl band is because they were the pioneers of the riot grrrl movement (I am in the process of writing a blog about riot grrrl so you all understand what the fuck im talking about), and were infamous for their radical feminist lyrics and intense live shows. They were famous rebels who rejected mainstream music labels and rock press and their music was characteristically abrasive and hardcore-influenced.

These girls are inspiring! They would come on stage wearing whatever the fuck they felt like! Rocking out in their underwear, writing the word SLUT across every spare bit of skin they had. They had true freedom of expression through their lyrics, their opinions and their style. True grunge punk rock chicks!



Now your assignment is to go on youtube and look up one of their live performances and i know you probably wont like their music but you WILL appreciate what these girls did for women in rock and roll. Bikini kill are the female stand outs of the grunge scene of the 90's <3