History Music / BikiniKill

* BadGirlSong: "Demirep"
* GoodBadGirl: "Rebel Girl"

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally a 5-7, though they can get close to an 8 at times due to Kathleen's incredibly loud and high-pitched vocal delivery.

* "New Radio/Rebel Girl" (1993) - 7" single, collaboration with JoanJett

The band existed from 1990-1998 and released two albums, a split LP, a 12" EP, a 7" EP, and two singles on the independent Kill Rock Stars label. Their HardcorePunk-AlternativeRock sound, political lyrics and staunch DIY stance quickly gained them an audience and helped spearhead the similar RiotGrrrl movement. They occasionally collaborated with high-profile acts that shared their political stances and musical influences, such as Music/{{Nirvana}} and JoanJett.

Ever since the breakup, Bikini Kill's members have pursued various other projects. Hanna is now a member of the political Music/NewWave band Le Tigre and created a side project Julie Ruin. Vail plays with The Old Haunts, Wilcox is a member of The Casual Dots and Karren has joined Boo-Boo and the Corrections. Hanna and Wilcox reunited for Hanna's new band 'The Julie Ruin'

Bikini Kill were a Music/PunkRock band from Olympia, Washington (although they often moved between Olympia and UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC), widely credited as the pioneers of the RiotGrrrl movement. Its members were:

Ever since the breakup, Bikini Kill's members have pursued various other projects. Hanna is now a member of the political Music/NewWave band Le Tigre. Vail plays with The Old Haunts, Wilcox is a member of The Casual Dots and Karren has joined Boo-Boo and the Corrections.

* UnfortunateImplications: The band is seen by many as the main purveyors of "white feminism", as they rarely give a voice to any oppressed demographics outside of middle class white girls. Especially obvious with Hanna's support of the "born womyn" movement, which strongly implies that gender-queer members of the feminist movement cannot be considered real women
** It's also worth mentioning that this band spawned many of the negative stereotypes of "Straw Feminism", and, despite being one of the most popular bands in the movement, often are seen as giving riot grrl a bad name

* UnfortunateImpliciations: The band is seen by many as the main purveyors of "white feminism", as they rarely give a voice to any oppressed demographics outside of middle class white girls. Especially obvious with Hanna's support of the "born womyn" movement, which strongly implies that gender-queer members of the feminist movement cannot be considered real women

Bikini Kill were a Music/PunkRock band from {{Olympia}}, Washington (although they often moved between Olympia and Washington, D.C.), widely credited as the pioneers of the RiotGrrrl movement. Its members were:

Bikini Kill were a PunkRock band from {{Olympia}}, Washington (although they often moved between Olympia and Washington, D.C.), widely credited as the pioneers of the RiotGrrrl movement. Its members were:

Ever since the breakup, Bikini Kill's members have pursued various other projects. Hanna is now a member of the political NewWave band Le Tigre. Vail plays with The Old Haunts, Wilcox is a member of The Casual Dots and Karren has joined Boo-Boo and the Corrections.

The band existed from 1990-1998 and released two albums, a split LP, a 12" EP, a 7" EP, and two singles on the independent Kill Rock Stars label. Their HardcorePunk-AlternativeRock sound, political lyrics and staunch DIY stance quickly gained them an audience and helped spearhead the similar RiotGrrrl movement. They occasionally collaborated with high-profile acts that shared their political stances and musical influences, such as {{Nirvana}} and JoanJett.