The following is a list of
notable bands associated with
riot grrrl from the early 1990s to the present, mainly in the
United States and
United Kingdom .
NB: some of these bands significantly pre-dated the original riot grrrl era (e.g.
Frightwig ,
Fifth Column ,
Mecca Normal ,
Scrawl ,
L7 ), while others may be more accurately categorized as
grunge – see also '
foxcore ' (e.g.
Lunachicks ,
Babes in Toyland ,
Dickless ,
Calamity Jane ),
alternative rock (e.g.
Jack Off Jill ),
hardcore (e.g.
Spitboy ,
Pantychrist ),
garage punk (e.g.
Red Aunts ),
queercore (e.g.
Tribe 8 ,
Team Dresch ,
the Third Sex ,
Sta-Prest ,
the Butchies ,
the Need ),
post punk /
no wave (e.g.
Erase Errata ),
digital hardcore (
Lolita Storm ) or
indiepop (e.g.
Angelica ).
Other bands did not identify with riot grrrl during its first wave of the early 1990s but became associated via personal and artistic connections (e.g.
7 Year Bitch ), or by fans and/or the media due to aesthetic and genre similarities (e.g.
Hole ,
The Gits ). Such groups have sometimes been called "riot grrrl adjacent".
[1] On the same basis bands continue to be associated with or self-identify as riot grrrl up to the present day. However, the
problematisation of riot grrrl, and of its status as
music genre ,
[2] have led to the label being disputed.
[3]
[4]
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[8]
A list of notable bands that specifically self-identified as riot grrrl during the initial early 1990s period would be very small, potentially including only
Bikini Kill ,
Bratmobile ,
Heavens to Betsy ,
Excuse 17 ,
Emily's Sassy Lime , and
Lucid Nation in the US, and
Huggy Bear ,
Linus ,
Pussycat Trash and
Skinned Teen in the UK.
Bikini Kill
Huggy Bear
[47]
[48] (early)
Kaia Wilson of
Team Dresch , and also
Adickdid and
the Butchies
Wild Flag
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