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RIOT GRRRL

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About Me


Riot Grrrl is a vivid documentation of the fierce music, renegade art and independent literature that emerged from suburban America in the late 1980s and became a global phenomenon. With the rallying cry “REVOLUTION GIRL STYLE NOW!” this community of musicians, artists and activists inspired young women across the world to pick up guitars and rewrite punk history, changing the face of feminism and underground culture forever.
Told from the perspective of those directly involved, Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now! is a uniquely comprehensive exploration of this pioneering scene and its interlinked music, art and zine communities. Profiling bands from the movement’s ground-breaking beginnings through to those still prominent, including Bratmobile, Bikini Kill, Huggy Bear, Lungleg, Mambo Taxi and Le Tigre. Riot Grrrl narrates the changing face of guerrilla activism through exploring the movement’s characteristic art and aesthetic, discussing collectives such as the Guerrilla Girls and surveying the influential zine movement.
Featuring a forward from Beth Ditto alongside contributions from a diverse array of musicians, artists, fanzine writers and activists. The book charts the movement’s genesis in proto-riot grrrls such as Patti Smith, Yoko Ono and Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and explores its continued influence on a diverse range of contemporary artists including Electrelane and The Gossip.
Visually stunning, filled with photographs, posters, record covers, rare fanzines and artwork from the key protagonists, the book is a comprehensive view of the principles and champions of one of punk’s most influential movements. At times shocking, always inspiring, Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now! is a fascinating and important book.
"RIOT GRRRL: Revolution Girl Style Now!" is published by Black Dog Publishing. It will be available in october 07 in the UK, and november 07 in the US. To pre-order, click herehttp://www.blackdogonline.com/music/riot-grrrl.html

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Susan Corrigan contributes to i-D and The Guardian, she curated the Bad Girls exhibition at London’s ICA in 1993 and edited the fiction anthology Typical Girls: New Stories for Smart Women (St Martin's Griffin, 1999).
Julia Downes is a riot grrrl, PhD student at the Centre for Indisciplinary Gender Studies at Leeds University and organiser of Ladyfest Leeds.
Red Chigley has written extensively on zines and has organising a woman’s zine fest for the Women's Library.
Cazz Blase wrote and edited the riot grrrl affiliated music and personal fanzine between 1993 and 1999. Since then, she has written for The F-Word, Pussy Rock, and Record Collector. She works as a library assistant for Manchester University.
Beth Ditto is the lead singer with The Gossip, she was voted number one in NME's 'Cool List' 2006 and was nominated for 'Sexiest Woman of the Year' at the NME Awards 2007.

Music:

Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, Nikki McClure, Lois Maffeo, Mecca Normal, 7 Year Bitch, Suture Wondertwins, Unwound, L7, The Fastbacks, The Spinanes, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Girl Trouble, The Pastels, Kicking Giant, Rose Melberg, Seaweed, Kreviss, I Scream Truck, Scrawl, Nation of Ulysses, The Melvins, Jad Fair, Thee Headcoats, Steve Fisk, Slant 6, Sta-Prest, Sue P. Fox, Jenny Toomey, Autoclave, Raooul, Nomy Lamm, Excuse 17, Oiler, Canopy, Third Sex, Cheesecake, CWA, Tattle Tale, Growing Up Skipper, The Need, Team Dresch, Fifth Column, Bangs, Free Kitten, Emily's sassy lime, The PeeChees, Huggy Bear, Mambo Taxi, Skinned Teen, Pussycat Trash, The Phantom Pregnancies, Linus, Budget Girls, Sister George, Karen Ablaze, Voodoo Queens, Hang on the Box, Nonstop Body, Red Bacteria Vacuum, Lolita No. 18.

Books:

"RIOT GRRRL: Revolution Girl Style Now!"Contributors: Susan Corrigan, Julia Downes, Red Chigley, Cazz Blase, Allison WolfISBN13: 978 1 906155 01 8 Paperback 192 Pages 200b/w and colour ills 25x19cm PUB DATE: AUGUST 2007 £19.95

Heroes:

Patti Smith, X-Ray Spex, Crass, The Avengers, Yoko Ono, Joan Jett, The Slits, L7, Lunachicks, Ann Magnuson of Bongwater, Gladys Bentley, The Plasmatics, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Ronettes, The Raincoats, Aretha Franklin, Betty Davis, The Shirelles, Honey Bane, Ma Rainey, Moe Tucker, Big in Japan, Judy Nylon, Nico, Bush Tetras, Au Pairs, Niagara, Sharon Cheslow, Penetration, The Shaggs, Rubella Ballet, Liliput, Lydia Lunch, Poison Girls, Exene Cervenka, Julia Cafritz of Pussy Galore, The Nuns, The Bags, Frightwig, The Shop Assistants, Kim Gordon, Yeastie Girls and others; feminist artists like Carolee Schneeman, Linda Benglis, Yayoi Kusama, Martha Rosler, Johanna Went, Diamanda Galas, Barbara Kruger, Angela Davis, Kathy Acker, bell hooks, Gertrude Stein, Julia Kristeva, and Emma Goldman.

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