Vail, notorious for her numerous side projects and being in several bands at a time, later resurfaced in a band called Spider and the Webs, and played with the Old Haunts until the band broke up in 2009.
Post-breakup ĭuring the summer of 1992, the band The Frumpies was formed by Karren, Wilcox, Vail, and Molly Neuman of Bratmobile, and toured as late as the early 2000s along with a similar Italian punk rock band Dada Swing. After the band's breakup in 1997, a compilation of singles recorded between 19 was released in 1998 under the name The Singles. The band's final album, Reject All American, was released in 1996.
People were throwing chains at our heads – people hated us – and it was really, really hard to be in that band." The pioneer reputation endures but, as Hanna recalls, " very vilified during the '90s by so many people, and hated by so many people, and I think that that's been kind of written out of the history. Hanna called for a " media blackout" amongst Riot Grrrls, as they felt the band and the movement were being misrepresented by the media. īy the following year, Riot Grrrl was receiving constant attention in the media, and Bikini Kill were increasingly referred to as pioneers of the movement. Jett produced the single "New Radio"/ "Rebel Girl" for the band, and Hanna co-wrote several songs on Jett's Pure and Simple album. Upon their return to the United States, the band began working with Joan Jett of the Runaways, whose music Hanna described as an early example of the Riot Grrrl aesthetic. The tour was the subject of a documentary film by Lucy Thane titled It Changed My Life: Bikini Kill in the U.K. Bikini Kill toured in London, England to begin working with Huggy Bear, releasing a split album, Our Troubled Youth / Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah, and touring the UK. The band's debut album, Pussy Whipped, was released in September 1993. Produced by Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi, the album began to establish the band's audience. Kathleen Hanna performing with Bikini Kill in Sydney, Australia, in 1996Īfter an independent demo cassette, Revolution Girl Style Now, Bikini Kill released the Bikini Kill EP on the indie label Kill Rock Stars. Vail liked the name and appropriated it after Maffeo settled on the band name Cradle Robbers. She and her friend Margaret Doherty used the name for a one-off performance in the late 1980s where they donned faux fur punk cave girl costumes. įellow riot grrrl musician Lois Maffeo originally adopted Bikini Kill as a band name, inspired by the 1967 B-movie The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
However, the band's reach included large male audiences as well as young women. Such male concertgoers would often verbally and physically assault Hanna during shows when the tickets were still inexpensive and easily procured. Hanna would also dive into the crowd to personally remove male hecklers. The band wrote songs together and encouraged a female-centric environment at their shows, urging women to come to the front of the stage and handing out lyric sheets to them. Hanna also published a fanzine called Bikini Kill for their first tours in 1991. Hanna, Vail, and Wilcox met while attending The Evergreen State College in Washington. Bikini Kill formed in Olympia, Washington, in October 1990, by Kathleen Hanna (vocals), Billy Karren (guitar), Kathi Wilcox (bass), and Tobi Vail (drums).
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