Product Description

Though they're quick to decry it in the CD liner notes, Bikini Kill found themselves manipulated into a position of being the premier "riot girl" band by a media obsessed with pigeon-holing everything. In actuality, the band comprised a number of different ethos and points of view, which at times seemed to lead to contradictory messages and gave their detractors ammunition--the band were called everything from exploitative to man-hating.
The first Bikini Kill "album" (sixtracks, 16 minutes) features mid-tempo punk rock songs, including "Feels Blind", the clear blueprint for almost every Hole song (though Courtney Love is clearly more interested incommercial success), and "Thurston Hearts the Who", featuring simultaneous vocals, one skewering Sonic Youth and their "coolness", the other a sarcastic reading of a Bikini Kill review by a very confused and misinformed journalist. The second record, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, originally released as asplit 12-inch with England's Huggy Bear, features even better songs (but tinnier production), especially "Don't Need You", a pissed-off, high-speed rip at people offering unbiddenopinions, and the low-key "Outta Me", a brilliant break-up song.

Track Listing

1. Double Dare Ya
2. Liar
3. Carnival
4. Suck My Left One
5. Feels Blind
6. Thurston Hearts The Who
7. White Boy
8. This Is Not A Test
9. Don't Need You
10. Jigsaw Youth
11. Resist Psychic Death
12. Rebel Girl
13. Outta Me

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #100294 in Music
• Released on: 1996-02-28
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

This is not a test
Bikini Kill contain amazing feminist lyrics with fast, abrasive melodies that stay stuck in the head for ages.
Anyone interested in riot grrl should take a look at this as it combines all of the elements which make the genre great.
The band riot and scream their way through a variety of songs which, even if you only pick up a couple of lines, will make you think.
I seriously recommend this album to anyone looking for riot grrl before it lost its way.

Probably one of the only grrl punk bands around
This is an amazing CD id you like trashy punk then you'll definatly love this, so far I haven't seen any of these albums in the shops (but I live in England) and alot of my American friends haven't either, along with amazingly written lyrics bikini kill also have great melodies and I definatly recomend this to any punk-ass around!