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Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. She is the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and fronted the electropunk band Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Bikini Kill is an American punk rock band formed in Olympia, Washington, in October 1990.The group originally consisted of singer and songwriter Kathleen Hanna, guitarist Billy Karren, bassist Kathi Wilcox, and drummer Tobi Vail.
Julie Ruin is the debut solo album by Kathleen Hanna (under the pseudonym Julie Ruin), released on September 29, 1998, through Kill Rock Stars. [1] She recorded the album in 1997 whilst taking a break from Bikini Kill. [2]
While in college in the late '80s, Hanna signed up for a writers' workshop led by her hero, the postmodern novelist Kathy Acker. “You should start a band.” In her feminist punk music, Kathleen ...
Fateman, Samson, and Hanna performing in September 2000. Le Tigre was formed by Kathleen Hanna, Johanna Fateman, and Sadie Benning. Hanna lived with Fateman while the two were in a band called the Troublemakers. Hanna had collaborated with Benning on a video for "Aerobicide" from Hanna's 1997 album Julie Ruin. [3]
The band signed with Mr. Lady Records, a label founded in San Francisco by Hanna's friend Tammy Rae Carland and her then-girlfriend Kaia Wilson. Hanna called the signing "a logical choice" because of the label's greater political commitment over their music releases. [10] The band's first album, Le Tigre, was released in October 1999. The band ...
Few artists have a neat origin story, but Kathleen Hanna, the feminist punk pioneer and celebrated frontwoman whose rallying cry of “girls to the front” inspired generations, may have a pretty convincing one. While in college in the late '80s, Hanna signed up for a writers' workshop led by her hero, the postmodern novelist Kathy Acker.
Bikini Kill was formed in Olympia, Washington in October 1990 by vocalist Kathleen Hanna, guitarist Billy Karren, bassist Kathi Wilcox and drummer Tobi Vail. [1] The band's debut studio album, Revolution Girl Style Now!, was released in 1991.