Kill Rock Stars


NrrdGrrl! Discussion Forum: Music, Lit, and Pop Culture: Music-- who do you love?: Kill Rock Stars
By Gretchen ramke on Sunday, December 7, 1997 - 11:21 pm:

This is my favorite music label. It's in grrl-friendly Olympia, Wa and it has the best bands. Ex: Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Unwound, Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, and tons of other rockin' grrl and boy music. As I write this, I realize that I probably won't really get a response, but I feel obligated to tell everyone about this. By the way is anyone else in love with Kathleen Hanna?


By Meg on Wednesday, December 10, 1997 - 08:37 pm:

hey gretchen. there arent many people that posted stuff here. i love bikini kill and everyone else on kill rock stars. about kathleen hanna: no one i know (in real life) has heard of her! so im on a search to find someone who knows who she is. most people are like "uh, what grade is she in?"
-meg


By Gretchen on Thursday, December 11, 1997 - 12:05 am:

Thanks for answering! Olympia sounds like such a rad place to live. Does Bikini Kill ever tour? Sleater-Kinney came to my city a while back but they played and over 18 club. Have you heard Team Dresch? I hear they're good but I've never listened to them.


By El jay on Thursday, December 11, 1997 - 01:04 am:

I like Sinead O'conner, Shawn Colvin, Bob Dylan,
and Mariah Carey, Boys to Men, anything with heart. I like almost anything, though not all
of anything. I like The Beatles.
Anything I can sing to. When I listen to the
radio pretty much everything that I hear I just
like memorizing it and singing to it.


By Anonymous on Sunday, December 14, 1997 - 04:59 pm:

Hi i'm new here so i figured i'd say something
My favorite bands are (not in any order)

Nirvana
Sonic Youth
The Descendents
Green Day
7 Year Bitch
Bikini Kill
Whipped
Black Flag
(anything not radio friendly)

really anything punk, and lately, after watching
Dazed and Confused (if you haven't seen it, you
are really missing something) i have been
getting into some older stuff (like Grateful Dead,
the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, the Doors...
you get the picture)
Well, just wanted to share that pointless
bit of information with anybody!!

PS. does anyone have this deep hatred of the
Spice Girls?? their attempt at "girl power"
really makes me sick, i don't know about anyone
else...


By Amelia Wilson (Admin) on Wednesday, December 17, 1997 - 04:47 pm:

Yeah. I think the Spice Girls 15 minutes of fame is just about over-- thank god! I mean, talk about media overkill! Sheesh!

I like a pretty wide variety of music myself, really kind of mood dependent.

Does anyone know what Kim Deal is up to? Did the Breeders break up? I know the Deals had some drug problems and law problems, but shit I wish they'd make a new album!!

Oh, and Kathleen Hanna missed out getting voted into the NrrdGrrl! Gallery by not too many votes-- so people out there have heard of her and Bikini Kill. And yeah, she'll be on the ballot again next time the topic is music.


By Gretchen on Wednesday, December 17, 1997 - 10:27 pm:

I wonder if anyone has any opinions on Fugazi. I completely love them and they're my favorite band, but I don't know exactly what all of their songs are about. Some of the lyrics are pretty vague, and so maybe someone knows or would just like to gush some more about Fugazi...


By Tina on Sunday, December 21, 1997 - 06:48 pm:

I like Fiona Apple (even though she sounds like a wannabe Tori Amos - who's much better) but ever since her little bullshit remarks on whatever awards they were, i get snide remarks whenever i mention her. I bought her cd, and the chick working at the store told me that i was weird for liking her because of what she said. That seems like a great way to get people to buy somthing at any store - insult their choices.


By Anonymous on Sunday, December 21, 1997 - 08:19 pm:

I've heard of Kim Deal!!!! the breeders are really
talented.... i hope they aren't breaking up. that would really suck.
well, i don't have much to say, i guess i'll just read other people's messages now!!


By The horny toad on Monday, December 22, 1997 - 09:49 pm:

The breeders havent broken up.... if you look in the most recent issue of Alternative press it lists the breeders as one of the anticipated albums of 1998. Kim deal said in that interview that kelley and joshephine werent showing up at practice, so i dont know if there broken up or what. if you like the breeders, you can check out the amps which is kim deals new band


By Esk on Tuesday, December 23, 1997 - 01:35 pm:

for gretchen - team dresch rock the house. i adore them and i highly recommend both of their full-lengths, "personal best" and "captain my captain." unfortunately...sob sob...they have recently broken up.

as far as KRS is concerned - i love sleater-kinney, elliott smith, bikini kill, bratmobile, blah blah blah. but ever since hearing "white girl" heavens to betsy have made me slightly uncomfortable.

eskarina8@hotmail.com


By Mara on Monday, January 5, 1998 - 12:36 am:

Esk -- why did H2B "white girl"
make you uncomfortable? It's about
realizing the rascism that we all
have in us and rejecting it. Corin
wrote a note in the CD booklet
explaining it even.

mara@pacificrim.net


By Shimmy on Thursday, January 8, 1998 - 09:36 pm:

god, i hate that, people tell me that i shouldn't like fiona cos she makes herself look stupid on tv. stupid? um, how can you call her stupid? just cos someone doesn't care what other people think, and throws away inhibitions, like performances should do...
*ick* some people, i just don't understand


By Shampoo on Saturday, January 17, 1998 - 01:57 am:

The Spice Girls are killing me. I just don't get it!! Why? What is so great about them? They can't sing, they *really* over do that whole individuality thing, that "Girl Power" saying is *so* only an attention getter, and they are just really really annoying. I mean, isn't it womens goal not to be seen as sex objects? Yet whenever I bring them up with group of guys, they'll all start arguing over who is hotter! I can just imagine 10 year old girls dressing like that sexy spice, or whatever the heck she named herself. These are not good role models for us. I hope everyone will get sick of them, and they'll fall into the "I don't believe I ever liked them" category, along with the rest of the annoying people we all wish we could forget.


By Gretchen on Thursday, January 22, 1998 - 10:54 pm:

I'm getting over the Spice Girls angst that I used to have. I can understand why people like them: they have catchy songs and they're all about fun. Frankly I prefer them to about two/thirds of the shite that MTV plays because at least they're honest. They don't pretend to have some deep meaning like so many other pretentious bands, and they acknowledge their image. Granted, the "girl power" thing is a complete crock, but not because they wear skimpy clothes and lots of make-up (that's anyone's prerogative). I think they have terrible, contrived music, but people are free to listen to it and it's not worth my time to convince people who like them that they suck, more than it is to convince people they shouldn't listen to Meridith Brooks and the other "angry" women who aren't really saying much when you listen to them.


By Locoroja on Tuesday, February 10, 1998 - 02:47 am:

I think one of the absolute best "post riot-girl" bands ( for lack of a better term) is team dresch. They best fit my idea
of what good "feminist" punk rock should be. They are not trying to be men, like so many other girl punk bands. The sing
like women, but have that harsh, agressive edge where nessesary. my only issue with them is i went to a show of
theirs in someones house and they were trying to discourage the men in the audience from attending. i know this is
their right, but why discriminate against men who sympathize with the feminist front? It just makes the gap between the
sexes larger. But as musicans, they do kick ass. check them out.
the breeders are still around but with a very different line up. they play (as of Jan 97, last time i saw them) mostly
amps songs, and i personally don't dig on them as much as their early stuff. (pod!!!) Kim's sister Kelly started her own
group called the kelly deal 6000. some of the songs are rocking, but they lack a certain edge...


By Anonymous on Sunday, February 22, 1998 - 10:19 pm:

Thanks for the remark about Fiona--Tori is MUCH better.


By Sadie blue on Monday, February 23, 1998 - 05:45 pm:

how in the hell did the Spice Girls & fiona apple get into a kill rock stars post???????

it's great to hear that younger girls are now getting familiar with riot grrrl musicians/founders (even though the majority are now broken up i.e. bikini kill, team dreasch, bratmobile, H2B, excuse 17, etc...). but all that is over now...yes, the spirit may still live on with bands like sleater-kinney & the cold cold hearts, but the riot grrrl movement is not as strong as it once was back in the early '90s. the whole movement was about girls trying to get into the male-dominated punk scene by starting bands that made songs about issues girls had to deal with (totally opposite of what boy bands were about)...but how many "riot grrrl" bands do you see now? not many. however, i think the movement has accomplished a lot in the local punk scene...there are more women members in boy bands (unwound, make-up, delta-72,etc...), it helped us achieve respect in the scene when before boys who laugh & heckle us for even thinking about picking up a guitar, it got us more active in their local music scene by starting bands, meetings,conventions, and 'zines (i have a super spiffy one called, square peg, & if any of you kats want one just email me at squaregirl@hotmail.com...shameless plug,hehe.)and it gave girls more self-esteem with a pro-girl environment and community to go out and play music.
what sucks is the fact that the whole concept has gotten misused into some mainstream/baby-tee/captialistic/sugar-coated fad with the likes of the spice girls. and how is the spice girls even associated with "riot grrrl"...just because the flaunt around in short shorts screaming "girl-power"?!

*kathleen is turning in her riot grrrl/BK grave*

locorojo- team d use to do that at all their shows...they were a queer-core band & a silly one at that (it was a joke).
are you a pixies fan? kim deal is awesome!


By Anonymous on Wednesday, March 18, 1998 - 01:19 pm:

i love kill rock stars. and what do you mean bikini kill broke up?!?!?! you HAVE to be kidding me?!?! I NEED PROOF!!!


By Ultraviolet on Friday, July 10, 1998 - 10:12 pm:

I sent out for a KRS catalog and got 2 back (aren't they sweet? I can now give one to a friend) anyways, I've been too poor to buy any music lately, but as soon as I get me a work permit and a job, I'm buying! Wasn't KRS originally a spoken work only label? Bye!


By Elisabeth on Thursday, August 6, 1998 - 02:35 pm:

Sorry, um, whoever posted 3/18, but, yeah, BK split cos half the band was in Olympia and half on the east coast & it just wasn't working. Kathleen is doing a solo record, if that makes you feel better....

FWIW, I just started an S-K forum, but I think I wrote enough about them in my note there.


By FreeKitten on Saturday, September 26, 1998 - 11:37 pm:

SONIC YOUTH SONIC YOUTH SONIC YOUTH -

I wonder if people here can get the idea that I love SONIC YOUTH - All you peoples failed to mention Free Kitten/ Kim Gordon.Anyone here into Babes in Toyland at all?Why does the new Hole album suck so much? Anyway - answer, peoples.


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