I cannot fully express what this music meant to me. Going to an all girl summer camp with my best friend at 13. We went there feeling like losers, misfits and freaks. Our counselor not only introduced us to riot grrrl- Brooke, a girl with a shaved head and combat boots. She had to be 19 or 20 but she was a force of nature and so fucking cool. She used to let us skip events like the “dance with the boys camp” across the lake. Instead we stood in the woods and she let us rage and scream and listened and changed our lives forever. We were heard. We were seen. And she showed us that there was a whole group of women who had started a fucking revolution when we were in preschool. But we hadn’t missed everything- Le Tigre and Sleater-Kinney was playing shows right in our city. The music ignited a fire in me that has never gone out. I loved all riot grrrl, downloaded bands obsessively but Kathleen was my rebel girl queen and I wanted to be just like her. It didn’t matter anymore that I didn’t fit in at school or was bullied or had a shit home life- I had hope. Brooke, thank you. You started it all and you saved my life too. Kathleen, I’ve met twice but seen her more. My best friend and i luckily were able to see Le Tigre the last couple times they played Philly. We saw you speak at Penn years later when we were in college. And again with The Julie Ruin. She was so gracious and let us gush over her, signed anything we had, and took photos. Kathi Wilcox too who i also was obsessed with in lol and she was also so awesome to us. I’m rambling but just can’t express how much this all meant. My same best friend from all the way back at summer camp are going to see Bikini Kill together soon. (Fingers crossed). We have been waiting for years but I would wait as long as it took. This music changed the whole trajectory of my life. It gave me a thicker skin. It was everything and still is. 🖤

@cpgpeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this share! I was drawing some illustrations of this vibe… I’ll share if I finish the work. Coming of age stuff I’m digging up myself.

@Nevqqn

Жыл бұрын

Ugh you’re truly so lucky !!!! Sounds so surreal so freaking awesome !!!!

@moonbread2334

Жыл бұрын

This story gave me life. Thank goodness for people like Brooke! And Kathleen

@jjflix79

Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@sneakyflutes

10 ай бұрын

This story is only legit if it happened in the very late 90s. And anyway, yeah of course it was always always always upper middle class girls on like....the soccer team or going off to sleepaway camp (poor people and lower middle class families don't even know about that stuff, much less are they even able to PAY for it, so yes there is very important, distinct CLASS angle to this social sorting) having these kinds of "life changing" associations with Kathleen Hannah and her intellectual property. It's all just social positioning through consumerism. Sorry but even by the time this record was out everything was already poserfied and compromised.

I wish this was reissued! This album means so much to me exclamation point I lost my physical copy years ago and it's not streaming anywhere but here; so glad it is!

Who ever thinks they can't make a great record in their room, hasn't heard this.

@evilsquared

2 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Ramirez nice! Mind sharing?

@dizuko3241

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone wants to form a band with meeee!

the documentary brought mere here...the album is brilliant.

@NaturalDiversity

8 жыл бұрын

What documentary?

@rosariosalomone4217

8 жыл бұрын

The Punk Singer. Its amazing

@dvowls120

7 жыл бұрын

I just watched the doc this weekend and loved it. It is on HULU.

@MissLydiaBro

3 жыл бұрын

It also brought the mer here.

@adnap

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosariosalomone4217 Hi. Would it be possible to obtain a copy of this album ? I know actual pressings are OOP and crazy expensive. Would it be possible to DL it from somewhere, whether from you, or otherwise ? Thanks!

A crappy sample machine and one pissed off woman equals Legend. The most original music all dolled up in digital rags. Why isn't anyone else doing this? I saw the punk singer the other day. Bummed about the lyme, I got the bite, too. We all love you.

@dvowls120

7 жыл бұрын

I think he is innocently equating lo fi with crappy.

@pantsmagoo5947

5 жыл бұрын

In a good way...?

@anafoxx

5 жыл бұрын

Check kali uchis' ealier mixtapes. They don't have strong political statements as this but they're cool too

one of my biggest returning points when i get down as a creative...truly a spiritual experience w this album...in my own bedroom

Kathleen... you are my biggest inspiration. You helped me make my band Hands Off Gretel.. Forever inspired by you and your words. GRRL POW!

@joshbarron3244

7 жыл бұрын

Hands Off Gretel girls doing what with girls?

@pantsmagoo5947

5 жыл бұрын

No offense, seriously, I love your band name but I like "hands off" even better.

@Luxirana

3 жыл бұрын

Omg I love Hands off Gretel, cause of u I started digging more into riot grrrl music

@vitoriaroscoe7481

3 жыл бұрын

I started following Becky on Instagram and when I saw this comment here I was like "no way" hahaha I found her when my girl friends and I were looking for inspiration for our band and Hands Off Gretel became one of my favoritesss!

@shannondyche1388

Жыл бұрын

​@@pantsmagoo5947 999999999999899

"Radical or Pro-Parental" "V.G.I." (2:15) "A Place Called Won't Be There" (6:03) "Tania" (8:58) "Aerobicide" (11:37) "Apt. #5" (14:32) "My Morning Is Summer" (17:45) "I Wanna Know What Love Is" (21:00) "The Punk Singer" (24:36) "On Language" (26:45) "Crochet" (28:52) "Interlude" (30:53) "Stay Monkey" (31:44) "Breakout a Town" (34:41) "Love Letter" (37:04)

@snopeasnopea

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Obama

@zacharybass8429

7 жыл бұрын

dolladolla

@MoistCubicle

7 жыл бұрын

crusty grrrl those arent da brows of a crusty grrrrrl

@pantsmagoo

5 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for the track listing! i was thinking "this is going to require an effort". yay you!!!

@postie10111

3 жыл бұрын

MVP!

Good music to have on while doing a personal collage.

kathleen hanna found her talent early. and she never lost it.

Kathleen just kicking so much ass!! Although I'm a dude and def guilty of many of the trappings/baggage Kathleen gives voice to she has still been a an inspiration for me. True artist and authentic person, been through more struggles than many of her male contemporaries but still persists and lives, vastly under appreciated, basically spearheaded three sub-genres (riot grrl, bedroom rock, and dance political pop) - forever my love and respect!!

@BitOfUltraviolence

6 жыл бұрын

#MayThePatriarchyForeverReign

@67Blondies

6 жыл бұрын

Far out.

@leslienovakovic3819

4 жыл бұрын

beta male

@sonicreducer8260

4 жыл бұрын

You're talking about her bout with lyme disease? Isn't that something?

@deathrattle216

3 жыл бұрын

@@leslienovakovic3819 looool

so so so underrated

@difficile999

8 жыл бұрын

I fully agree

@swaggolia44

8 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha

@hankgege2199

6 жыл бұрын

The new julie ruin stuff is ok not as good as this classic! The new recordings are more mainstream le tigre style

@bingoing

4 жыл бұрын

@@hankgege2199 le tigre's first records are good tho

@hankgege2199

4 жыл бұрын

@@bingoing I gotta give le tigre another listen

I did not expect this album to be so amazing, and I'd almost forgotten that anyone was capable of making music that is so original, so brilliant.

This needs to be reissued on vinyl! Love this record :)

@swagalicious34

Жыл бұрын

Wish it would be reissued on any format.

We are so lucky to live in the time that Kathleen is creating her art and sharing what's in her heart.

this is what those lo-fi beats streams should be playing

This album changed my life

@dollysllama7205

6 жыл бұрын

clara blossom ikr??

@bingoing

4 жыл бұрын

Listen to her other bands, it's worth it. This woman's work is unearthly.

Never losing her edge Kathleen has not compromised her style regardless of instruments she uses

I just learned about this album last night via The Punk Singer. Fantastic!

Thank you for uploading this album ❤ (it's not on Spotify...yet) I love The Punk Singer as well and I love Kathleen and what she stands for. How lucky aren't we to have a person like her in the world. A person who is willing to share so much of herself and give us the strength and encouragement we need to be ourselves ❤ Thank you Kathleen.

@annagruber5155

2 жыл бұрын

its still not on spotify😭

@gab4461

2 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for 10 years, ain’t never going to be on there

@McK9999

Жыл бұрын

and still not 😢

Bikini Kill brought me here as I've been a fan for years. You're the best Kathleen.

this album made me realize you can make incredible music in your own room and inspired me to make my own music

This is an incredible album.

Straight up classic.

We love you Ms. Hanna....

HOLY Fu**in' S**T !! JUST found and listened to this absolutely SMASHING Piece of Work. Made me feel 20 years younger and took 10 years off my life - A Good Deal. Something BIG is happening here.... DON'T MISS OUT !! RB/ musicmaker/fan/columnist/a-hole/deceased&retiredfromTheScene. L.A.M.F. !!!@!!

V.G.I. - Valley Girl Intelligentsia

I Wanna Know What Love Is gives me chills every time I listen to it

This is the LP that made me decide to check out sampling, drum machines, and take my 4-track(s) more seriously. To this day, I work with samplers, drum machines, and 4-tracks. This is one of the most influential pieces of music to me when I boil it all down. I remember the sheet inside of the LP, kind of showing you how she rigged everything up in this very rudimentary drawing that still looked cool in a low-fi way. I glanced at it, and it just made me realize that I could do this, and I don't need an entire band which at that point in my life wasn't a real option. I recall playing this album and Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet to death after I did get a sampler. I've told my friend how this album basically piqued my interest in sampling, which is a big part of my music and something he and I are both interested in..... This started so much for me. So many memories too. Stay Monkey is one of the best songs I've ever heard. I'll always come back to this album... I even remember doing a sloppy improv cover of The Punk Singer at the first show my first serious band played live.... ironic as it is, I was actually very drunk (dutch courage...) but I still sang proudly while playing the simple, yet catchy-as-fuck riff that loops as loud as my amp could. As a guy, it was a weird 1:45 or so I'm sure, but it just kind of happened and I'm glad!

@Kindgory

6 ай бұрын

So true gone dig 4 tracks and sampling like never before

One of the best albums I've ever heard. Amazing music a political masterpiece

I've been searching for this album for ages! Kathleen you're a legend and total inspiration for my own musical project. You rock.

Thank you for this! I've been trying to find this album for years

This album is an inspiration, one of the best things I’ve heard. Where has this been all my life?

I'll play with your mind but I won't do your dishes boy

Love this album ! Buying this one! So awesome to see Kathleen still making rad music!

to me this music is the product of a brilliant artist and I LIKE IT!

I want to like this so much, I'll just end up lying about it.

@marcoscorrea93

8 жыл бұрын

wow

@yesterdayspapers6057

7 жыл бұрын

Sal Paradise peace love and dope ~ nevercomingdown

ThankYou!

Greatest album "nobody" knows

Always everything she involved in sounds so awesome!

bless you for making this available

I want this CD. Brilliant lo-fi.

Thank you for posting this!

es tan bueno no me aburro nunca de escucharlo

This is amazing

Classic. I need this vinyl.

masterpiece

fantastic!

this is amazing, i love it

I love Kathleen Hanna

so good. she's the best.

The song that starts at 14:30 may perhaps be my fav song of all time. Just watched the documentary and loved it.

@pantsmagoo5947

5 жыл бұрын

I love it too. It's constantly stuck in my head. It makes me feel content while rattling around in my head.

Any and all the Punk-Post-Punk and so on forums I post, I mention The Julie Ruin , Wimps , Le Butcherette ~ lovechicbands

@yesterdayspapers6057

7 жыл бұрын

Apologies for the plug ~ gogirlgo

Great album

So good

love this album! K Hanna!!! punk rock grrrl!!

💜💜💜

I love you Kathleen, I hope you are well

i lov this

This record reminds me of Sandanista by the Clash. Highest praise!

Alguien de Colombia en 2021?

@ninavontale9845

Жыл бұрын

2023

i wish i had this on cd

...fscking INCREDIBLE

♡

This album sounds good, will listen to it carefully.

What a masterpiece

Uau ❤

Hey! She is my girl. So much love to Kathleen

This album is fire

goxteiii

Gotta love punk music its number 1 😌

The Punk Singer goes Lo-Fi.

I'm impressed.

❤

OH YEAH !!!!!

💎💎💎💎💎

This album is awesome and

@we-must-live

2 жыл бұрын

lots more!

This record is fucking brilliant!!!

I love this album since came out. Love Bikini Kill too.

finally found a copy of this at a local record store~! my favorite kathleen hannah sound

I'm a little salty she hasn't put this out on streaming platforms but KZread to the rescue!

yerp 👍👍👍

APT. #5 --- I feel your hurt

TNX +thejulieruin and The lady of the House ~allmylove

This album changed my life 5 years ago

Back in the early 00s Internet I took a "which Kathleen Hannah are you?" quiz and got Julie Ruin and I couldn't agree more

I don't care how get it, but we gotta get it someday.

like like like

One of the best albums ever made in the 90’s. And don’t cancel me for saying she is sexy for making good music ok! Chill out.

@DK-zu6tt

3 жыл бұрын

That is not sexist, so you are OK, and anyone who says you are is an idiot. Every person wants someone to find them attractive in a positive and healthy way. Acknowledging her artistic abilities and saying they make her attractive is more substantive than some random comment about her tits, ass or other shallow thing which is meant to objectify a woman. ; )

@jorges6104

3 жыл бұрын

@virgin mary Aahhh Jeez. I thought I was in the clear. Time to put in my resignation papers.

This is the stuff u keep .

... you punk rockers don't know how hip hop this album is...

We need los Reyes here in Washington too,the kings restaurant

VGI I'm a masterpiece

Riff in the second song V.G.I. is stolen from The Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For You. Stands out massively.

@Wout.vlmnck

3 жыл бұрын

It isn't stolen. She sampled it and acknowledges them in the lyric sheets...

this is rock music

Great food

She is so fucking awesome

This album is crazy good. I wish I could make music like this. Also if you like this album try Karen O Crush songs album. It's also lo fi.

@MadLikeDog

7 жыл бұрын

Ciao Carlo added Terri Gender Bender ~ Le Butcherette

@Wout.vlmnck

3 жыл бұрын

And Culture for Pigeon by Tracy + the plastics.

This is pretty good actually. Little simplified in the guitar region for me but it sounds good

I wanna know what love iiiiisssss