Fun fact for anyone reading this The Slits lead singer was stabbed in the thigh before by some guy who was pissed off that she was gaining fame. She went to the hospital, got some stitches and ig.i understand right went back to play the show that night. Some badass shit right there.

@Stephanie-sy9oy

3 жыл бұрын

HOLY THATS SO FUCKIN KEWL

@left4deadlover123

3 жыл бұрын

She was like 15 at the time as well..

@left4deadlover123

3 жыл бұрын

@Elizabeth Selendic I agree! Sign of the times too

@stuckonaslide

3 жыл бұрын

thats one of the coolest things ive heard all week. its so fucked up that someone would do that just because a woman was gaining fame.

@fizzy9270

3 жыл бұрын

That could of easily hit her femoral artery, which means she couldve bled out to death easily if it got her in the wrong spot. Shes pretty strong to play the show after that one

You’re not allowed to photograph punk bands in color, it’s againt the law.

@irishrepublican3739

3 жыл бұрын

Since when do punks respect the law?

@crownedcal

3 жыл бұрын

I just realized I’ve seen a picture of a punk band in color

@j0an-07-arc6

3 жыл бұрын

Post punk did it better it just looks badass

@joeyclemenza7339

3 жыл бұрын

in all fairness, a lot of the scene back then was DIY, as no professional photographers would dare shoot a punk show. therefore a lot of talented, yet wannabe photogs grabbed cheap equipment and used black and white film as it was easier to produce and enlarge.

@sylph8005

3 жыл бұрын

I Fought the Law

You're not punk if you're anti feminism

@johnthehumanist2333

3 жыл бұрын

You mean matriarchy? The mask has long fallen!

@pret3980

3 жыл бұрын

feminism today is nothing even close to what punk and feminism was about in the past..

@wellesradio

3 жыл бұрын

@@pret3980 I agree with you. It is not what it was 30 - 50 years ago. It would be a sad state of affairs indeed if it had remained so. Feminism is an academic field encompassing anthropology, sociology, philosophical and historical disciplines. It must always address the issues of the present. Please tell me from your experience and reading of critical gender studies what you mean. And, no, things you learned on the internet don’t count. If you want to have an opinion of feminism, you need to have read at least a semester’s worth of required reading books.

@mgm8255

3 жыл бұрын

who ever calls themselves an anti feminist don't know what feminism is

@mgm8255

3 жыл бұрын

@@pret3980 What I tried to say is for the people who don't understand it's goal, that is equal freedoms and rights as for men and seeks to eliminate domination of men over women, every normal human will support something like that, then it depends on how and what specific opinion people have to reach that goal, that you may agree or disagree and it's okay.

I wish more music were made today, riot grrrls is such an empowering music movement that so many young females need to hear.

@tammichenard1024

4 жыл бұрын

young males NEED to hear it too!

@joshuathomas2012

3 жыл бұрын

Man today they just listen to pop and rap music. The rock era was truly revolutionary, today's music sucks ass.

@materialhell

3 жыл бұрын

There is a lot of riot grrrl being made today. It's a resurgence with young women who grew up with female musicians. Check out Pottymout, The Regrettes, Ex Hex, Deap Valley (not all riot grrrl, but great female punk bands).

@erm-fd3cv

3 жыл бұрын

T C if you support feminism, of course!

@jinglebellcock

3 жыл бұрын

@@materialhell hands off gretel and doll skin are amazing too

I can smell something s t r o n g w o m e n

@helpgirlimtrappedinthetestube

4 жыл бұрын

a n d t h a t s g o o d

@megazoid6573

4 жыл бұрын

T h e y S T R O N G

@giuseppe_M

4 жыл бұрын

@@megazoid6573 STRONG SMELLING

@erm-fd3cv

3 жыл бұрын

Yin bruh cry ab it

@joshm2690

3 жыл бұрын

I smell crazy .

if youre new like me and liked what you heard here is the songs from this video: bikini kill - rebel girl bratmobile - cool schmool huggy bear - herjazz L7 - everglade

@brittneybrisbin744

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you❤

@ericxuhh

3 жыл бұрын

thank you !!

@meryem-sh7wg

3 жыл бұрын

türk oley

@dewilew2137

3 жыл бұрын

New?

@lasofi5510

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! E: ik no one cares but this type of songs make me want to write today, so i think im going to make a song about the things my family told me that i should be as a woman Wish me luck(?

I wish all punks who identify as women a very pleasant evening

@ozziehackett663

2 жыл бұрын

And all punks who identify ans men who respect women and treat them with respect a pleasant morning :)

@Awzuki

2 жыл бұрын

@@ozziehackett663 yes!

@AriOrSomething

2 жыл бұрын

Punks respect pronouns

@realbadform

2 жыл бұрын

Woman isnt a feeling💀

@realbadform

2 жыл бұрын

You dont identify your way in, youre born in.

The slits are so painfully underrated they would make a great video of their own!

@name-vl7mg

4 жыл бұрын

The slits music is more advanced than the Sex Pistols but so much less popular which isn't fair.

@evapalma9899

4 жыл бұрын

Not to mention Kleenex and the Raincoats, plus so many others in the first wave of punk and post punk like the Au Pairs and the Mo-dettes. Oh, and Poly Styrne. Love her.

@harker-san6903

3 жыл бұрын

It’s strange, the name The Slits or Slits has evolved multiple times. Since it was used historically as a racial slur two little known Asian-American bands evolved on the west coast. Several other bands have also gone under the name for usually only a short period.

@kristalcampbell3650

3 жыл бұрын

@@harker-san6903 wow, I wasn't aware of that out here it's slang for a vagina. I didn't realise the other implication of the word.

@juliavargas7686

3 жыл бұрын

@@evapalma9899 Poly Styrene is so freaking underrated, she wrote amazing punk songs, was a great vocalist (she was a opera singer) and X-Ray Spex mixed punk and jazz in an incredible way, but the alternative scene barely talks about her.

Bratmobile and Bikini Kill were badass back in the day. I loved seeing their shows. They were still punk and deadly serious but they had a sense of humor and tongue in cheek quality that a lot of the late '80s and early '90s punk bands just didn't have. Where a lot of the punk from that era got overly serious the riot grrl bands were a reminder that rocking out was supposed to be fun too. It was a shame they received so much shade from people that proclaimed themselves "real punk rock". Punk is a voice for the outsider, the oppressed, the other. Yet the scene never saw the irony of ostracizing women with the same aesthetic beliefs and philosophies of their male counterparts.

@johnmcmahon5225

5 жыл бұрын

Most of the fans and performers of punk rock through the years have been pretty solidly from the white middle class, who are hardly "the oppressed". Yeah, Bad Brains, but they were an exception rather than the rule. The basic ethos of punk is "Screw society, I am doing my own thing.", and that attitude will make anyone professing it a willing "outsider". Punk was never about changing anyone's mind, which is a hippy thing. I would not classify any band like Bikini Kill that felt the need to issue a manifesto as a "fun" band, by the way. Also, I have never seen or heard of any women being turned away from a punk show, or ostracized as performers. Most of the Punk scene as performers, record buyers, or concert goers are guys, just like the Metal scene, the Jazz scene, and the Bluegrass scene.

@laclochard

4 жыл бұрын

Keeps happening

@soulscanner66

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnmcmahon5225 So Dead Kennedey's wasn't being political when they sang "Kill the poor"? Punk was political from the start.

@neverafrown6308

4 жыл бұрын

Guy Souriandt dead Kennedys we’re far from the first punk band the Ramones are widely considered the first punk band and their first album is not political at all

@soulscanner66

4 жыл бұрын

@@neverafrown6308 Patti Smith, Sex Pistols, the Clash ... all overtly political and contemporary with the Ramones. All overtly rejected corporate capitalism, even the Ramones.

Whenever i hear about inequality in punk communities, it always trips me out because I always saw punk communities as being egalitarian and devoid of homophobia/sexism/racism, except within the specific neo-Nazi punk movement.

@erindanielson3851

6 жыл бұрын

Nah, unfortunately. Even now there's a lot of sexism and homophobia in some scenes.

@swinehorde9118

6 жыл бұрын

I never saw any of that either and I've been active in the scenes since all ages HxC shows of the early 90s all the way to the third wave of Noise Rock of the 2010s. I always assumed that what I was experiencing was a result of the Riot Grrls' change for good but now that I have a bit more perspective, it's not like the 80s or 70s weren't filled with celebrated subversive female icons and I have a hard time imagining anybody putting up with their being abused, even back then. I'd like to hear what Lydia Lunch, Diamanda Galas, Yasuko Onuki, Kim Gordon, Siouxsie Sioux, Poly Styrene, Belinda Butcher, Patti Smith, Kim Deal, Blondie e.t.c have to say about it...

@PhillyCYOSports

6 жыл бұрын

Those are sjws talking

@franug

6 жыл бұрын

Sadly there’ve always been groups and movements that are supposedly egalitarian yet their members are/were deeply sexist. Which makes women’s fights even more difficult

@swinehorde9118

6 жыл бұрын

Francisca Ugalde it makes everyone's fight difficult, yeah.

I wanna start an online zine page for underground artists

@helpgirlimtrappedinthetestube

4 жыл бұрын

same

@SynthApprentice

3 жыл бұрын

Then do it. What's stopping you?

@rats7960

3 жыл бұрын

do. it.

@stephanieshanley196

3 жыл бұрын

Have you started it yet lol

@shnpio

3 жыл бұрын

Imsotired I can’t code hahaha

I can’t express with words how much I love riot grrrl

@drew6108

4 жыл бұрын

spacefrog 712, what are your favorite bands from them

@nico-ke1nn

4 жыл бұрын

FLASH bikini kill, of course. L7, Le Tigre, Sleater-Kinney. I also really love the roots of riot grrl, like the runaways, x-ray spex, black flag, the raincoats, Fugazi, etc.

@drew6108

4 жыл бұрын

spacefrog 712, those are some great ones. I was gonna see Sleater-Kinney but then I got sick. I was also gonna see Bikini Kill but then that got canceled. Most of my favorite bands are from Riot Grrrl. Except for like the Pixies and Nirvana

@nico-ke1nn

4 жыл бұрын

FLASH awesome!!! I was gonna see black flag but that hot canclled too :/

@wackyraccy

3 жыл бұрын

sleater-kinney introduced me to riot grrrl and i cant express with words how much i love it either. theres just something about all female shitty punk rock that is so amazing to listen to

3:04 Riot Grrrl caused the creation of the dab confirmed

@lakasngamatzko4523

4 жыл бұрын

It's from the 50s.

@lafox2833

4 жыл бұрын

Now I hate riot grrrl...........

@drew6108

4 жыл бұрын

It’s actually Bratmobile at the Jabberjaw 6/27/93, The Gits were also there and then a week later Mia Zapata was murdered. That’s just from my memory however.

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

Well the music sucked, so they may as well have created another cringey thing like dabbing.

Fun Fact: Nirvana's breakout out album Nevermind is full of vague references to Tobi Vail. Drain You and Lounge Act in particular describe Kurt's feelings during and after their break up. Lowkey dude had an obsession with her.

@Yasmin-jt1ux

5 күн бұрын

And it was Kathleen Hanna who inspired "Smells like Tenn Spirit" too !! She jokingly sprayed "Kurt smells like teen spirit" on Kurt Cobain's apartment walls after getting drunk with a bunch of friends. what she meant was that he smelled of Vail's deodorant that the two women were joking about earlier and he only knew about that after the song came out cuz he initially thought it was her praising his ideas after the previous night's discussion and Kathleen didn't tell him the truth when he asked for her permission to use the phrase.

Once I went to a Bratmobile show.... Alison Wolfe stuck her mic in my face and I freaked out and was just like no! So embarrassing. I've seen both Bratmobile and Le Tigre live. :D

@rick.d

3 жыл бұрын

Le Tigre was fngreat live. I still love 'em.

It's a big oversimplification to say punk was sexist until Riot Grrl - for example numerous anarcho-punk bands such as Poison Girls and Crass had a strong feminist influence , not to mention prominent 70s figures such as Poly Styrene and Siouxsie.

@agitadora60

3 жыл бұрын

Dont forget Tribe 8!

@user-ny5vp9be8v

Жыл бұрын

4 years too late, I understand. lol This is my big problem with the video too, Lorna Doom, Exene, Tam from Sacrilege, and Wendy O Williams as well. Feels disingenious. Lots of women were very involved in various punk scenes. Not to say there wasn't awful shit that happened, but to say it was ALL sexist AND ALL against women before the lame riot grrl stuff happened is just a bold faced lie. 90% of the Riot Grrl bands are failed punk musicians that couldn't make anything of note so they just went off of their politics. I'll take X over Bikini Kill over any day of the week.

Note how the video focuses on the 'zines. They were cheap and slapped together, but they were a real physical object that are a reflection of the time period. A punk collective near me has a library of them. Tweets, Facebook, and blog posts will always be out there, but they will not age as well as a historical document as these paper 'zines.

Worth mentioning: Tobi Vail had a brief relationship with a dude who would in time form his own band. His lyrics and music were very influenced both by that relationship and Tobi's outlook on punk and society as a whole. That dude's name was Kurt Cobain.

@SonofSethoitae

6 жыл бұрын

Also Smells Like Teen Spirit is named for a brand of deodorant that Tobi Vail used to wear

@raindeerprojekt4119

5 жыл бұрын

OLY " had " a great scene......Good times on the edge of Epic

@trk4973

5 жыл бұрын

Mario Castillo what band did this Kurt form

@frigolitunge4388

5 жыл бұрын

Nirvana

@CraigSpannier

5 жыл бұрын

The video isn't about Kurt Cobain. Not really worth mentioning

This is why I love the 90's Not just the nostalgia, but also how every artist from the indie have change history, from music to politics. They've invented new genres; they're fiercely independent; and so forth. Alongside riot grrrl, there are other politically charged music genres from the 90s such as digital hardcore, which includes Atari Teenage Riot. That genre might be the precursor to dubstep.

@bluBlaq33

5 жыл бұрын

I always relayed digit hardcore to industrial.

@CrashRHCP

5 жыл бұрын

Because it was 30 years ago.

@juanvazquez5836

4 жыл бұрын

ATR was more of a precursor to hardcore edm. Dubstep is just, edm

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

None of those bands changed politics...

This movement needs so much more attention nowadays. Thank you. Shoutout to some great new bands I know that were influenced by it: Hands Off Gretel, The Regrettes, and Skating Polly! Some older ones: Jack Off Jill, Peaches, Veruca Salt..... Please people share more bands that you know, old or new!!

@ldekker97

6 жыл бұрын

Shariam Arpi Yes! Skating Polly are amazing!

@nancyboy7223

5 жыл бұрын

skinned teen and raooul!

@sully9726

5 жыл бұрын

Dog Party

@connorfreeman9845

5 жыл бұрын

I fucking love Hands Off Gretal, Lauren is such a badass musician/human

@heatherjohnson309

5 жыл бұрын

Babes In Toyland....an amazing all female band....!

i love when women ❤️

@stuckonaslide

3 жыл бұрын

same ❤

@hawkeyedsniper7269

3 жыл бұрын

Same❤️

@bimbowithadegree420

3 жыл бұрын

Big same

@manifestationsofasort

2 жыл бұрын

Same 😍

It's refreshing to hear a man talk to positively about women empowerment

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

A lot of men do that these days...Where have you been?

As a queer kid growing up in the South, I'm not sure I would have made it through my teens without Riot Grrrl. To this day, I'll put on some Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, L7, or Team Dresch (every home should have a copy of Personal Best!) and feel like a complete badass. Thanks for your video.

riot grrrls where you at

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

That scene died in the 90's.

@thaliaaviles5907

2 ай бұрын

HERE I AM!!!🤘 check out my music! The artist name is Thalia Jailene🎵🔥

Its interesting how we don't hear their music being played on mainstream Rock radio stations like Nirvana in 2020.

@wackyraccy

3 жыл бұрын

i think it has something to due with how nirvana had better production quality and how riot grrrl is just such an unknown topic. although i am surprised i havent heart sleater-kinney on any rock stations, because they are famous and with riot grrrl origins.

i’d recommend the book “moxie” to anyone interested in this movement, it takes place in a modern setting and the protagonist is super inspired by the rebellion against the patriarchy which happened in the 80s as sadly it was (is) still relevant. moxie also discusses the parts of the riot grrrl movement which were criticised - its lack of inclusion of black, queer and trans women

@krell.1415

2 жыл бұрын

It's also a netflix film I think?

@lucy9180

2 жыл бұрын

@@krell.1415 nooo don’t watch the movie it’s dreadful! totally different vibe to the book and utterly cringe

@whatno3145

9 ай бұрын

​@@lucy9180My child of christ, I'd rather reread American Psycho than read Moxie ever again.

@beewoop1337

8 ай бұрын

@@lucy9180i kinda liked the movie it wasn’t the best but i thought it was ok probably like 7/10

guys, that's just how we pronounce women in canada. lol

@DrewKane

6 жыл бұрын

No it's not. Where the fuck are you from? Nobody in Ontario says "woman" when they mean "women".

@kaity2775

5 жыл бұрын

Is that why I haven’t been noticing him saying it??? (Also from Ontario)

@KellyK387

5 жыл бұрын

I go to Canada 🇨🇦 all the time I’ve never heard anyone pronounce one of the most common words used daily wrong like this This person needs to go back to preschool

@graveygraveyard

4 жыл бұрын

Uh no

@gruesometoucan2332

4 жыл бұрын

bruh no. from Vancouver and no one pronounces it like that

If you all haven’t listened to Amyl and The Sniffers from Australia you’re seriously missing out. Amy Taylor is definitely bringing back that punk rock riot grrrl vibe with her debut album. And she performs with band of all guys and they get along all so well.

Im almost 14 and i loveeeee the riot grrrl movement. The girl power, the guitar...AHGGGGG i love it.

@ericbuzzard2041

2 жыл бұрын

If you haven't already, check out the band Babes In Toyland, specifically their album 'Fontanelle'. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Two more bands that were influential (in my opinion) were Babes in Toyland and Team Dresch I'm probably wrong, but I think Babes in Toyland toured with Nirvana and Sonic Youth. Not sure the year (probably 1991) or the tour, but they were featured in The Year Punk Broke

@JM-oj5tx

4 жыл бұрын

Yes they did

@MostlyCloudy

4 жыл бұрын

I loved Babes in Toyland

Wow I remember being at these shows in the 1990s how empowering it was! Need a Riot Grrrl festival!

@davidreames8752

2 жыл бұрын

Bikini Kill is on tour

Gotta say this is easily one of my favorite movements in modern music history.

@drew6108

4 жыл бұрын

Hairy Cornflake, I would say so

You said the 21st century.

@yesta7375

6 жыл бұрын

John Paul Simpson That bothered me too

@aSpectreAppears

6 жыл бұрын

He also said 'woman' even though the subtitles said 'women'.

@shroomhilda

6 жыл бұрын

Not an auspicious start

@sedevacante6591

6 жыл бұрын

shroomhilda it sure wasn't

@shroomhilda

6 жыл бұрын

IKR and their videos are usually pretty well produced too. oh well, I'm willing to chalk it up to some 3 a.m. drunken editing. Lol

Hello Polyphonic. I've been enjoying your videos for some time now, and I am particularly pleased that you chose to touch on the continuing influence on pop culture of punk rock via this essay on the Riot Grrrl subculture, which you call "the last stand of the punk rock movement" - which is one point of your video that I feel begs exception. I was deeply involved in punk rock in the 1990s and my experience in the movement was deeply and primarily shaped by the DIY ethos that had become a common thread in most forms of the genre by that time. We formed our bands, wrote our zines, booked our own shows and tours, recorded and pressed our own records, and so on. We filled fire halls all over PA, OH, and NY state with sweaty, writhing, pissed off youth that came together because they were desperately in need of community - and we did all of this before the internet was even a thing. The legacy of the bands that garnered attention and shocked the masses with their punk rock in the 1970s and 80s is the DIY ethos and the willingness to accept any others that are willing to stand together for the common cause. Since the common cause is transmutable, ever-changing, and since there will ALWAYS be youth searching for acceptance and people to stand together with, punk rock will ALWAYS be a tool with which the angry, intelligent, and MOTIVATED youth create their own sense of identity and a community of their own in which they can feel they truly belong.

You should discuss the Emo movement of the early 00's, idk if there would be enough content but it would surely be interesting if that was the case

@andronalin658

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's a great idea for a video

@heggy_69

6 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see that considering I grew up listening to it lol

@PaulTheSkeptic

6 жыл бұрын

A lot of people don't realize that back then, emo was actually cool. It had very little to do with cutting oneself or even really being emotional. The music was emotional for sure and that's what it was. Emotional music. All the really good emo bands that were around back then faded into obscurity though. There's the Get Up Kids and they're okay but all the really great emo bands are all just gone. It's like a thing that came and went and left it's residue behind. I'm fairly certain that the emos of today have very little understanding of what emo is or was supposed to be. The only reason I know anything about it at all is because there's this really cool little high school radio station around where I live and I remember hearing some really incredible music in the 90's.

@seancrawford4786

6 жыл бұрын

MrGneissSchist I'd rather see a full history from the 80s to the 2000s. Honestly, the last leg of emo is the last interesting to me with the exception of a few standout revival acts

@MrGneissSchist

6 жыл бұрын

exactly, i wish more people understood the genre, because its no where near what they think

Good video but why does he keep saying Woman - to refer to Women. It is very distracting.

@qwertzu239

6 жыл бұрын

agreed its driving me crazy!!!!!!

@alexh3601

6 жыл бұрын

He's not. He's saying women, just with an accent different to whatever you've been hearing.

@JasonBenesh

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's an unfortunate dialect quirk for this particular video.

@GrimRDrag

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think I have ever heard it pronounced like that before.

@perlamendez767

6 жыл бұрын

Diego Mendivil omg yesss, it’s really annoying

Maybe I missed it, but I'm sad there was no mention of the lunachicks.

@drew6108

4 жыл бұрын

Leif drinks dumb bitch juice daily, they are good but it’s hard to mention everybody

@agitadora60

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!...an awsome band with kick ass feminist/queer songs. Saw them at Michigan freaking intense show!

@gianesofia9481

2 жыл бұрын

and the gits

L7 were so good

@teethgrinder83

5 жыл бұрын

tiagovalen i never realised L7 had been around so long as the vid says-im 35 and so in the mid 90's was developing my musical tastes in a more refined way and so i pretty much missed a lot of the movement and didnt pay them much heed after hearing "pretend we're dead"-ive now every intention of having a proper listen to some of their earlier stuff as well as some other riot grrrrl bands

@oscarlohr

3 жыл бұрын

L7 weren't riot grrl, they were just punk that had female members

You know, for a video about the female punk scene, am surprised that Siouxsie and the Banshees weren’t mentioned. There’re a really well known punk band and even though not all the band members were female, also they kinda went a little bit pop later on, I thought it would be worth mentioning. Great video by the way.

Do a video about the "grunge" scene in Seattle

@teethgrinder83

5 жыл бұрын

tiagovalen i would love a vid on post rock or maybe something on the art rock/no wave scene from the 80's although i suspect those 2 terms would be to nebulous to be able to decide exactly which bands fitted the categories (if that makes sense lol)-i mean some bands you can say "ok thats definitely from xyz genre" but certain bands and scenes can be difficult to pin down and invariably cause arguments-especially online haha

@chip9649

5 жыл бұрын

Thats been done to death

@dannyxkai

5 жыл бұрын

@@chip9649 so its always nice, and he could find new sources and fun facts or trivia

@chip9649

5 жыл бұрын

@@dannyxkai I get you but other videos have done that I feel that other scenes should have some spotlight like the Detroit rock scene in the 60s

@dannyxkai

5 жыл бұрын

@@chip9649 they are getting their spotlight? You just watched one, im just saying its not gonna kill anyone, and its not like its gonna stop him from talking about other things in music history

really amazing video, man. great job!!! it's so important to continue talking about riot grrrl and their impact, and I love that you acknowledged that we still have to go even farther.

3:04 She dabbed before it became a thing Damn she predicted the future

@adiabrown6450

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed that XD

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

The cringey future.

Finally a very decent documentary about riot grrrl ! thanks

@kaelisrobert260

6 жыл бұрын

I meant, a documentary made by youtube channel : ) but thx you for the documentary.

@ldekker97

6 жыл бұрын

Have you watched 'The Punk Singer'? It's mostly about Kathleen Hanna but obviously also talks about riot grrrl

@strawberryjpeg6000

5 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Pinkham thanks

@materialhell

3 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Headley Liz was not a riot grrrl. But she was definitely relevant to the riot grrrl culture.

Thank you so much for doing a video on riot grrrls. This is awesome!

Great insight into the Riot Grrrl scene. Worth mentioning the Rain Coats and the Slits were doing this in the late 70's.

3:04 DAB

@cra_55

6 жыл бұрын

THE PROTO-DAB

@Tacsmoker

6 жыл бұрын

is this the earliest dab ever? would be fun to take it away from that american footballer who i think has the earliest documented dab hahaha apparently this issue matter a lot!

@keionadams01

5 жыл бұрын

tacsmoker what American football player? Pretty sure the dab came out from Atlanta with the Migos around the time offset was locked up, at least that's when it was popularized

@Natadangsa

5 жыл бұрын

Sid Vicious did it first

@jhangman9288

5 жыл бұрын

I knew someone would comment that

L7 was the first "grunge" band i was introduced to in 89-90, groovy and heavy loved them from then on. Babes in Toyland deserve a shout out too, fuckin brutal.

I learn something in every video. That's the mark of a great video-essayist. Keep up the great work!

0:35 "a group of woman"

I think we should bring back riot grrrl! We need riot grrrl now more than ever!

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

We really don't. There's a reason it died...Those bands were terrible.

Some small bands that are punk/rock (women and lgbt empowered) (found on TikTok) The crawlers The re-writes Television screams The oozes Trip kissing Microwifemusic Her majesty Add more if you know them!!

@emptycinema

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@raz8752

2 жыл бұрын

Now I'm obsessed with The Oozes, so ty!

@dabdabthethird2410

7 ай бұрын

@@aofmual I’d love to see things from your perspective but unfortunately I can’t get my head that far up my ass

Don't you mean the twentieth century?

This is one of your most interesting videos. I don’t really know much about punk, and even less so about the riot grrrl movement.

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

You're not going to learn a lot of correct info about punk from videos like this...I recommend trying to talk to some OGs from back then to set the record straight.

"I'm so sorry if I'm alienating some of you Your whole fucking culture alienates me I can not scream in pain from down here on my knees I'm so sorry that I think!" -Bikini Kill "Well there's a girl in Rhinelander who needs Kathleen Hanna 'cause she doesn't think that girls can sing rock 'n' roll songs. Well I don't think they got Bikini Kill records in small town Wisconsin record shops, but that's where they need them now more than ever. So if there's still girls still growing up in this world to believe they can't sing rock 'n' roll, I don't wanna live in this world anymore. And no I don't wanna live in this world anymore." -Wingnut Dishwashers Union What's probably the most disgusting part of the whole thing is how much a lotta punk influenced garage, grunge, indie and minimalist rock n roll bands sound far more like Bikini Kill and other Riot Grrrl bands than any others yet give all of 0 credit to the founders of the sound. Not sure how ya can mention RG without also mentioning the forerunners like Eve Libertine, Mrs. Baggs, X-Ray Spex, The Slits, etc! Those early feminist voices were huge! Great video though ✊👊✌♥A///E

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

"Your whole fucking culture alienates me" ...Then why do you want to be a part of it so badly?

Most of the new music I'm into is female led, Dream Wife, Orielles, Hinds, She Drew The Gun, Girl Ray. I'm sure they would acknowledge a debt to the Riot Grrrl movement. Great video, really enjoying them.

@radshoesbro

6 жыл бұрын

Orielles are so freaking good.

@Khenshaw

5 жыл бұрын

I just checked these bands out thanks for introducing me to these bands mate.

@CakeRocketProduction

5 жыл бұрын

Daamn Dream Wife are tight. Turns out they're playing in my town in roughly a month. I'll totally be going!

@lenafromjemseg

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions!

Team Dresch, fantastic and underrated 90s punk band of girls who like girls

@elelleie9037

4 жыл бұрын

I love Team Dresch

"between woman"

@holliefitzzz

6 жыл бұрын

I think possibly Polyphonic is pronouncing the word "womyn" which is a feminist spelling of the gender, denying the usage of the suffix "man" or "men" because woman means of-man. Not 100% sure but that was my take and I came to the comments to see what people were thinking.

@oaksq4922

4 жыл бұрын

Olive Ephemerals no it’s just the way a lot of Canadians say women. As woh-men, and the e often sounds like an A. It’s just the way she goes

It's bit of shock to think so much sexism existed in an anti-establishment scene. Likewise it was kinda shocking knowing skateboarding was so homophobic for so many years.

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

The sexism is exaggerated. There were a lot of women in punk back then who had just as much respect as men.

@cooperlloyd2494

Жыл бұрын

I guess it just goes to show how deep-rooted patriarchy and misogyny are in society

I will never forget the 'Spitboy' concert at Wohlgroth in Zürich (Switzerland) in the early 90's and when I saw them again approx 2 years later at Gilman Street in Berkeley, SF! Their shows were life-changing to me! Same goes to 'The Fisticuffs Bluff', 'Dahlia Seed' and 'Bikini Kill'! ... Big Thank You to all these bands!🔥

These are some serious and unique editing skills...

This video is a goldmine. I've found 3 songs that I was dying to find.

@drew6108

4 жыл бұрын

Abdelrahman Ahmed, which ones

Btw Riot Grrl/Ghoul is still around today. We're also more intersectional and less TERFy.

@ars3nikatnep

3 жыл бұрын

me a trans girl just now finding out that they were terfs 🧍🏻‍♀️

@als2480

3 жыл бұрын

@@ars3nikatnep yeah it was very white feminist.

@johnthehumanist2333

3 жыл бұрын

see what jordan peterson has to say about intersectionalism! A fault in your stars?

@joshholden9360

Жыл бұрын

@@johnthehumanist2333 Jordan Peterson is a drug addict telling people how they need to live their lives. Rethink your role models.

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

@@joshholden9360 That describes a shit ton of Leftists as well...so what's your point?

amazing video, super helpful

Always a good day when poly uploads.🎉

X Ray Spex would beg to differ. RIP Poly Styreen.

While I am a male so I cannot relate as much as a girl it is still nice to hear some punk. Going against, letting YOUR voice out in a typically different way. I am a punk fan.

Omg I loved this. I subscribed so fast!!!!!!!

So glad I was able to see Le Tigre and Bratmobile live. Awesome shows! Riot grrrl and other female led bands got me through my teen years.

This was awesome

I do agree with this but the problem I have is explain bands like The Runaways which would give birth to Joan Jett and Lita Ford's careers, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry of Blondie, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, Lydia Lunch (which started a movement called No-Wave), Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees all having mainstream success during your so-called "Male Only World" the 1970's

@BoredomxProductionz

6 жыл бұрын

The problem is that you mentioned mainstream rock and pop punk acts and not Punk bands. Those groups were very good, and influential in their own ways, but the Punk Scene wasn't listening to Blondie and The Runaways-- those acts were looking for radio play and tour dates. Punk bands fought against exposure like that because they were against the system to begin with. They played in small dive bars and in theaters that catered to their anti-authoritarian, anti-establishment messages and behavior. Riot Grrrl acts didn't aim to break into the mainstream, only to change the Punk Scene that they felt sidelined and diminished them despite their interest and contributions.

@Wisconsin222

6 жыл бұрын

Again its hard to determine this because well The Sex Pistols were considered as punk as one could get at one point of their career even though at the same time they are also as mainstream as can be. I've been on social media pages where some people actually considered the Sex Pistols as a boy band, I don't though. So with that said its hard to pick out Mainstream Punk and "Punk Punk" (as I like to call it because even some hardcore punk bands had some mainstream success).

@Pepe-ek8cw

5 жыл бұрын

Wisconsin222, that's what got me in this vid...seems like the guy's just brushing the accomplishments of extremely talented females, like Siouxsie Sioux, Joan Jett, Patti Smith, etc, under the rug to maintain the notion that punk rock was a boys club...

@croulantroulant3082

5 жыл бұрын

@@BoredomxProductionz obviously you're too young to have a clue. Blondie started out playing at CBGBs. and by the time Riot Grrl happened, the Clash had played in sold-out stadiums.

@kevinfriend3504

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning Lydia Lunch and the No Wave scene! That was some out of the box shit that had a real influence on me and my music. Also Cozi Fan Tutti from Throbbing Gristle.

thank you for captions 👌

thank you for this!!!

Sleater-Kinney not only became an important figure in Seattle's riot grrrrl scene, but a group whose music transcended the scene itself. They kept the riot grrrrl spirit alive not only be reinventing their sound, but doing it while living through the alternative rock scene of the 00s, personal turmoil, and the Iraq war. All this and they've continued to maintain their relevancy to rock music as a whole, and not just as an important riot grrrrl band. They've ended up as, in my opinion, one of the greatest bands of all time.

Well, since we are talking woman on music, what about a Janis Joplin video?

@isorokudono

5 жыл бұрын

Psy Op. Do you know that she was in the Army? Did you know her boyfriend Kris Kristofferson left a teaching job as Col. in the Army at Westpoint? The entier 60's music scene was full of people who did Military Intelligence, or Military Brats of all stripes. Do you even know Jim Morrisions dad started the Vietnam War?

@heinruh9788

5 жыл бұрын

@@isorokudono Janis was never in the Army!

Thank you so much for posting this! Riot grrrl forever.

Excellent work! This is one of your best video essays. Bravo.

Many woman.

I love the documentary but in the introduction you refer to the “21st Century” but are referring to the 20th Century. Confusing as I wondered if the subject is going to be about the legacy or the movement.

Wow. This is, and was, an amazing moment. Thank you for educating and making a video on " Riot Grrl", I needed this so much.

thank you for this video!

I think "redefined" is a bit of an overstatement. Riot Grrrl was great or fucking terrible depending on the band but it was just punk. There wasn't like a sea-change in the basic structure of the music or anything. It's not like they made fucking ukuleles suddenly acceptable or desirable in punk music or something equally outlandish.

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

You speak the truth.

There should be more credit given to X Ray Spex and more acknowledgement of the sista grrrl movement

@davidreames8752

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, X Ray Spex, Slits, Siouxie and the Banshees, Gogo's, Pretenders, Blondie, Runaways, Talking Heads, Berlin, Romeo Void, Bangles, B-52s, The Cramps, Plasmatics, Patti Smith, Nico and the Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Heart, Aretha Franklin, Wanda Jackson, Millie Small, Big Mamma Thornton, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Billie Holiday, etc, etc, etc... Female rock did not start in 1990 or in Washington State... Punk started with 60s psychedelic rock...Seeds, Them, MC5, Iggy and the Stooges, etc.

This video is so awesome and really provides a ton of information about the movement I didn't know before. I'm actually writing a paper on riot grrrl for university and was wondering if anyone knows where to find the quotes from zines, particularly for the quotes from Sniffin' Glue and Jigsaw. I'm aware they were around long before the internet but thought they could be really interesting sources to use and I'd love to have a look at the rest of the zine as well. Thanks in advance!

cheers to this video and cheers to this channel

I think you'll find it's pronounced "Wyoming".

L7 was the closest a female band ever got to hitting a true grunge feel (like Nirvana). They were musically much better than Courtney Love.

@andrewharper1609

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't listen to Courtney Love, I did listen to L7 though. Most of Grunge just passed me by though.

@KrisRN23935

4 жыл бұрын

Wait, so Garbage wasn’t Grunge? My life is a lie.

@fotoautomatmusic

4 жыл бұрын

What about 7 Year Bitch they were outstanding.

@helpgirlimtrappedinthetestube

4 жыл бұрын

I like both

@DGD4Landy

4 жыл бұрын

Babes in Toyland!!

Very cool, I love your channel

Hell yeah love the punk content!

Does it bother anyone else that he pronounces "women" as "woman" instead of "wemen"?

@NWOWCW4Life1

6 жыл бұрын

In all fairness, there are some words that don't come off very well pronunciation wise. Hell, even I wonder if I'm saying Ask or Ass tbh haha. All depends on the tone and possibly accent wise but even so, This was still a pretty fun video on a movement I must admit that I notice too much on.

@TheMutantMindframe

6 жыл бұрын

that's just how we say it in canada

@Levipaulsen

6 жыл бұрын

Wamen is technically correct

@porlando12

6 жыл бұрын

James Wright so much...

@holliefitzzz

6 жыл бұрын

I think possibly Polyphonic is pronouncing the word "womyn" which is a feminist spelling of the gender, denying the usage of the suffix "man" or "men" because woman means of-man. Not 100% sure but that was my take and I came to the comments to see what people were thinking.

Thanks for posting this, it's an important video. The effort you and time you put into these really shine through. I saw Kathleen Hanna perform under her new moniker (Julie Ruin) last year & she was a force to behold.

Thank you for always making inclusive and diverse videos. You are one of my favorite video essay channels.

8:00 good to see all those old etch-a-sketches put to good use.

*Women

@holliefitzzz

6 жыл бұрын

I think possibly Polyphonic is pronouncing the word "womyn" which is a feminist spelling of the gender, denying the usage of the suffix "man" or "men" because woman means of-man. Not 100% sure but that was my take and I came to the comments to see what people were thinking.

@oswaldsweezlebogger6826

6 жыл бұрын

+Goldhawk I highly doubt that; Not once have I heard that term used before, and if he was indeed using it, I assume he would likely have included an explanation, either after the first usage or in the description. Because he does have a bit of an odd voice/general pronounciation, I would bet on him just mispronouncing "women".

@mastermogolini208

5 жыл бұрын

Goldhawk I’m not saying you created the term but that’s honestly retarded. It doesn’t mean of man, it means of mankind. As in huMANs. It has nothing to do with the male sex

@brainf.1281

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda inconsiderate of you to judge his accent like that bro

i love the whole riot grrrl scene

Enjoyable and informative video regardless of some pronunciation issues but that's okay as some words sound weird to us all. Continue the great content.

Riot Grrrl never died it just went dormant for a while

Didn't nirvana play with L7

Never clicked so fast on a video!

@heggy_69

6 жыл бұрын

is that a munster flag as your pfp?

@takkC

6 жыл бұрын

I think it's the swedish tre kronor

@irishrepublican3739

3 жыл бұрын

yaoihunter yeooo🇮🇪

I think you should do a video about how the eighth note came to be a sort of worldwide symbol of music. It would be interesting to see the history

Yes another video