Girl Germs Issue 1

Girl Germs was a zine created by University of Oregon students Allison Wolfe and Molly Neuman, both members of the band Bratmobile. Girl Germs Issue 1 File links The following pages link to this file: Riot grrrl ... Girl Germs Issue 1 File links The following pages link to this file: Riot grrrl ... A zine—an abbreviation of the word fanzine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. ... The University of Oregon (UO) is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ... Allison Wolfe is a DC-based singer and performer. ... Drummer Molly Neuman background left, guitarist Erin Smith, foreground left, singer/songwriter Allison Wolfe, right. ...

Published just before the emergence of Riot Grrrl, it helped pave the way for this movement, along with other proto-Riot Grrrl zines such as Tobi Vail's Jigsaw, Bikini Kill by Vail and Kathleen Hanna and riot grrrl by Wolfe, Neuman and Hanna. Feminism was influential in the Pacific Northwest in the early nineties: Girl Germs heralded an explosion of zines that accompanied the birth of Riot Grrrl, which included Ms America,Satan Wears A Bra, Fantastic Fanzine, I (heart) Amy Carter and others. Riot Grrrl (or Riot Grrl) is a feminist musical and political movement beginning in the early 1990s. ... Tobi Vail is an underground musician, fanzine writer, rock critic and feminist theorist from Olympia, Washington, USA. Her first band was The Go Team with Calvin Johnson that existed from 1985 to 1989. ... Kathleen Hanna (Born 12 November 1969) is an American musician. ... Statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, a famous suffragette, in Victoria Tower Gardens next to the Houses of Parliament, Westminster. ... Darker red states are always considered part of the Pacific Northwest. ...

Contributors to Girl Germs included Kathleen Hanna; Jean Smith of Mecca Normal; Sue P. Fox; Kaia Wilson; the editors of Double Bill, G.B. Jones, Jena von Brücker, Caroline Azar, Johnny Noxzema and Rex; Jen Smith; and Erin Smith of Bratmobile. Groups interviewed by Girl Germs editors include Calamity Jane, Unrest, 7 Year Bitch, Jawbox and Fastbacks. Kaia Wilson is a Portland, Oregon singer and guitarist. ... G.B. Jones is an influential artist, filmmaker, and musician from Toronto. ... Caroline Azar is an actor, playwright and the lead singer, keyboardist and co-lyricist of the band Fifth Column. ... Drummer Molly Neuman background left, guitarist Erin Smith, foreground left, singer/songwriter Allison Wolfe, right. ... Unrest is an indie rock band from the Washington DC area. ... 7 Year Bitch 7 Year Bitch was an all-female, punk-influenced rock band in Seattle, Washington during the period (pun intended!) 1990–1996. ... Jawbox was a punk rock/indie rock/post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C.. Its members were J. Robbins (vocals/guitar), Bill Barbot (guitar), Kim Coletta (bass guitar), and Adam Wade & Zach Barocas (drums). ... Clockwise from top left: Kurt Bloch, Lulu Gargiulo, band, Kim Warnick The Fastbacks were a pioneering Seattle band. ...

Girl Germs records the coming together of Bratmobile as a band at the same time as it created the foundation for Riot Grrrl. Allison would go on to play with Cold Cold Hearts, Partyline, and Hawnay Troof and Molly played with The Frumpies. Cold Cold Hearts is an indie rock band consisting of Allison Wolfe (vocals), Erin Smith (guitar), Nattles (bass), and Katherine Brown (drums). ... Partyline live in Washington, DC at the Velvet Lounge. ... Hawnay Troof is an Oakland, California based electronic solo project of Vice Cooler. ...

Quotes

• "The first two issues were pretty funny. The next three got more serious. It's kinda hard for me to look at those zines now, I get so embarrassed! I never was a very focused writer." -Allison Wolfe, on the zine

• "We're helping open male audience members minds. Like, 'Oh wow, you're women and you can play!' But it's like, No shit!" - Selene, of band Seven Year Bitch, on sexism in music (issue 18)

7 Year Bitch was an all-female, punk-influenced rock band in Seattle, Washington during the period 1990–1996. ... The sign of the headquarters of the National Association Opposed To Woman Suffrage Sexism is commonly considered to be discrimination against people based on their sex rather than their individual merits, but can also refer to any and all differentiations based on sex. ...

References

• Article on riot grrrl

See also

• List of zines