The following is a list of notable bands associated with riot grrrl from the early 1990s to the present, mainly in the United States and United Kingdom.
NB: some of these bands significantly pre-dated the original riot grrrl era (e.g. Frightwig, Fifth Column, Mecca Normal, Scrawl, L7), while others may be more accurately categorized as grunge – see also 'foxcore' (e.g. Lunachicks, Babes in Toyland, Dickless, Calamity Jane), alternative rock (e.g. Jack Off Jill), hardcore (e.g. Spitboy, Pantychrist), garage punk (e.g. Red Aunts), queercore (e.g. Tribe 8, Team Dresch, the Third Sex, Sta-Prest, the Butchies, the Need), post punk/no wave (e.g. Erase Errata), digital hardcore (Lolita Storm) or indiepop (e.g. Angelica).
Other bands did not identify with riot grrrl during its first wave of the early 1990s but became associated via personal and artistic connections (e.g. 7 Year Bitch), or by fans and/or the media due to aesthetic and genre similarities (e.g. Hole, the Gits). Such groups have sometimes been called "riot grrrl adjacent". On the same basis, bands continue to be associated with or self-identify as riot grrrl up to the present day. However, the problematisation of riot grrrl, and of its status as music genre, have led to the label being disputed.Sexing the Groove: Popular Music and Gender, Sheila Whiteley, Routledge, 1997
A list of notable bands that specifically self-identified as riot grrrl during the initial early 1990s period would be small, potentially including only Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, Excuse 17, Emily's Sassy Lime, and Lucid Nation in the US, and Huggy Bear, Linus, Pussycat Trash and Skinned Teen in the UK.
# 7 Year Bitch
A Adickdid Angelica
B Babes in Toyland Bangs Be Your Own Pet Big Joanie Bikini Kill Bitch Alert Blood SausageAnyone Can Do It: Empowerment, Tradition and the Punk Underground, Pete Dale, Ashgate, 2012 Bratmobile The Butchies
C Cadallaca Calamity Jane Care Bears on Fire Cheap Perfume Casual Dots Childbirth The Coathangers Cold Cold Hearts Coping Saw Courtney Love Cub
D Daddy Issues Dickless Die Spitz Dominatrix Dream Nails Dream Wife
E The Element of Crime Emily's Sassy Lime Erase Errata The Ethical Debating Society Excuse 17
F Fabulous Disaster Fifth Columnhttp://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/the-greatest-band-youve-never-heard-of-fifth-column Finally Punk Frantic Spiders Free KittenPsychic Confusion: The Sonic Youth Story, Steve Chick, Omnibus, 2009, Ch.10 Frightwig The Frumpies
G Girlpool The Gits Gossip (early) Grrrl Gang gSp GURR
H Heartless Martin Heavenly Heavens to Betsy Hole (early) Huggy Bear
J Jack Off Jill The Julie Ruin
K Kenickie (early) Kitten Forever Kate Nash (after 2010) The Kut
L L7 Le Tigre The Linda Lindas Linus Lois Lolita Storm Lucid Nation Lunachicks Lung Leg
M Mambo Taxi Mecca Normal Mika Miko
N The Need Nots
O Otoboke Beaver
P Pantychrist Partyline Period Pains Petty Crime Phantom Pregnancies Pinkshift Problem Patterns Pussycat Trash Pussy Riot
Q Quix*o*tic The Quails
R Red Aunts Red Monkey The Regrettes
S Sally Skull Scrawl Screaming Females The Shondes Shoplifting Shrag Sidi Bou Said Sister George Skating Polly Skinned Teen Skinny Girl Diet Slant 6 Sleater-Kinney Slutever
Spider and the WebsNirvana: The Biography, Everett True, Da Capo Press, 2009 Spitboy Splendora Sta-PrestVisible: A Femmethology, Volume One, J.C. Burke, Homofactus Press, 2009, p166 Suture Swan Island
T Tacocat Tattle Tale Team Dresch The Third Sex Throwing Up Tribe 8
Tunabunny The Tuts
V VIAL Voodoo Queens
W Wetdog Wild Flag White Lung The Wimmins' Institute
See also Queercore All-female band
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