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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m M u s i c o f O l y m p i a ) Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney in Olympia, between 1994 and 2001
The port city of Olympia, Washington , has been a center of post-hardcore , anti-folk , and other youth-oriented musical genres since the late 1970s. Before this period, Olympia's The Fleetwoods had several Billboard chart successes between 1959 and 1963. Olympia saw a rise in feminism in the music industry, where artists commonly addressed rape, domestic abuse, sexuality, racism, patriarchy, classism, anarchism, and female empowerment in their songs.[1] riot grrrl movement of the early 1990s, which featured Bikini Kill and Bratmobile .[2]
Olympia's downtown Capitol Theater hosted the punk and indie-rock International Pop Underground Convention in 1991 and the Yoyo-A-Go-Go festival in 1994, 1997, 1999 and 2001.[3] K Records and Kill Rock Stars ; Kill Rock Stars has signed Bikini Kill , Sleater-Kinney , Unwound and Elliott Smith .
Notable musicians and groups
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Bangs , part of the riot grrrl movement, formed in 1997 and were active until 2010. Kill Rock Stars signed the band.
Beat Happening , which formed in 1982, played lo-fi music .
Bikini Kill , which formed in 1990 as pioneers of the riot grrrl movement, released several EPs and two albums.
The Blow , founded in 2001, deliver Olympia-influenced monologues.
Bratmobile played punk and early riot grrrl music from 1991 to 2003.
Cool Rays , formed by Evergreen State College students, active 1980-1981.
Lois Maffeo was most active during the early 1990s.
Dub Narcotic Sound System , formed in 1995, was signed to K Records.
Earth , 1989–1997, 2003–present.
Excuse 17 recorded from 1993 to 1995.
The Fleetwoods , a vocal pop group, recorded "Come Softly to Me" (their debut single and biggest hit) in 1959.[4]
The Frumpies , a lo-fi punk rock band, formed in 1992 and split in 2000.
G.L.O.S.S. was a trans-feminist hardcore punk band which formed in 2014 and split in 2016.
godheadSilo : A noise rock duo which first formed in 1991 and reformed in 2015, focusing on stoner rock and sludge metal .
The Go Team was a duo which was active from 1985 to 1989.
Gossip was active from 1999 to 2016, and participated in Olympia's 2000 Ladyfest.
Heavens to Betsy was a punk duo which formed during the early 1990s.
Milk Music was a four-member band founded in 2008.
The Need , a queercore band formed in the mid-1990s, was signed to the Kill Rock Stars label and was active until 2001.
The Old Haunts , formed in 2001, was also signed to the Kill Rock Stars label.
Sleater-Kinney , originally part of the riot grrrl movement, has released ten albums since 1994.[5]
Team Dresch is an American queercore/punk band which formed in 1993.
Wynne Greenwood performed electropop music as Tracy + the Plastics during the early 2000s via video projection.
Unwound was active from 1991 to 2002.
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References
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^ van Horn, Teri (June 25, 2001). "Bratmobile, Need, Gossip Playing Yoyo A Gogo Festival" . Mtv.com . MTV. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas . "The Fleetwoods" . Allmusic . Retrieved 21 November 2021 .
^ Shaffer, Claire (11 May 2021). "Sleater-Kinney Return With New Single 'Worry With You' . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 21 November 2021 .
^ Rose, Cynthia (July 5, 1996). "The Return Of Vinyl Frenzy – Seven-Inch Singles Are The Hot New Item For Rock's Underground" . Seattle Times . Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2021 .
^ Lord, Mary Lou (2011). "About Mary Lou Lord" . Kill Rock Stars. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013 .
^ "Sisters Outsiders: The Oral History of the 'Bikini Kill' EP" . Spin : 3. November 15, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013 .
^ Hunt, El (27 August 2019). "A brief history of Riot Grrrl the space-reclaiming 90s punk movement" . NME .
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Olympia,_Washington&oldid=1231746673 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● M u s i c o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s b y c i t y ● M u s i c o f O l y m p i a , W a s h i n g t o n ● M u s i c s c e n e s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n w i t h e m p t y W i k i d a t a d e s c r i p t i o n ● U s e A m e r i c a n E n g l i s h f r o m J u n e 2 0 2 1 ● A l l W i k i p e d i a a r t i c l e s w r i t t e n i n A m e r i c a n E n g l i s h ● A r t i c l e s t h a t m a y c o n t a i n o r i g i n a l r e s e a r c h f r o m J u n e 2 0 2 1 ● A l l a r t i c l e s t h a t m a y c o n t a i n o r i g i n a l r e s e a r c h ● A r t i c l e s n e e d i n g a d d i t i o n a l r e f e r e n c e s f r o m N o v e m b e r 2 0 2 1 ● A l l a r t i c l e s n e e d i n g a d d i t i o n a l r e f e r e n c e s
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