Bikini Kill (EP) explained

Bikini Kill
Type:EP
Artist:Bikini Kill
Cover:(1992) Bikini Kill.png
Released:9 October 1992
Recorded:1991–1992
Studio:Inner Ear (Arlington)
Genre:Punk rock
Length:15:15
Label:Kill Rock Stars
Producer:Ian MacKaye
Prev Title:Revolution Girl Style Now!
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Next Year:1993

Bikini Kill is the first EP by the American punk rock band Bikini Kill led by singer Kathleen Hanna. The six-song vinyl EP was released in 1992 on Kill Rock Stars.[1] It was produced by Fugazi's Ian MacKaye.[2] In 1994, the EP was released on CD together with the Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah EP under the name The CD Version of the First Two Records.

In November 2012, Hanna founded Bikini Kill Records with the intention of reissuing Bikini Kill's discography, explaining that Bikini Kill felt their relationship with Kill Rock Stars had stagnated following several years without releasing any new material.[3] Hanna also remarked that "There's a kind of 90's revival [of feminism]" at the time that Bikini Kill decided to reissue their older releases.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bikini Kill artist releases . 2012 . . Killrockstars.com . 8 July 2012 . 29 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161029043314/http://www.killrockstars.com/artists/bikini-kill . dead .
  2. News: Layne. Anni. Bikini Kill Call It Quits. Rolling Stone. April 15, 1998.
  3. Web site: Interview: Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill . 2012 . CMJ . 23 May 2014 .
  4. Web site: Kathleen Hanna on Bikini Kill, growing up, and being a feminist icon . 2012 . A.V. Club . 23 May 2014 .