''Bikini Kill'' is the first EP by the American punk rock band

Bikini Kill Bikini Kill is an American punk rock band formed in Olympia, Washington, in October 1990. The group consisted of singer and songwriter Kathleen Hanna, guitarist Billy Karren, bassist Kathi Wilcox, and drummer Tobi Vail. The band pioneered the ...

led by singer

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. The six-song

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EP was released in 1992 on

Kill Rock Stars Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and Tinuviel Sampson, and based in both Olympia, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, but was originally known ...

. It was produced by

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. In 1994, the EP was released on CD together with the ''

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'' EP under the name ''

The CD Version of the First Two Records ''The C.D. Version of the First Two Records'' (released on cassette as ''The Tape Version of the First Two Records'') is a compilation by punk rock band Bikini Kill, collecting their 1992 eponymous EP and their half of the 1993 EP '' Yeah Yeah Y ...

''. 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. Hanna also remarked that "There's a kind of 90's revival f feminism at the time that Bikini Kill decided to reissue their older releases.

Track listing

References

1992 EPs Bikini Kill albums Kill Rock Stars EPs {{1990s-punk-rock-album-stub