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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. It was a center for the riot grrrl movement of the early 1990s, which featured Bikini Kill and Bratmobile.
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. The city has several record labels and companies, including K Records and Kill Rock Stars; Kill Rock Stars has signed Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Unwound and Elliott Smith.
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. It was a center for the riot grrrl movement of the early 1990s, which featured Bikini Kill and Bratmobile.
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. The city has several record labels and companies, including K Records and Kill Rock Stars; Kill Rock Stars has signed Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Unwound and Elliott Smith.
Notable musicians and groups
*Bangs (band), 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 in 1980, played during the 1980s and 1990s. *Lois Maffeo was most active during the early 1990s. *Dub Narcotic Sound System, formed in 1995, was signed to K Records. *Earth (American band), 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. *The Frumpies, a lo-fi punk rock band, formed in 1992 and split in 2000. *G.L.O.S.S. was a Transfeminism, 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 (band), 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. *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.Radio stations
* KAOS (FM), KAOS Olympia Community Radio 89.3 FM *KXXORecord labels
*K Records (founded 1982): Although it primarily released indie-rock records, the label is regarded as a pioneer of the Riot Grrrl movement. *Kill Rock Stars (founded 1991)Music festivals and events
* Yoyo A Go Go (1994–2001) * Ladyfest (2000) * The International Pop Underground Convention (1991) * Girls to the Front (1991).References
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