Viva Knievel was a short-lived
punk rock and pre-
riot grrrl band
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in
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region.
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that existed around 1989–1990. Viva Knievel was
Kathleen Hanna's second band, and included Zeb Olsen on bass, her brother, Stu, on guitar, and Matt Zodrow on drums.
Kathleen's first band had been called "Amy Carter". Zeb, Stu, and Matt started playing punk rock in the early 80's and were in multiple bands before VK.
Four Viva Knievel songs recorded in 1990 were released as a 7" EP on Cindy Wolfe's record label Ultrasound Records.
In 1989 Hanna came upon a copy of
Tobi Vail
Tobi Celeste Vail (born July 20, 1969) is an American independent musician, music critic and feminist activist from Olympia, Washington. She was a central figure in the riot grrl scene—she coined the spelling of "grrl"—and she started the zi ...
's zine ''Jigsaw'', and Hanna interviewed people while on tour with Viva Knievel in summer 1990 for inclusion in ''Jigsaw''.
In 1990, Hanna, Karren, and Vail formed
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 th ...
with their friend
Kathi Wilcox.
Footnotes
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Riot grrrl bands
Punk rock groups from Washington (state)
Musical groups from Olympia, Washington