The Julie Ruin is an American band formed in 2010 in New York City. The band rehearses in

Greenpoint, Brooklyn Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bordered on the southwest by Williamsburg at Bushwick Inlet Park and McCarren Park; on the southeast by the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway and East ...

, and records at

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and Figure 8 Recording in Brooklyn. Band members include lead vocalist

Kathleen Hanna Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. She is the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill and fronted the electropunk band Le Tigre ...

, bassist

Kathi Wilcox Kathi Lynn Wilcox (born November 19, 1969) is an American musician. She is the bass player in Bikini Kill and guitar player in the Casual Dots. She was also a member of the Julie Ruin and the Frumpies. Music Wilcox attended The Evergreen Stat ...

, keyboardist

Kenny Mellman Kenneth Mellman is an American musician and cabaret artist. He is a member of The Julie Ruin. Mellman is co-creator of Kiki and Herb with Justin Bond and plays the role of Herb. He created his solo show ''Kenny Mellman Is Grace Jones'' and co ...

, drummer Carmine Covelli and guitarist Sara Landeau. Hanna and Wilcox also perform together as part of

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

. The band's name was previously used as the title of Hanna's debut solo album. In December 2010, the Julie Ruin previewed a performance at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, New York. In 2012, the Julie Ruin released the song "Girls Like Us," featuring

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artist

Vaginal Davis Vaginal Davis (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American performer, painter, independent curator, composer, film-maker and writer. Born intersex and raised in South Central, Los Angeles, Davis gained notoriety in New York during the 1980s ...

, as a free download as part of a series inspired by the book ''Real Man Adventures'' by T. Cooper. The band's first album, '' Run Fast'', was released on September 3, 2013, by

Dischord Records Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.–based independent record label specializing in punk rock. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release '' Minor Disturbance'' by their band the Teen Id ...

. The first track, "Oh Come On," was released in June of that year. The band's second album, '' Hit Reset'', was released on July 8, 2016, by

Hardly Art Hardly Art is an American independent record label based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in early 2007 by Sub Pop Records, Hardly Art is run by three full-time employees and is distributed by the Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) and Sub Pop ...

Records. The first track "I Decide" was released on April 11, 2016.

Discography

*'' Run Fast'' (2013) *'' Hit Reset'' (2016)

References

External links

TheJulieRuin.com
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