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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
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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
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Lowndes, Sarah (2016). "Rebel Girl You Are My World: Riot GRRRL in Olympia, Washington, after 1991".
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band formed in the mid-1990s, was signed to the Kill Rock Stars label and was active until 2001.
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punk band formed in 1989, active until 2019. Released work on K and Kill Rock Stars.
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was active from 1999 to 2016, and participated in Olympia's 2000 Ladyfest.
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Rebel Girl You Are my World: Riot Grrl in Olympia Washington after 1991
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duo which first formed in 1991 and reformed in 2015, focusing on
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hardcore punk band which formed in 2014 and split in 2016.
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played punk and early riot grrrl music from 1991 to 2003.
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is an American queercore/punk band which formed in 1993.
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was a punk duo which formed during the early 1990s.
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Carrie Brownstein
Sleater-Kinney
Olympia, Washington
post-hardcore
anti-folk
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riot grrrl
Bikini Kill
Bratmobile
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Kill Rock Stars
Bikini Kill
Sleater-Kinney
Unwound
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