Frightwig
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Frightwig was an American
1980s all-women band
from San Francisco
, California
. They pioneered the riot grrrl
movement and were influential to its development. They often played at The Farm
. They were known for inviting a male audience member on stage to "dance" during the song "A Man's Gotta Do What a Man's Gotta Do", and thereby publicly ridiculing them. Frightwig was composed of Cecilia Lynch, Deanna Ashley, Mia Levin, Susan Miller, Patricia Ramelli, Megan Page, Lynn Perko and Rebecca Tucker. After the band broke up, few members moved on to form Mudwimin along with Tragic Mulatto drummer, Bambi Nonymous.
The band gained momentary fame after Kurt Cobain
was seen at Nirvana
's MTV Unplugged concert wearing a Frightwig T-shirt.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
1980s all-women band
All-women band
An all-female band is a musical group composed of female musicians exclusively. A distinction is made here with a girl group, in which the members are solely vocalists, though this terminology is not universally followed.-1920s-1940s:In the Jazz Age and during the 1930s, "all-girl" bands such as...
from San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. They pioneered the riot grrrl
Riot grrrl
Riot grrrl was an underground feminist punk movement based in Washington, DC, Olympia, Washington, Portland, Oregon, and the greater Pacific Northwest which existed in the early to mid-1990s, and it is often associated with third-wave feminism...
movement and were influential to its development. They often played at The Farm
The Farm (San Francisco)
The Farm, located at the corner of Army Street and Potrero Avenue in San Francisco, California, was a community center from 1974-1987.Adults and children would gather at The Farm across a park from Buena Vista Elementary School...
. They were known for inviting a male audience member on stage to "dance" during the song "A Man's Gotta Do What a Man's Gotta Do", and thereby publicly ridiculing them. Frightwig was composed of Cecilia Lynch, Deanna Ashley, Mia Levin, Susan Miller, Patricia Ramelli, Megan Page, Lynn Perko and Rebecca Tucker. After the band broke up, few members moved on to form Mudwimin along with Tragic Mulatto drummer, Bambi Nonymous.
The band gained momentary fame after Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana...
was seen at Nirvana
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
's MTV Unplugged concert wearing a Frightwig T-shirt.
Discography
- Cat Farm Faboo (1984; Subterranean RecordsSubterranean RecordsSubterranean Records is an independent record label based in San Francisco, California. Founded by Steve Tupper and a then partner, Michael Fox in 1979, it focused on that city's underground punk and industrial music scene....
) - Faster, Frightwig, Kill! Kill! (1986; Caroline Records)
- Phonesexy EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
(1990; Boner RecordsBoner RecordsBoner Records is a Berkeley, California based independent record label, run by Tom Flynn. They have released recordings by Fang , Verbal Abuse, MDC, Boneless Ones, Duh, Steel Pole Bath Tub, The Melvins, The Warlock Pinchers, Hell's Kitchen, and Superconductor, among others.-The Melvins:*Bullhead...
) - Teriyaki Asthma Volume III (compilation) (1990; C/Z RecordsC/Z RecordsC/Z Records is a Seattle-based record label that was established in early 1985 by Chris Hanzsek and Tina Casale with the release of the now-legendary, Deep Six LP, which collected the earliest recordings of the real pro-genitors of what later came to be known as grunge...
) - Teriyaki Asthma Volumes I-V (compilation) (1992; C/Z RecordsC/Z RecordsC/Z Records is a Seattle-based record label that was established in early 1985 by Chris Hanzsek and Tina Casale with the release of the now-legendary, Deep Six LP, which collected the earliest recordings of the real pro-genitors of what later came to be known as grunge...
) - Wild Women Never Die (compilation) (1993; Southern RecordsSouthern RecordsSouthern Records is an independent record label closely associated with Crass Records, Corpus Christi Records and Dischord Records. It is based in London and previously had offices in Chicago , Le Havre and Berlin .Southern was originally a recording studio owned and operated by John Loder...
)