Riot Grrrl lives!

A lot of new bands that refer to themselves as (or otherwise intentionally reference) “riot grrrl” have formed or re-formed in the last few years. We’re not sure what triggered this wave of interest – in fact we were entirely unaware of it when we decided to form Not Right – but it’s awesome regardless.

Inspired by this and the Riot Grrrl UK group on Facebook, we decided to create a list of current, active riot grrrl bands based in the UK. You can find this below.

We’ve also decided to create an archive of UK-based riot grrrl bands, because there’s plenty of brilliant music still floating around from bands that are no more. You can find that here.

We are discovering new bands all the time. If you’re in a cool band or you know a cool band and would like us to provide a link, please let us know by commenting below.

Candy Panic Attack (ReverbNation)
Lo-fi punk from London

Cat Bear Tree (Musicborn) (Soundcloud) (Facebook) (Twitter)
Indie punk pop from London

The C(i)A (Tumblr) (Facebook)
Riot grrrls from the North East

Covergirl (Bandcamp) (Facebook) (Myspace)
Queer post-everything from London

Crash Paris (Tumblr) (Facebook)
Riot grrrl/grunge from Bristol

The Dethkats (ReverbNation) (Facebook) (Myspace)
Gothy psychobilly from North London

Dirty (Facebook)
Riot grrrl/noise from Gloucestershire

Drag (Home page) (Facebook)
Sleazy punk from Birmingham

Drunken Butterfly (Bandcamp) (Facebook) (Myspace)
Folky, lo-fi punk from Bristol

Esper Scout (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Prog-influenced rockers from Leeds

The Ethical Debating Society (Bandcamp) (Facebook) (Myspace)
Post-grrrunk riot pop from London

Femmepop (Facebook) (Myspace)
Singer-songwriter from London

Gaptooth (Home page) (Facebook)
Electropop singer-songwriter based in London

Grim Dylan (ReverbNation) (Facebook) (Myspace)
Punk/grunge from Derbyshire

Hearts Under Fire (Home page) (ReverbNation) (Facebook)
Punk rockers from Surrey

Hooker (Home page) (Facebook)
Femme-punks from Manchester

Husbands ‘n’ Knives (ReverbNation) (Facebook)
PMS-fuelled riot grrrl from Torquay

Jesus and his Judgemental Father (Myspace) (Facebook)
Riot grrrl pop punk from Leeds

The Jezebellas (Facebook)
Riot grrls from Barrow, Cumbria

Kerosene Queen (ReverbNation) (Facebook)
Riot grrrls from Birmingham

The Makeshifts (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Queer punk from London

Mean Bikini (Bandcamp) (Soundcloud) (Tumblr) (Facebook)
Lo-fi garage punk from London

Molasses (Bandcamp) (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Two-woman noise from London/Cambridge

My Therapist Says Hot Damn (Tumblr) (Facebook)
Riot grrrly punk from London

Not Right (Home page) (Facebook)
Shouty punk from the West Midlands

Skinny Girl Diet (Tumblr) (Soundcloud) (Facebook) (Myspace)
Lo-fi punk from London

The Smears (ReverbNation) (Facebook)
Punk/grunge from Nottingham

Spat (ReverbNation) (Facebook)
Punk/grunge from the Scottish borders

Ten Tigers (Home page) (Soundcloud) (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Crayon rock from Essex/Cambridgeshire

V for Vagina (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Noise punk from Glasgow