UK Riot Grrrl
[this page is no longer regularly updated, sorry!]
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.
Beyond The Dawn (Facebook)
Punk cabaret from Nottingham
Big Joanie (Bandcamp) (Tumblr) (Facebook)
Black feminist sistah punk from London
The Blue Minkies (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Pound shop pop from Brighton
Bratakus (Youtube) (Facebook) (Fandalism)
Two-piece riot grrrl sisters from the north of Scotland
Candy Heart Attack (ReverbNation) (Facebook)
Lo-fi punk from London
Cat Bear Tree (Musicborn) (Soundcloud) (Facebook) (Twitter)
Indie punk pop from London
Charla Fantasma (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Ghostly pop punk from London
Covergirl (Bandcamp) (Facebook) (Myspace)
Queer post-everything from London
Crack Foxes (Facebook)
Glam rock riot grrrl punk from London
Dirty (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Surfy riot grrrl/noise from Bristol
Dirtygirl (Bandcamp) (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Pop hits with a riot grrrl twist – from York
Dog Legs (Bandcamp)
Sunny, poppy lo-fi tunes from London/Brighton
Drag (Home page) (Facebook)
Sleazy punk from Birmingham
Dream Nails (Facebook)
Feminist punk witches from hell (that is, London)
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
Fight Rosa Fight! (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Messy Riot Grrrl Punk from Cheltenham/Tewkesbury
Fresh (Bandcamp)
Multi-instrumentalist two piece from London
Gaptooth (Home page) (Facebook)
Electropop singer-songwriter based in London
Girls To The Front (Bandcamp)
Lo-fi alternative pop from Coventry
Grim Dylan (ReverbNation) (Facebook) (Myspace)
Punk/grunge from Derbyshire
Hearts Under Fire (Home page) (ReverbNation) (Facebook)
Punk rockers from Surrey
The Kut (Website) (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Alt-rock trio from London
LIINES (formerly hooker) (Home page) (Facebook) (Twitter)
Post-punk from Manchester
Husbands N Knives (Bandcamp) (ReverbNation) (Facebook)
PMS-fuelled riot grrrl from Torquay
Jesus & His Judgemental Father (Myspace) (Facebook)
Riot grrrl pop punk from Leeds
Kerosene Queen (ReverbNation) (Facebook)
Riot grrrls from Birmingham
Lilith Ai (Soundclooud) (Facebook)
Savage sordid soul from London
Majorettes (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Garage punk from London
Maki Yamazaki (Home page) (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Singer-songwriter from Glasgow
Matagot (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Riot pop from South East London
MiaouMix (Facebook)
Radge-grrl noise from Edinburgh
Molasses (Bandcamp) (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Two-woman noise from London/Cambridge
Momma Swift (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Banjo punk and acoustic feminist hardcore from Brighton
My Therapist Says Hot Damn (Tumblr) (Facebook)
Riot grrrly punk from London
Niagara Balls (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
A couple of girls laughing at their own jokes in Belfast/Warwickshire
Not Right (Home page) (Facebook)
Shouty punk from the West Midlands
Personal Best (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Power pop from Bristol
Petrol Girls (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Raging feminist hardcore from London
Rachele Whatever (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Nu riot grrl from Manchester
Screech Bats (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Skate punk from London
Sinister Hussy (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Angry grunge metal from Brighton
Sister Ghost (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Hawk rock and blackbird punk from Derry/Belfast
Slum of Legs (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Six-piece grrrlgruppe from Brighton
The Smears (ReverbNation) (Facebook)
Punk/grunge from Nottingham
Spat (ReverbNation) (Facebook)
Punk/grunge from the Scottish borders
Swansong (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Alt/noise/punk rock from Cornwall
T-Bitch (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Trans riot grrrl from Essex
Ten Tigers (Home page) (Soundcloud) (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Crayon rock from Essex/Cambridgeshire
The Tuts (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Feisty all-girl indie/punk from London
The Twistettes (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Bass/drum duo from Fife
The Wimmin’s Institute (Facebook) (Tumblr)
Post-grrrl supergroup from London
Tuffragettes (Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Trans queer feminist synthpunk from London
V For Vagina (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Noise punk from Glasgow
notrightpunk.com 
Hey!
I play in Jesus and his Judgemental Father – Riot Grrrl Punk Rock from Leeds. It would be awesome if you could include us on here!
http://www.myspace.com/jahjf
Sarah
Awesome, will do! P.S. amazing band name xx
Hi,
My Therapist Says Hot Damn is a London-based riot grrrly punk band – can we be listed here please?
http://mytherapistsayshotdamn.tumblr.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Therapist-Says-Hot-Damn/243789262306652
Cheers!
Soph x
You very much can! Am enjoying listening to your music 😀
Thanks! x
That’s very okay! Stay awesome xx
Hey this is Claudia from Cat Bear Tree. Thanks for listing us. I don’t think the link that you have for our musicborn page is working. It should be http://www.musicborn.com/profile.php?id=13269
Also please can you add our twitter – https://twitter.com/catbeartree
Sorted!
Thanks for listing The Ethical Debating Society! ❤
Candy Panic Attack is London-based, not from Chelmsford! (Although one member does live just outside Harlow.)
Awesome list! gonna bookmark this!! Thank you very much for including us!
DRAG
xxx
The Makeshifts are no longer.
Oi, oi brilliant page! Thanks for the shout out 🙂
xxxxx
[…] This rediscovery of riot girl has been sweet but a little bitter too. After exhausting Spotify’s quite frankly limited cache of riot girl-related bands I wanted to find out what, if anything, remained of the movement today, or how it had evolved. Aside from Gossip (and really, thank god for Gossip…) I couldn’t really think of anyone who was carrying the flame, and now that Beth Ditto’s all happily married who knows when they’ll be back subverting and perverting our ears? A little cursory digging around has thrown up an unexpected haul of gems however – there are numerous local bands in London who are doing their feministy, girly thing (the band Not Right have a handy and heartening list of current UK riot girl bands on their website). […]
Hey this is a cool list, psyched to be listed with a bunch of great bands. But frau the band I play in is a punk band, not a riot grrl band. Thats not to dismiss riot grrrl and some members certainly have a strong riot grrrl love but as a band we prefer to define ourselves as punk. Feminist punk works well too! Happy to stay on the list if you’ll have us but hope you don’t mind me making this distinction.
Heya! No problem. Been trying not to make this mistake with the “list” but obviously it’s one of these quite contested/blurry areas. Do you wanna stay on this list or no? It’s up to you – speaking personally (rather than as a member of the band) I think you’re cool regardless 🙂 x
Hah, yes please, thanks! x
kk, no probs 🙂
Great list indeed! I don’t have a band to advertise but I would love to find people to start a new band, or jam a bit. I live in south east London and I play the guitar and a bit of bass. I Hope you don’t mind me posting this here, just thought it would be a good place to ask. Thanks!
Hellooo! I hope you find a band! It might also be worth asking on these groups on FB:
The new Riot Grrrl UK page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Riot-Grrrl-UK/212398328932599)
Essex/London riot grrrls (https://www.facebook.com/groups/307280012683972/)
Riots Grrrls* looking for bands/projects (https://www.facebook.com/groups/118784484951415)
Riots Grrrls Wanted UK (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1436591326560032)
Sinister Hussy. Brighton based angry grunge metal ;).
http://Www.soundcloud.com/sinister-hussy
http://Www.facebook.com/SinisterHussy
SO COOL
Thank you!! X
The Twistettes. Alternative Riot Grrrl Punk from Two sisters from Fife . Just bass, drums and Two vocals . For a Two-piece they make one hell of a noise. Tight as . Definitely check them out.
They are supporting The Coathangers in Edinburgh on November 12th and then launching their debut single `I Think Not ` at the G.U.U , Glasgow on December 11th https://www.facebook.com/thetwistettes
This is awesome! Thanks for linking!
Kill the Intellectuals (sad riot grrrl folk punk) Killtheintellectuals.bandcamp.com
Hello 🙂
Missing Daskinsey4 and Joyless Fucking from Brighton? 🙂
Both amazing bands!
[…] This rediscovery of riot grrrl has been sweet but a little bitter too. After exhausting Spotify’s quite frankly limited cache of riot grrrl-related bands I wanted to find out what, if anything, remained of the movement today, or how it had evolved. Aside from Gossip (and really, thank god for Gossip…) I couldn’t really think of anyone who was carrying the flame, and now that Beth Ditto’s all happily married who knows when they’ll be back subverting and perverting our ears? A little cursory digging around has thrown up an unexpected haul of gems however – there are numerous local bands in London who are doing their feministy, girly thing (the band Not Right have a handy and heartening list of current UK riot grrrl bands on their website). […]
Hey! I play in Bratakus, a riot grrrl punk band from the north of Scotland. Could we be listed? https://m.facebook.com/bratakus
https://youtube.com/user/breaghacuinnmusic
Thanks so much!! Xox
Hiiii! Your band is GREAT, just added you to the list and all 🙂
Thanks very much for the add and the kind words!! \m/
[…] Anyone who is interested in finding out about existing Riot Grrrl bands, here are some of the bands that I interviewed: Jesus and his judgmental father, The Orielles, Hannah Golightly, LIINES, Esper Scout and many more. Check out: https://notrightpunk.com/riot-grrrl-uk/ […]
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