Zine: a handmade magazine, usually combining creative writing, collage and illustration, which is then photocopied for wider distribution. For those who were there as it happened, it felt as though the revolution had arrived. Girls who played in bands, made zines or went to punk shows were all part of the movement, and promoted their feminist views anyway they could – through their clothing, music, writing, zines and street demonstrations. Not only did Riot Grrrl lead to women rising up in the punk music community, it also signaled the third wave of feminism. Sparked by the D.I.Y culture of the punk community, where handcrafted zines were cultural currency and bands regularly performed in lounge rooms at house parties, Riot Grrrl called out the BS of the punk scene, which was overly masculine and excluded women. Riot Grrrl started in the punk/grunge music scene of the early 1990s, in Washington DC. Riot Grrrl was a feminist movement, set to a noisy soundtrack of amplifier feedback and snarling guitars, demanding respect and calling for an end to men’s violence against women. “Rebel girl, you’re the queen of my world” With the show coming to an end at 11 PM, we all departed Irving Plaza in the cold rain, and I felt extremely grateful that I finally got to experience Unwound live after all these years.Singer Kathleen Hanna and drummer Tobi Vailfrom from Bikini Kill perform live on stage with Joan Jett (left) at Irving Plaza in New York on 14th July 1994.
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Their current bassist is a longtime friend, Jared Warren of Karp, Big Business, and Melvins, plus Unwound now features Scott Seckington on guitar. He then dedicated the next two songs to their departed bassist Vern Rumsey, who sadly passed away in August 2020. Unwound’s vocalist/guitarist Justin Trosper mentioned after intermission it was an honor to be here and when someone yelled out a song that they wanted to hear, he laughed and said they don’t take requests and that everything was pre-planned. She quickly modified the question by then asking who was born after 9/11/01 and dedicated their next song to the numerous young fans in attendance who qualified. Their drummer, Sara Lund, asked before their fourth song how many people were supposed to see them at Bowery Ballroom in 2001 (they were scheduled to play on September 12, 2001), and not many people responded.
The first one began at 9:15 PM, followed by a 15-minute intermission, and resumed again at 10:20 PM. In addition to playing songs from their record Versions of Modern Performance, they also included a Guided By Voices cover in their set (“As We Go Up, We Go Down”).įor their first New York show in two decades, Unwound performed two sets. Before performing “Forecast,” Penelope announced it was the first song they ever wrote in her basement at the age of 15. The group didn’t say much while on stage during their 45-minute set, but Penelope Lowenstein disclosed that they were excited when this show was first announced and long before they were invited to play, that they would have been in the audience with us too. They announced a concert at New York’s Irving Plaza on Friday, March 10, 2023, which quickly sold out, and then two more shows at the same venue were added.įriday night’s show began promptly at 8 PM with a performance by Horsegirl, the trio from Chicago that relocated to New York City.
Twenty years after their final shows, Unwound revealed they were performing again in July 2022. This was around the time I first discovered their music and quickly became one of those bands who I really enjoyed but liked other acts such as Pixies, Bikini Kill, or Murder City Devils where I was either born too late to see them when they were active, or connected with their catalog right as they were disbanding and figured I would never see them live. Olympia, Washington’s Unwound disbanded in 2002.
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