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1998 studio album by Julie Ruin (Kathleen Hanna)
Julie Ruin
Studio album by
Julie Ruin (Kathleen Hanna)
Released
September 29, 1998
Recorded
1997
Genre
Electronic
riot grrrl
lo-fi
hip hop
Length
40:05
Label
Kill Rock Stars
Julie Ruin is the debut solo album by Kathleen Hanna (under the pseudonym Julie Ruin), released on September 29, 1998, through Kill Rock Stars.[1] She recorded the album in 1997 whilst taking a break from Bikini Kill.[2] Hanna recalled:
[It] was made as Bikini Kill was in breaking up, a guy who worked across the street from my apartment building was stalking me and I was being treated, in my own community, like a historical oddity. The solo record helped me remember that I was just a fucking person who liked being creative.[3]
She cited two albums, Girl Talk[4] by Lesley Gore and Delete Yourself[5] by Atari Teenage Riot, among the inspirations for hers. In addition to feminism, it touches upon crocheting, aerobics and resisting police abuse. It was mostly produced in Hanna's apartment in Olympia, Washington. She declared:
Girls' bedrooms sometimes can be this space of real creativity. The problem is that these bedrooms are all cut off from each other. I wanted the Julie Ruin record to sound like a girl from her bedroom made this record but then didn't just throw it away or it wasn't just in her diary but she took it out and shared it with people.[6]
Hanna started collaborating with her friends Sadie Benning and Johanna Fateman to create a live band to perform songs from the album. This group would go on to become Le Tigre.[7]
In December 2010, Hanna and former Bikini Kill bandmate Kathi Wilcox formed a band called the Julie Ruin.[8]
^"Upcoming Releases". CMJ New Music Report. 56 (1): 46. September 21, 1998 – via Internet Archive.
^Breihan, Tom (June 14, 2011). "Kathleen Hanna Returns With the Julie Ruin". Pitchfork.
^True, Everett (January 14, 2014). "Kathleen Hanna: the riot grrrl returns". The Guardian. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
^Larsson, Milene (August 10, 2016). "Musical Memoir: Kathleen Hanna's Favourite Albums". The Quietus. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
^Larsson, Milene (August 10, 2016). "Musical Memoir: Kathleen Hanna's Favourite Albums". The Quietus. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
^"The Punk Singer", 2013, Sini Anderson
^Schmitt, Christina (January 19, 2000). "Le Tigre: Le Tigre". City Pages. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008.
^Levine, Michael (2010-12-13). "The Kathleen Hanna Project @ Knitting Factory". Bust.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
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