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Huggy Bear
Origin Brighton, England
Genre(s) Riot Grrrl
Art punk
Punk rock
Hardcore punk
Years active 1991 ā€“ 1994
Label(s) Kill Rock Stars
Wiiija
Gravity Records
Associated acts Comet Gain
Blood Sausage
Thee Element of Crime
Phantom Pregnancies
Website Huggy Bear's U.S. label page
Members
Niki Elliott
Jo Johnson
Jon Slade
Karen Hill
Chris Rowley

Huggy Bear was an English riot grrrl band, formed in 1991 in Brighton, England. Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Riot grrrl was an underground Feminist punk movement that started in the early 1990s and is often associated with Third-wave feminism (it Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of Rock music that tends to have "experimental or avant-garde influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s See also 1991 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Kill Rock Stars is an Independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States and Wiiija is a British Independent record label, formed in 1988 by staff at the Rough Trade Shop in Notting Hill, London. Comet Gain are a British Indie rock band with heavy influences from Dexys Midnight Runners and Northern soul. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Riot grrrl was an underground Feminist punk movement that started in the early 1990s and is often associated with Third-wave feminism (it See also 1991 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

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History

Rising up in tandem with the Olympia, Washington-based riot grrl movement led by feminist bands like Bikini Kill, Huggy Bear called themselves "boy/girl revolutionaries," both in reference to their political philosophy and the gender makeup of their band. Olympia is the Capital of Washington and is the County seat of Thurston County. Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate Bikini Kill were an American Punk rock band formed in Olympia Washington in October of 1990.

During the course of their existence, they refused to be photographed or interviewed by mainstream press, nor gave their full names once they began releasing records formally. In spite of a major label bidding war, Huggy Bear stuck with Wiiija, an indie label. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Wiiija is a British Independent record label, formed in 1988 by staff at the Rough Trade Shop in Notting Hill, London. An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels Huggy Bear did agree to sign to Nude Records, but only if the label would drop the band Suede from the label's roster. Nude Records was a London based Record label, set up by Saul Galpern in 1991. Suede (or The London Suede in the United States) were an English rock band of the 1990s and the early 2000s that helped start the Britpop musical Nude Records refused to drop Suede, its best-selling act and one of the top British bands of the time.

ā€œ Our situation was different to the one the American Riot Grrrls were responding to. The underground in London had deteriorated totally, there wasn't really much of an alternative . Underground culture, or just underground, is a term to describe various Alternative cultures which either consider themselves different from the Mainstream London ( ĖˆlŹŒndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. . . 'indie' just became an abstract term for a style of music, not ideas or values, 'cause they were all signing to major labels. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene The music industry is the business of Music. Although it encompasses the activity of many music-related businesses and organizations it is currently dominated by the "big The notion of selling out wasn't important. "Sold Out" redirects here For other uses see Sold Out (disambiguation or Selling Out (disambiguation. Punk rock wasn't important. Fanzines were seen as a sad joke, so we had to explain stuff that might have been obvious to American kids but was alien to young British kids. A fanzine (see also Zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre for the pleasure The reasons for being independent were snorted at. [1] ā€

Their avant-garde debut EP, Rubbing the Impossible to Burst, was released in 1992, and in the same year they began working closely with Bikini Kill as riot grrl's popularity peaked on both sides of the Atlantic, culminating in a split album on Catcall records (Huggy Bear) and Kill Rock Stars (Bikini Kill) called Our Troubled Youth/Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah, the names of the Huggy Bear and Bikini Kill sides, respectively. Avant-garde (avɑĢƒgaŹd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992 "Our Troubled Youth" featured higher production values than a lot of their recordings, humorous fillers between tracks and some stylish harmonising. Huggy Bear then released a long series of EPs, often with free cryptic pseudo-political motivational inserts, which would be collected on Taking the Rough with the Smooch. No longer featuring Jon on guitar, Huggy Bear would release Weaponry Listens to Love in late 1994, their first full-length album as well as their final release.

On February 14 1993, Huggy Bear performed "Her Jazz" on the popular Mtv-like British TV show, The Word. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. After they played their fun, chaotic set, the band stayed in the studio to watch a report on 2 American models who called themselves "the Barbi Twins". Shane Barbi and Sia Barbi, also known as The Barbi Twins (born April 2, 1963 in San Diego California) are Identical twins Huggy Bear and their fans became upset at this and started shouting at the show's noticeably uncomfortable presenter Terry Christian. Terry Christian (born 8 May, is a British [[radio] and former TV presenter notable for presenting Channel 4 's controversial and ground-breaking television They were violently ejected from the studio and a spokesperson for The Word later said that one of the band's friends had "bit the face of a member of our production team. "[1] The performance was given a Melody Maker cover story, the event being compared to the Sex Pistols' Bill Grundy incident. Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 William "Bill" Grundy ( February 20, 1923 - February 9, 1993) was a British television presenter and the host of Thames Television [2]

After Huggy Bear and side projects

Jon joined I'm Being Good and Comet Gain after leaving Huggy Bear. Comet Gain are a British Indie rock band with heavy influences from Dexys Midnight Runners and Northern soul. Chris later did some artwork for Skinned Teen Karen started Phantom Pregnancies while Niki and Jo joined Blood Sausage. Chris and Jo also formed Thee Element of Crime in 1993 with Dale from Blood Sausage, Layla from Skinned Teen, Andrew from Linus and Daryl from Sister George and released a single, "The things you do for love. Sister George was an influential Queercore band from London that was formed in 1994 . . ". NB. There have been too many rumors about post-Huggy Bear activities to be certain of anything. However, this much is sure: Chris lives in East London, Jo lives in Croydon, writes electronic music as VLF and Jo Johnson and is part of the Bleep43 crew; Jon lives in Brighton, is a Plan B DJ and contributes hot bass playing to Comet Gain; Karen lives in Hove and Niki lives in Paris.

Lineup

Discography

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Grrrls: Viva Rock Divas by Amy Raphael
  2. ^ the Melody Maker issue

External links

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