Frightwig is as an all-female punk rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1982 by Deanna Ashley and Mia Levin. After many line-up changes, Frightwig retired in 1994 to raise children and focus on other career paths. Frightwig reformed in 2012 with Rebecca Sevrin and Rachel Thoele.
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- Mar 18, 2024
5:54 AMFrom Lisa's own vinyl collection! Precursors to the riot grrrl movement, Frightwig left a lasting mark on both San Francisco and early ’90s alt-rock/punk. (In fact, Kurt Cobain is wearing a Frightwig t-shirt during Nirvana’s “MTV’s Unplugged” sessions). Founded in the early ’80s by teen San Franciscans, Frightwig spent over a decade “screaming and shredding their way through glass ceilings and unapologetically leaving behind a pile of shards." frightwig.org Frightwig is among "10 Bay Area Punk Bands To Know" according to The Grammys.
Lisa LeClair - Mar 8, 2023
8:56 AM80’s San Francisco band that had a huge influence on Kat Bjelland while she was in a band with Courtney Love (Pagan Babies/Sugar Doll). The band was short-lived, but Kat would later form Babes in Toyland, and Courtney would later form Hole. - frightwig.org --- Celebrating International Women's Day! - www.kexp.org - Jun 4, 2022
14:36 PM"Anyone interested in doing a genealogical study of the roots of riot grrrl rock must include this tremendously influential San Francisco band. Ferocious, funky feminists, Frightwig's debut LP was a brain-burning chunk of white-hot noise rock, loaded with unsubtle sexual politics ("My Crotch Does Not Say Go") and fueled by punk rock bravado that never let up.": musicianbio.org - Dec 21, 2021
22:36 PM"Anyone interested in doing a genealogical study of the roots of riot grrrl rock must include this tremendously influential San Francisco band. Ferocious, funky feminists, Frightwig's debut LP was a brain-burning chunk of white-hot noise rock, loaded with unsubtle sexual politics ("My Crotch Does Not Say Go") and fueled by punk rock bravado that never let up.": musicianbio.org - Mar 13, 2021
13:08 PM"Anyone interested in doing a genealogical study of the roots of riot grrrl rock must include this tremendously influential San Francisco band. Ferocious, funky feminists, Frightwig's debut LP was a brain-burning chunk of white-hot noise rock, loaded with unsubtle sexual politics ("My Crotch Does Not Say Go") and fueled by punk rock bravado that never let up.": musicianbio.org
