In this episode, Mindy Abovitz Monk reminisces on getting her first Bikini Kill tape and talks to Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney about being a drummer whose records have spanned decades. PLUS we hear from female:pressure’s Leah King.
“It’s so shocking when people do say ‘oh you play good for a girl’ or ‘oh you’re my favorite female drummer.’ It’s like close your eyes, can you tell with your eyes closed the sex of the drummer if they’re not singing? I think not.”
“I’ve been a part of a lot of different affinity groups because I inhabit a lot of different minority identities and I think all of that come into why I’m a musician and a creator.”
Janet Weiss and Sara Lund Drum Battle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YkpRP3fCLU
female:pressure
http://www.femalepressure.net/
C.O.C.K. Podcast:
http://www.leah-king.com/live/
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus:
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780061806360/girls-to-the-front