I graduated from high school in 1981, an extremely fecund time for women doing interesting things with loud instruments. More than a decade before the phenomenon of Riot Grrrl there was the exhilarating and thought-provoking rawness of Honey Bane, Lora Logic, the Slits and many more. Allow me to present a mix of some of the music that made me the woman that I am today.

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