The First Two Records [Bonus Tracks]

by Bikini Kill

Overview

The descriptively titled debut full-length by riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill combines their first and purest (as opposed to best, although there's an argument to be made there as well) releases, 1991's Bikini Kill and their half of the 1992 split EP Yeah Yeah Yeah, done with the U.K.'s Huggy Bear. Bikini Kill's two most famous songs, "Suck My Left One" (a deeply disturbing incest fantasy in which Kathleen Hanna keeps shifting viewpoints so quickly, from rage to horror to a kind of mocking, in-your-face titillation, that the listener is left vertiginous by the end) and "Thurston Hearts the Who" (a sort of American post-punk version of Gang of Four's "Anthrax"), are both present and accounted for, along with 11 others that range from willful noise primitivism to genuinely rocking scene anthems like "Rebel Girl." This and the even noisier follow-up, Pussy Whipped, might be all the Bikini Kill one needs. [First Two Records was re-released on CD in 2015, adding four bonus tracks.] ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	06/30/2015
Label:	Bikini Kill Records
UPC:	0851647004087

Tracks

1. Double Dare Ya
2. Liar
3. Carnival
4. Suck My Left One
5. Feels Blind
6. Thurston Hearts the Who
7. White Boy
8. This Is Not a Test
9. Don¿¿¿t Need You
10. Jigsaw Youth
11. Resist Psychic Death
12. Rebel Girl
13. Outta Me
14. George Bush Is a Pig
15. I Busted in Your Chevy Window
16. Get Out
17. Why
18. Fuck Twin Peaks
19. Girl Soldier
20. Not Right Now

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bikini Kill   Primary Artist
Bill Karren   Guitar
Kathi Wilcox   Bass
Tobi Vail   Drums

Technical Credits

Tim Green   Engineer
Patrick Maley   Engineer
Pat Graham   Photography
Kathleen Hanna   Composer
Don Zientara   Engineer
Ian MacKaye   Engineer