Bratmobile

Bratmobile was an American punk band. Growing from the rich NorthWest and Washington, DC underground and influenced by indie pop in the United States as well as Britpop, girl groups, grunge, and punk rock, Bratmobile was a first-generation Riot Grrrl band. Formed when University of Oregon students Allison Wolfe and Molly Neuman collaborated on an influential feminist fanzine, Girl Germs, Bratmobile played its first show as a two-woman act at Olympia's North Shore Surf Club on Valentine's Day, 1991 with Molly and Allison sharing duties on guitar, drums, and vocals. During spring break 1991, Allison and Molly went to Washington, DC to follow Beat Happening and Nation Of Ulysses on tour and try to work on a new form of Bratmobile. Beat Happening's Calvin Johnson had previously introduced Molly to nascent guitarist Erin Smith from Bethesda, Maryland during the Christmas holiday in December, 1990 at a Nation Of Ulysses show in Washington, DC. Smith was co-author, with her brother, of the much-revered TV pop culture fanzine Teenage Gang Debs when Allison and Molly asked her to jam with them. It clicked, and in July 1991 the trio played their first show as a 3-piece with Molly Neuman on drums, Erin Smith on guitar, and Allison Wolfe on vocals. They were just in time to play at the historic International Pop Underground Convention in Olympia, Washington, becoming the only band to appear twice.

Discography

• Kill Rock Stars compilation, CD/LP, (Kill Rock Stars)
• A Wonderful Treat compilation cassette
• Kiss & Ride 7" (Homestead Records)
• The Embassy Tapes cassette
• Throw compilation CD (Yo Yo)
• Tiger Trap/ Bratmobile split 7" (4-Letter Words)
• Heavens to Betsy/ Bratmobile split 7" (K Records)
• International Pop Underground live LP/CD/CS (K Records)
• Neapolitan Metropolitan boxed 7" set (Simple Machines)
• Brainiac/ Bratmobile split 7" (12X12)
• Teen Beat 100 compilation 7" (Teen Beat)
• Veronica Lake/ Bratmobile split 7" (Simple Machines)
• Julep compilation LP/CD (Yo Yo)
• Pottymouth LP/CD/CS (Kill Rock Stars)
• The Real Janelle LPEP/CDEP (Kill Rock Stars)
• The Peel Session CDEP (Strange Fruit)
• Wakefield Vol. 2 V/A CD boxed set (Teen Beat)
• Ladies, Women and Girls CD/LP, (Lookout! Records)
• Plea For Peace Take Action compilation CD (Sub City)
• Boys Lie compilation CD (Lookout! Records)
• Yo Yo A Go Go 1999 compilation CD (Yo Yo)
• Lookout! Freakout Episode 2 compilation CD (Lookout! Records)
• Songs For Cassavetes compilation CD (Better Looking Records)
• Girls Get Busy CD/LP (Lookout! Records)
• Lookout! Freakout Episode 3 CD (Lookout! Records)
• Turn-On Tune-In Lookout! DVD (Lookout! Records)