Kill Rock Stars: Kill Rock Stars

Various Artists - Alternative - Punk, Kill Rock Stars Series, Bratmobile | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Kill Rock Stars
• ASIN: B000003725
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,801 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #65 in Music > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk > Riot Grrl

Track Listings

1. Girl Germs - Bratmobile

2. Loch Ness - Some Velvet Sidewalk

3. Don't Mix the Colors - Courtney Love

4. N.O.U. Cooking with Gas! - The Nation of Ulysses

5. You Speak Jealousy - Unwound

6. Narrow - Mecca Normal

7. Beeswax - Nirvana

8. My Red Self - Heavens to Betsy

9. Strong, Warm and In Command - Steve Fisk

10. Feels Blind - Bikini Kill

11. Reaper Song - Witchy Poo

12. Ever Since My Accident - Melvins

13. Immediate Impound Zone - Infamous Menagerie

14. Make You Come - Kicking Giant

15. Everybody and their Dog - Fitz of Depression

16. Red Dress - Jad Fair

17. 8-Ball Deluxe- 7 Year Bitch

18. I.O.U. - Kreviss

19. Untitled Bonus Track

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly The Best Ever....., November 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Kill Rock Stars: Kill Rock Stars (Audio CD)

Cool? Very. Rock? You got it. This is possibly the best compilation ever. Bikini Kill is always a must along with Witchypoo and Bratmobile, but when you add the element of Heavens To Bety's "My Red Self", it's the salt of the recipe which is a much needed dose to eat it up. Trust me, you'll want to.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historic, July 4, 2000

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Robin Orlowski "political activist" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kill Rock Stars: Kill Rock Stars (Audio CD)

If there was a single compliation of "Grunge" this would be it. Between Bikini Kill, Infamous Menagere and Nirvana, you really get a sense of what was going on during the early 1990s. I don't think it is over the top to say that this is a slice of music revolution.

Bikini Kill's recording of feels blind is more restrained than appears on the CD compliation of their first two albums, but it's airyness conotates a search for spirituality and contemplation in a hectic world.

Ditto for Infamous Menagere. Even though this is the only song I have ever heard from this band, it is extremely unique. It sounds almost operatic at times and I could listen to that track in particular for hours on end without getting bored or tired.

In the midst of the frenzy over teen spirit, this album also shows that Nirvana never forgot what community they came from. No matter how much favorable coverage they received, nothing would have convinced top 40 radio stations (or any other station outside of college) to play this song. Cobain's vocals and the frentic drumming would be much more than they could handle.

4.0 out of 5 stars live glimpse of the future of punk rock, September 30, 2007

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Stephen Shanks "lover of indie music" (Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kill Rock Stars: Kill Rock Stars (Audio CD)

What an outstanding compilation of artists who played at the International Pop Underground Convention in 1991. You read the performers list; from Bratmobile, to Courtney Love, to Bikini Kill, to Nirvana, to 7 Year Bitch. This is a beautiful 'snapshot' of the best of the early 90's west coast, and perhaps more importantly and as the liner notes accurately put it, "all of these bands have faith in the future of punk rock and they are, without question, punk rock." If punk rock is part of your scene, I think that you should own this disc.