“Reject All American” by Bikini Kill

"Reject All American" gives its name to the second Bikini Kill album, which the independent label Kill Rock Stars released on April 5, 1996. The band cut it in November 1995 with John Goodmanson producing and recording, and the lineup is all here: Kathleen Hanna singing, Billy Karren on guitar, Kathi Wilcox on bass and Tobi Vail on drums.

The record made a good impression. Entertainment Weekly's David Browne heard 28 minutes of concentrated, relentless punk and summed the band up as the Go-Go's gone riot grrrl, while Robert Christgau singled out Hanna's voice and Karren's guitar for giving the songs shape and swagger. Three decades on, in 2026, Rolling Stone placed the album 19th among the 100 greatest punk albums ever.

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