Bikini Kill

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 2017

First Recording: 1991

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

Bikini Kill
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
✅Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys
Inducted into Rock Hall Projected in 2041.
R.S. Top 500 Songs (?)RankVersion
Rebel Girl (1996)2962021
Essential Albums (?)WikiVinylYouTube
Pussy Whipped (1993)☆ ☊
Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Double Dare Ya (1991)☆☊
Rebel Girl (1993)☆☊

Bikini Kill @ Wikipedia

Will Bikini Kill be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
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Eventually, of course!
But you have to induct The Runaways, Girlschool and a lot of female musicians first.

Posted by BulmaPunkRocker on Monday, 07/7/2014 @ 00:00am

Thought I had already wrote this up, but my then-fiance & I watched Bikini Kill close out the 2019 Riotfest at Douglas Park in Chicago. We had just watched The Raconteurs play a fine set on the stage just to left of main stage & (to my fiance) that was not a good band to follow.

She's not much on punk, beyond some New Found Glory and Bad Religion and All Time Low stuff, so she was unimpressed by their performance. Being after a band that has great musicianship & great lead vocalist did not help. She really digs The Raconteurs.

I thought they did fine, great riot grrl music. Lots of energy! 3 of the ladies did lead vocalist duties (although the regular lead singer did most of that). They would switch around instruments when someone else took the mike. Think the lady who normally plays lead guitar also played drums & bass during the set. I think they have influence galore & should go to Hall one day. I personally don't think they will ever be inducted or it will be when they are all very old.

Posted by Paul in KY on Friday, 06/26/2020 @ 11:31am

Currently Kathleen Hanna is hosting rock hall podcast, making me feel finally rock hall will remember her, and give them early new influence at some point in the future

Posted by omar on Wednesday, 06/10/2026 @ 15:44pm

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