TOBI VAIL
Tobi Vail (born July 20, 1969) is an independent musician, music critic and feminist from Olympia, Washington. She was a central figure in the riot grrl scene — she coined the spelling of “grrl” — and she started the zine Jigsaw. A drummer, guitarist and singer, she was a founding member of the band Bikini Kill. Vail has collaborated in several other bands figuring in the Olympia music scene. Vail writes for eMusic. (More from Wikipedia)
In the late 1980’s, three students at the liberal Evergreen College in Olympia, Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail and Kathi Wilcox began publishing a feminist fanzine called Bikini Kill. Guitarist Billy Boredom was recruited to buttress the band that they formed of the same name, Bikini Kill; as you might imagine, his presence in the line-up is under-stated.
(December 2013)
