Debut album Pussy Whipped released

After an independent demo cassette, Revolution Girl Style Now , Bikini Kill released the Bikini Kill EP on the indie label Kill Rock Stars . Produced by Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi , the release helped establish the band’s audience. Bikini Kill toured in London , England to begin working with Huggy Bear , releasing a split album, Our Troubled Youth / Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah , and touring the UK. The tour was the subject of a documentary film by Lucy Thane titled It Changed My Life: Bikini Kill in the U.K. The band’s debut album, Pussy Whipped , was released in September 1993. Upon their return to the United States, the band began working with Joan Jett of the Runaways , whose music Hanna described as an early example of the Riot Grrrl aesthetic. Jett produced the single “New Radio”/ “Rebel Girl” for the band, and Hanna co-wrote several songs on Jett’s Pure and Simple album.