FRIGHTWIG: Since forming in San Francisco in 1982, feminist punk pioneers FRIGHTWIG have been wielding joy and smashing the patriarchy. With life-changing live shows that spread revelry and revolution, Frightwig became a formative influence on the Riot Grrrl movement and paved the way for the likes of Hole, L7, and Lunachicks, among others.
The band’s cult-favorite albums Cat Farm Faboo (Subterranean Records 1984) and Faster, Frightwig, Kill! Kill! (Caroline Records 1986), plus the EPs Phone Sexy (Boner Records 1988) captured the hearts of fellow freaks and outcasts. Songs like “My Crotch Does Not Say Go,” “A Man’s Gotta Do What a Man’s Gotta Do,” and “Crazy World” upended the masculine hardcore scene by infusing it with the vicious wit of women on a tear. Tours with Flipper, Butthole Surfers, and Redd Kross saw Frightwig screaming and shredding their way through glass ceilings and unapologetically leaving behind a pile of shards. More than just a punk rock coven, Frightwig is a vehicle for art as activism and has certainly contributed to the American counterculture rooted in their hometown.
In 2024 Frightwig has enjoyed sharing the stage with Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, The Avengers, Sergeant Splendor, and Bikini Kill, among others, on bills that have been wild celebrations of creative freedom and joie de vivre. They recently supported Bikini Kill at a sold-out show at the Warfield in San Francisco and headlined the main stage at the historic Haight-Ashbury Street Fair.
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SAPPHIC MUSK is a dynamic all-female rock band from Los Angeles. Their music pays homage to the tried and true sounds of heavy rock, punk, and power-pop and is complimented by an energetic and humorous live stage show replete with props, lights and fog.