riot grrrl – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

Protest Music Hall of Fame: Oh Bondage Up Yours! – X-Ray Spex

X-Ray Spex at Rock-Against-Racism march/concert in London, April 1978. Via Andy Wilson, Flickr "Some people think little girls should be seen and not heardBut I think"Oh bondage, up yours"One, two, three,…

CJ Baker March 27, 2025

1990s: A Decade In Protest Music

100 Best Protest Albums of the 1990s

Bikini Kill. From artist's Bandcamp Much of the music of the 90s may be associated more with personal angst that political dissension, but it was still a rich decade for…

CJ Baker January 17, 2021

80 Years of Protest Songs Songs Lists

80 Years of Protest Songs Part 3: 1979-1998

80 Years of Protest Songs Part 1: 1939-1958 80 Years of Protest Songs Part 2: 1959-1978 80 Years of Protest Songs Part 4: 1999-2018 The 1980s had the reputation of…

CJ Baker September 21, 2018

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: 77 – Alice Bag (featuring Kathleen Hanna and Allison Wolfe)

Alice Bag is an influential punk musician and feminist activist who is most known for being a founding member of the Bags who were featured in Penelope Spheeris seminal 1981 documentary The…

CJ Baker March 15, 2018

Songs Lists

15 Important Protest Albums By Women

Recently within the music industry there has been increased scrutiny over whether women are being granted equal opportunity. This was highlighted with the Grammy Awards where over the past five…

CJ Baker March 15, 2018