Bratmobile
Bratmobile was an American punk band. Bratmobile was a first-generation "riot grrrl" band, which grew from the Pacific Northwest and Washington, DC underground. It was influenced by several eclectic musical styles, including elements of pop, surf, and garage rock.
Beginnings
Bratmobile formed when University of Oregon students Allison Wolfe and Molly Neuman collaborated on an influential feminist fanzine, Girl Germs. At first, Wolfe admitted that they were "a fake band" because they did not play instruments, but they had written some songs which they performed a cappella. Neuman's friend Calvin Johnson, an indie musician in the Olympia scene, asked her to play a show on Valentine's Day in 1991 with Bikini Kill and Some Velvet Sidewalk. After confessing that they were not into a band in an attempt to get out of it, they agreed and sought the help of Some Velvet Sidewalk member Robert Christie. Christie let Bratmobile borrow rehearsal space and equipment and advised them to listen to the Ramones for inspiration. In response to that advice, Wolfe states that "Something in me clicked. Like, okay, if most boy punk rock bands just listen to the Ramones and that's how they write their songs, then we'll do the opposite and I won't listen to any Ramones and that way we'll sound different." With five original songs, the band played its first show as a two-woman act at Olympia's North Shore Surf Club on February 14, 1991, with Neuman and Wolfe sharing duties on guitar, drums, and vocals.
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ALBUMS
- Girls Get Busy released: 2002
- Ladies, Women and Girls released: 2000
- Peel Session released: 1994
- Pottymouth released: 1993
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Idiot Lover
by: BratmobileYou thought you could use me and go away
You never gave me a clue
I wanted to lose you and throw away
The things you say but don't do
You lied to me about the way you feel and
I know what I saw and I know what's real
It's sad you're hurting yourself with me but
You don't even know who you are
You can run
But you can't hide
You were not a nice guy
With words like sugar you're not so sweet
Don't bother me
Just say you're sorry
Stop calling me
Don't cyber me
Just say you're sorry
Stop blaming me
Quit calling me
Just say you're sorry
I don't need your charity
Just save yourself
Can't change history and everything you
(something)
Why should I be really lying when
You can't even say what you think?
Afraid of girls and afraid of girls' chests
Everything you said had to be a (something)
Trapped by a girl who can travel the world
But she can't (something) these men
You can run
But you can't hide
You were not a nice guy
With words like sugar you're not so sweet
Don't bother me
Just say you're sorry
Stop calling me
Don't cyber me
Just say you're sorry
Stop blaming me
Quit calling me
Just say you're sorry
I don't need your charity
Just save yourself
You laugh at me when I cried to you and
You couldn't spare me a cent
Deserving of your agony when
I couldn't even pay the rent
I wasn't all up and participating
Taking it over now it's too late
Tell me you still want to be friends
But I don't even know who you are
You can run
But you can't hide
You were not a nice guy
With words like sugar you're not so sweet
Don't bother me
Just say you're sorry
Stop calling me
Don't cyber me
Just say you're sorry
Stop blaming me
Quit calling me
Just say you're sorry
I don't need your charity