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'Bikini Kill believed that if all girls started bands the world would change and encouraged women and girls to become involved within the punk rock scene' Bikini Kill inspires me due to their political involvement in feminism. Bikini Kill was the band that inspired me to get involved with music, not only to get involved but to use my music as a passage to more women in the punk scene and to speak out to them on my own experience and views of living in a male-dominated world.

it was Babes in Toyland that initially inspired Bikini Kill to become involved in the punk scene, but it was the incredibly brave movements of Bikini Kill that inspired Babes in Toyland, bikini kill went out of their way to host gigs, especially for women and to have them voice out their problems with sexism to the rest of the crowd at gigs, creating a safe space for women. Bikini Kill hosting gigs for women only led to the band being seen as a man-hating group according to the media, Bikini Kill received major threats because of this.

Bikini Kill. (no date) https://bikinikill.com/about/

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Brat Mobile was the first group to start the Riot Grrrl movement and were one of the first generation in this movement. 'Brat Mobile left a trail that would inspire dozens of well-known bands'(Martin Douglas, July 2023)Brat Mobile inspired Babes in Toy-land by simply setting the path into the political feminist punk scene, allowing for many other bands to speak out to women and create a community for them.

(Martin Douglas, July 2023)Throwaway Style: An Interview with Bratmobile's Allison Wolfe and Molly Neumanhttps://www.kexp.org/read/2023/7/27/throwaway-style-an-interview-with-bratmobiles-allison-wolfe-and-molly-neuman/

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Babes in Toyland stands as one of my biggest personal influences, they remain one the biggest names within the feminist punk scene, or 'Riot Grrrl' movement.'Babes in Toyland’s music was mature, incisive, and aggressive. Bjelland’s lyrics sketched out vivid, sometimes violent images that dealt with sex, pain, assault, and anger.' (Ehrenhalt, Lizzie, ND)themes within this movement like misogyny and the societal ideas that women can't be involved within music let alone the punk scene are spoken out against, which I find to be the most impactful for me as I've experienced first-hand misogynistic statements from others stating "I can't play guitar for a punk band as a girl"

(Ehrenhalt, Lizzie, ND)"Babes in Toyland." MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/group/babses-toyland

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L7 is another all girl punk rock band, unlike the other influences L7 isn't initially part of the riot grrrl movement. they are often viewed just as inspirational due to their sound and their political views. the band, starting in 1987 have become one of the most inspirational artists 'In 1991, the band founded Rock for Choice, a pro-choice organisation with the Feminist Majority Foundation producing nationwide benefit concerts' (L7, ND)

https://www.l7theband.com/

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Korn was one of the many first bands that got me into metal /nu-metal. it was from then on i was able to branch out into more unique genres of music and sub-genres of the metal scene. Brian Welch, with the stage name Head, was one of the biggest inspirations for me to pick up a guitar, he finds many ways to express creativity through the guitar.

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"My favorite Faith No More record is The Real Thing. That's when Mike Patton took over. That's the one. I do like We Care a Lot. We got a lot of our influences from The Real Thing. It showed everybody you could do heavy music and not be "metal". It was something completely different." - Jonathan Davis (korn)2015

korn has been heavily inspired by faith no more to create music that doesn't necessarily have to be heavy metal but can still hold heavy components creatively.

(Feb 22, 2020)FaithNoMoreFollowers

https://www.fnmfollowers.com/post/the-faith-no-more-and-korn-connection

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'"A big influence and a band that really created a lot of drive for us was the band Mr. Bungle, who a lot of people still don't know. But that was in the beginning of the inception of the band Korn"And that sort of inspiration that really drove us to wanna become something unique and find something that really connected.' Guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer singled out Mr. Bungle as Korn's top influence that to this day remains mostly unknown.' (ultimate guitar, Mar 24, 2017)

The band Mr Bungle, was one of korns biggest inspirations, they taught korn to be unique and find a connection within music which you can hear through korns experimental music.

(ultimate guitar, Mar 24, 2017)https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/korn_the_band_that_greatly_influenced_us_a_lot_of_people_still_dont_know_about.html

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"Head also touches on the influence of Pantera on the band early on: “I think the biggest record for Korn that we were listening to around the time that we made our first record was Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera." korn was a frequent listener of pantera, that becoes obvious in their style of music in their first album, the style of 'metal' music produced seems panntera influenced

(Greg Kennelty,May 11, 2016)

https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/brian-welch-says-panteras-influenced-korns-debut-discusses-aggressive-new-album#:~:text=Interestingly%2C%20Head%20also%20touches%20on,was%20also%20produced%20so%20well.