Season 2 - Ep. 6 :: "Grrrls, Grrrls, Grrrls! w/ Thomascyne Buckley"

About this episode

The episode discusses the influence of the band Burning Bush and the early roots of the Riot Grrrl movement.

Before the highly influential and groundbreaking "Riot Grrrl" movement began taking shape in the 1990s, with bands like Bikini Kill and Bratmobile, empowering women in music and the arts, there was the Phoenix, Arizona-based trio Burning Bush out in the desert, laying the groundwork for perhaps one of the most important periods in the American underground scene at the time. Featuring members Audrey Creed (drums), Denise Tanguay (bass, vocals), and our most recent guest, Thomascyne Buckley (guitar, vocals), the band's music symbolized a giant fist made of creative concrete that punched through the fake shiny veneers of the system that led with a crooked smile during the pungent politics that riddled the 1980s. Like most of the groups coming out of the Tempe/Phoenix scene at the time, Burning Bush were one of the many that coexisted alongside the Sun City Girls, as each of their electrifying ethos cut through the existentialism of life, and exposed the beauty of community connection, and creative freedom.

People in this episode

Host: The Self Portrait Gospel

Guest: Thomascyne Buckley

Topics covered

• Riot Grrrl movement
• women in music
• American underground scene
• Burning Bush
• community connection
• creative freedom

Keywords

• Burning Bush
• Riot Grrrl
• Thomascyne Buckley
• women in music
• Phoenix music scene
• 1980s politics
• community connection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Burning Bush, Sun City Girls, Riot Grrrl, Bikini Kill, Bratmobile

Places: Phoenix, Arizona

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