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Olympia, Washington's Kicking Giant, their debut release on the compilation Kill Rock Stars, the first release on the label of the same name, 1991. They had a self-released cassette and later had a fine album on K Records. Featuring drummer Rachel Carns, later of The Need as well a number of other bands.

This playlist consists of tracks curated for an as-yet unreleased collection of early 90s queer rock and punk entitled Queercore Explosion! The songs are mostly from 1990-1995, to illustrate the queer punk rock explosion of the early 90s, a time when almost nobody in rock music was openly gay (even the ones you might assume were out were not). Some of this music overlaps with the Riot Grrrl movement of the same time. Listen, enjoy, and learn about a nearly secret underground musical movement that existed before the internet!