Doll Fight!

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The sound, and ethos, of Doll Fight! is built on the foundation of the Riot Grrrl scene that peaked during the early 1990s. Riel, Mathias and Boxall were all fans of the early Riot Grrrl sound, both for the music itself and for the bands’ manifesto: “revolution, girl style, now!” Doll Fight! songs retain this message of female empowerment and social change, while moving far beyond the often basic musical levels found in early Riot Grrrl. Mathias’ short, power-packed songs draw on the punk rock tradition, while the rhythm-section work of Riel and Boxall adds density, counterpoint and dynamic contour to the Doll Fight! sound. The band’s live shows are visceral, intense and fully focused on the music. Doll Fight! didn’t happen by accident. Guitarist and songwriter Christine Mathias had wanted to front a band of riot grrrls since she was a teen, witnessing the strong girl-rock scene of Portland, Oregon first-hand during her student years. Unknown to Mathias, bassist Kelly Riel was busy on the opposite coast spending her formative musical years playing in short-lived groups in the hard, fast, punk scene in Connecticut. Meanwhile, Jane Boxall was steadily gigging her way around northern England with Riot Grrrl trio Brutal Tinkerbell, lauded as a ‘spectacular… powerful and impressive’ drummer by York’s Vision magazine and ‘one of the most inventive percussionists I’ve witnessed’ by leedsmusicscene.co.uk. Mathias honed her chops in Pennsylvania-based rock band The Learned Hands, th

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