Girls to the Front is the epic, definitive history of the Riot Grrrl movement: the radical feminist punk uprising that exploded into the public eye in the 1990s, altering America's gender landscape--and soundscape--forever. Author Sara Marcus, a cultural historian and critic who's written for Rolling Stone , the New Republic , the Los Angeles Times , and The Nation , interweaves research, interviews, and her own memories as a Riot Grrrl front-liner. Her passionate, sophisticated narrative brilliantly conveys the stories of punk bands like Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, and Heavens to Betsy--whose successors include Sleater-Kinney, Partyline, and Kathleen Hanna's Le Tigre--as well as the legions of young feminists who listened up, became inspired, and made their own revolution.