Tribe 8-Rise Above (Black Flag Cover)

Bio By She Rox All Female Bands: San Francisco, California is home to pioneering all female punk rockers Tribe 8. The band began in 1991 at a time when glam metal hair bands ruled the world, they quickly gained a large underground following for their brash, unapologetic brand of punk rock and found themselves at the forefront of a new movement that many termed “Queercore” that would eventually see legions of openly gay bands expressing themselves through music. Tribe 8 not only began the Queercore movement but also the Riot Girl movement that became more prominent later in the 1990’s, although the band itself confronted tough issues from rape, to gay and lesbian and transgender issues, they managed to do it in a way that combined humor and punk rock antics that many, even some women found to be a bit controversial, all girl fluff was far from the band’s agenda and refused to be censored as a band or in their live shows from playing topless or in their bra’s. Tribe 8 released their first single in 1991, and