Tobi Vail (born July 20, 1969) is an independent musician, DIY zinester, and feminist activist from Olympia, Washington, best known as an ex-girlfriend of Kurt Cobain, and as the drummer of the defunct punk band Bikini Kill. She formed one of her first bands as the drummer for The Go Team when she was 15, later collaborating in several other groups figuring in the Olympia music scene. Currently, she fronts Spider and the Webs and plays drums in K...
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Tobi Vail (born July 20, 1969) is an independent musician, DIY zinester, and feminist activist from Olympia, Washington, best known as an ex-girlfriend of Kurt Cobain, and as the drummer of the defunct punk band Bikini Kill. She formed one of her first bands as the drummer for The Go Team when she was 15, later collaborating in several other groups figuring in the Olympia music scene. Currently, she fronts Spider and the Webs and plays drums in Knife in the Eye.
Vail was born July 20, 1969. Growing up in a very musical family, she started playing music early.
One of her first bands was The Go Team, an experimental punk project started with Calvin Johnson in 1985. The group released several cassettes and 9 singles on the independent label K Records, mostly on the 7" vinyl format - a practice Vail continues to this day. Billy "Boredom" Karren was one of the rotating musicians who played with The Go Team, and it was in this band that he and Vail played together for the first time, later...
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