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Fist City is the first album by the American queer punk band Tribe 8, released in 1995.[3][4][5]

Fist City
Studio album by Tribe 8
Released	1995
Studio	House of Faith
Genre	Punk rock, queercore[1]
Label	Alternative Tentacles[2]
Producer	Bart Thurber
Tribe 8 chronology
By the Time We Get to Colorado (1993) Fist City (1995) Roadkill Cafe (1995)

Production

Fist City contains a cover of Aretha Franklin's "Think".[6] Shaunna Hall, of 4 Non Blondes, contributed guitar parts to the album.[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Robert Christgau	[8]

Trouser Press called the album "impressive," writing that "behind growly singer Lynn Breedlove, the group’s rock barrels along with as much intelligent raunch as the lyrics, a guitar-drenched punk charge that means business but stays well within safe musical boundaries."[3] The Washington Post thought that "musically, these songs are not distinctive, but they are suitably vehement ... 'Neanderthal Dyke' admits, 'I never read Dworkin/I ride a big bike/Feminist theory gets me uptight'."[9] The Chicago Tribune wrote: "With its buzz-saw twin-guitar assault and hammering rhythms, Tribe 8 works a ferocious hardcore edge."[10]

The Advocate deemed the album a "sludgy blend of metal and thrash punk," but wrote that "the simple fact that its members are Asian, black, and white lesbians playing angry rock'n'roll makes the band revolutionary."[11] The Boston Globe called the band "riotously non-PC."[12] Miami New Times lamented that the album was "as predictable and witless as anything by W.A.S.P. and Motley Crue."[13]

Track listing

Personnel

• Slade Bellum - drums
• Lynn Breedlove - vocals
• Silas Howard - guitar
• Leslie Mah - guitar
• Lynn Payne - bass

References

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