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Mecca Normal is a two-piece indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed by Jean Smith and David Lester in 1984. In 1985 they formed...

Mecca (/ˈmɛkə/; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia...

pre-dated the original riot grrrl era (e.g. Frightwig, Fifth Column, Mecca Normal, Scrawl, L7), while others may be more accurately categorized as grunge...

included shows in Victoria, B.C., where they were to be supported by Mecca Normal, and in Portland supported by the Lithics. The tour also included some...

Mecca Normal. Smith co-founded Mecca Normal with bandmate David Lester in 1981, while the two were working together at a Vancouver newspaper. Mecca Normal...

Beat Happening single "Look Around" and the first of the label's many Mecca Normal releases. Over time, the series would include releases from artists including...

compilation series) and featured Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Unwound, Nirvana, Mecca Normal, Heavens to Betsy, The Nation of Ulysses, and the Melvins, among others...

include Heavenly, Unwound, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Girl Trouble, Mecca Normal, Beat Happening, and Tsunami. Along with Beat Happening, Lois, Tullycraft...

of X-Ray Spex. They have also named influences such as Bikini Kill, Mecca Normal, Bratmobile, Throwing Muses and Sonic Youth. Corin Tucker's emotional...

Ulysses)   3:57 5. "You Speak Jealousy" (Unwound)   3:13 6. "Narrow" (Mecca Normal)   3:08 7. "Beeswax" (Nirvana) Kurt Cobain 2:47 8. "Feels Blind" (Bikini...

They also played a show at Capitol Lake Park on a bill with Melvins, Mecca Normal, Girl Trouble, Beat Happening, and Fugazi. During the summer of 1992...

David Lester, guitarist in Mecca Normal, designed a poster of Malachi as one of his Inspired Agitator series in 2008. Mecca Normal recorded a song in 2010...

Magic Kids Majical Cloudz Mark Eitzel Mary Timony Matmos MC Paul Barman Mecca Normal Mission of Burma Modest Mouse Mogwai Moonshake Mount Florida Mr. Len...

fifteen bands included Bratmobile, Suture, Heavens to Betsy, Jean Smith of Mecca Normal, and 7 Year Bitch. This show is considered pivotal in advancing the riot...

Feathers The Inflorescence Kinski (band) Logan Lynn Macromantics The Makers Mecca Normal MAITA Mi’ens Mika Miko Mikaela Davis Nedelle Thao Nguyen The Thermals...

LiveonRelease Loverboy Left Spine Down The Manvils Maow Marianas Trench Mecca Normal Moev Mother Mother The New Pornographers Nickelback No Kids Nü Sensae...

school. Contributors to Girl Germs included Kathleen Hanna; Jean Smith of Mecca Normal; Sue P. Fox; Kaia Wilson; the editors of Double Bill, G.B. Jones, Jena...

The Microphones, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Blow, Jens Lekman, Mecca Normal, The Gossip, Built to Spill, and Fifth Column, among many others. Since...

Sitting on Snaps is an album by the Canadian musical duo Mecca Normal, released in 1995. The duo supported the album with a North American tour. Calvin...

concert's lineup included Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, L7, and Mecca Normal. The riot grrrl movement foregrounded feminist concerns and progressive...