I wasn’t there, in Olympia, like my cousins were in ’97. “Is he any good?” (insert laughing and head shaking here) “Yes, HE is really good.” This went on for the duration of our stay on Colfax – pedestrian after pedestrian providing entertainment and reminding us that although Sleater-Kinney were one of the most influential rock bands of the nineties and early aughts, they are not exactly a household name.īefore I get too comfortable up on my high horse, I should probably explain that I was not a card carrying member of the riot grrrl movement. “Sleater-Kinney” replied the collective crowd. “What are you in line for?” the next guy asked. “Like Ministry? Like Sex Pistols?” “No, no, not like them” was the reply. When another passerby asked what kind of band it was, a couple girls in front of us said “punk”. The guy wasn’t too old to know who Sleater-Kinney was, he just had bad taste in music. “Man, I’m getting old,” claimed a man who graduated high school the same year I did, “I don’t know who Sleater-Kinney is, but I remember standing in line for Limp Bizkit.” The condescending laughs from the crowd drove him away, but not before someone informed him that Sleater-Kinney and Limp Bizkit might come from different worlds, but they actually come from the same generation. As the line stretched out in front of the theater, past Angelo’s Records to the other side of Ogden St., many of Colfax’s finest took the time to inquire. Seeing the name Sleater Kinney on the marquee at the Ogden Theatre last night was quite a sight, but it didn’t stir nostalgic emotions for everyone on Colfax.
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