Killed (of Kids): A Book By Huggy Bear

KILLED (OF KIDS) a book by HUGGY BEAR by Niki Elliott, Karen Hill, Jo Johnson, Chris Rowley, and Jon Slade. Edited by Ethan Swan, designed by Matthew Walkerdine. Huggy Bear was a UK riot grrrl band that existed from 1991-1994. Outcast and outraged, they made a howling, squalling mess of punk, all the menace and freedom of flocking birds. The handful of records, zines, and memories that document this brief, bonfire lifespan sketch a blueprint for how to be in the world, for how to understand the forces of capitalism and patriarchy and capitulation and still resist. 30 years later, the band’s shortlived and highly influential run is revisited in Killed (of Kids), a 352-page full-color book by band members Niki Elliott, Karen Hill, Jo Johnson, Chris Rowley, and Jon Slade. Killed (of Kids) reproduces all seven zines made by the band during their lifespan alongside photos, correspondence, flyers, and ephemera from their three-year existence. This archive is joined by new text drawn from two years of interviews with the band members, carefully assembled into an extensive dialogue about intention, surprise, distress, and encouragement.