'''Kill Rock Stars''' is an [[independent record label]] founded in 1991 by [[Slim Moon]] and Tinuviel Sampson,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960705&slug=2337723 |title=The Return Of Vinyl Frenzy – Seven-Inch Singles Are The Hot New Item For Rock's Underground |last=Rose |first=Cynthia |date=July 5, 1996 |newspaper=Seattle Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.killrockstars.com/artists/mary-lou-lord |title=About Mary Lou Lord |last=Lord |first=Mary Lou |publisher=Kill Rock Stars |year=2011 |accessdate=November 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.spin.com/articles/bikini-kill-ep-kathleen-hanna-oral-history-20-anniversary/?page=3 |page=3 |journal=Spin |date=November 15, 2012 |title=Sisters Outsiders: The Oral History of the 'Bikini Kill' EP |accessdate=November 14, 2013}}</ref> and based in both [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[Portland, Oregon]]. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, making it difficult to pigeonhole as having any one artistic mission. Overall, though, the political sensibilities of the label can be said to be [[left-wing]], [[feminist]], and [[anti-war]], and the label initially showed a commitment towards underground [[punk rock|punk]] bands and to representing artists in the [[Music of Olympia|Olympia area music scene]].<ref>[http://killrockstars.com/about/about.html About Kill Rock Stars] (Retrieved Mar. 1, 2004)</ref>
