nah guys, this song is a dig at Riot Grrrls, just like Olympia/Rock Star. Girl Germs was a Riot Grrrl zine created by members of the band Bratmobile. "Revolutions come and die" is Courtney dissing the RG "Revolution", a concept which she has always very been critical of. The first verse seems to refer to the loneliness and isolation of young women in the Riot Grrrl scene, putting all their hopes in a Revolution announced by zines but which, in the end, failed to materialise.
Courtney refers to Riot Grrrls as "gutless" and presents herself as a defiant figure standing alone on the rock scene after the RG movement folded.
nah guys, this song is a dig at Riot Grrrls, just like Olympia/Rock Star. Girl Germs was a Riot Grrrl zine created by members of the band Bratmobile. "Revolutions come and die" is Courtney dissing the RG "Revolution", a concept which she has always very been critical of. The first verse seems to refer to the loneliness and isolation of young women in the Riot Grrrl scene, putting all their hopes in a Revolution announced by zines but which, in the end, failed to materialise. Courtney refers to Riot Grrrls as "gutless" and presents herself as a defiant figure standing alone on the rock scene after the RG movement folded.