Kathleen Hanna reveals the first excerpt from her memoir, Rebel Girl

The forthcoming memoir is set to dig into the relationships with various bandmates such as Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, and Johanna Fateman, as well the time she spent with Kurt Cobain and Ian MacKaye. It will also delve into her her marriage to Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys, and how the Riot Grrrl movement has evolved over the years. The first excerpt takes a look at how she met her husband Adam Horovitz, AKA Ad-Rock.

"Summersault was a huge traveling festival featuring bands like Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, and Beck. We played in the daytime on a small stage far from the festival center. We called it “the dumpster stage” because it was usually near where they kept the trash," she wrote, setting the scene. "After our first show, I stayed to watch Noise Addict play and caught a glimpse of the sexiest boy I’d ever seen in my life. He was Mike D’s bandmate. I’d met him briefly once before, but something had changed. I knew immediately that I would do anything to be near him. I felt like a dog that had gotten lost in the woods for years and was finally seeing its person again.

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"Adam Horovitz was sitting on a construction digger in the performers’ area listening to Noise Addict when I bolted toward him. I ran straight at him without saying anything. Startled, he hid behind the digger. I chased him around it until we were both tired. Then I asked him if he wanted to play dominoes with me," Hanna adds, noting that what followed was "the daily ritual of tour, finding ways to be with him."

"The Summersault festival gave us a community feeling we didn’t know we’d been missing... I was worried that when it ended, we’d all go back to our real lives and never see each other again. Especially Adam Horovitz, who was the person I thought of from the moment I woke up until the second I fell asleep. He was the center of my every fantasy. Unfortunately, he was also married. I knew his marriage was on the rocks, but because he was “taken,” we never even held hands. I was scared I was the only one who thought we were falling in love.