Mia Zapata & the Gits A story of art, rock, and revolution
Book - 2024
"Seattle band The Gits and their charismatic front person Mia Zapata were on the verge of international rock stardom but on July 7, 1993, days before their third US tour, Mia Zapata, The Gits 27-year-old singer-songwriter, was brutally assaulted and murdered by a stranger. Zapata’s death sent chilling ripples through progressive communities throughout the United States. She became a cause-celebre for women’s rights activists outraged by the brutal killing and lack of law enforcement support. This book reclaims Zapata's story to focus on the art she and The Gits created and not her tragic end. Much has been written and said about her murder, yet Zapata’s life and work remain overshadowed by the circumstances of her death. Zap...ata’s friend and bandmate, Steve Moriarty, tells her story―and the story of their band, The Gits―from their first meeting in 1985 to their last goodbye."--Amazon.com.
- Subjects
- Published
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Port Townsend, WA :
Feral House
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 258 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBN
- 9781627311502
- Prologue
- 1. Drunk
- 2. Work Work Work
- 3. It All Dies Anyway
- 4. Barfing the Blues
- 5. Ain't Got No Right
- 6. Beer and Blood
- 7. Kings and Queens
- 8. Just Like My Father Told Me
- 9. Drinking Song
- 10. Beer and More Blood
- 11. Vertical Hold
- 12. While You're Twisting, I'm Still Breathing
- 13. Here Gomes A Regular
- 14. Another Shot of Whiskey
- 15. Just To Set Away
- 16. Four Bands, Four Bucks
- 17. European Squat Tour
- 18. Barbie's Dream Car Crashes
- 19. Frenching the Bully
- 20. Seaweed
- 21. Press Darlings
- 22. Dirty Hands
- 23. My Only War (Now I Am)
- 24. Cut My Skin, It Makes Me Human
- 25. Here's To Your Fuck
- 26. Precious Blood
- 27. Second Skin
- 28. Loser Baby
- 29. Jabberjaw
- 30. Let's Do Lunch
- 31. Almost Home
- Epilogue: Whirlwind
- Acknowledgments and Thanks