Não sou tão bom na escrita, mas acho que consegui mostrar o quanto The Gits significa para mim: Bom, tenho muito a agradecê-los. Por tudo, pelo grande impacto que suas músicas tiveram e têm na minha vida. Eu conheci pessoas interessantíssimas, descobri coisas sobre mim, sobre a vida, sobre outras pessoas, graças a vocês. The…
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….I recently moved back to Minnesota after nearly 20 years in Chicago, and was reunited with “Frenching the Bully” (always remembered the cover, but not the album name) along with old friends from the time period in which we all played and spent a lot of time sweating in loud, hot musical spaces. The Gits…
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I just wanted to say that my band opened up for The Gits Movie in Buffalo, New York a few years back. I don’t want to sound like a random fan girl or whatever. But back when I was 13 or 14 I was going through a rough time, and believe it or not I…
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INTRODUCTION “I don’t need your social love I already feel misread enough…” Mia Zapata would probably find it ridiculous to be the subject of academic analysis. As a punk rock singer who loved the blues, Zapata was an old soul, an artist who loved to perform with her band The Gits, and spend time with…
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On July 7th 1993 the music world lost one of the most soulful and powerful female vocalist maybe ever. That singer was 27 year old Mia Zapata of the amazing but not so widely known punk band, The Gits. The Gits formed in 1986 while the members were all attending Antioch College in Ohio. Soon after meeting The…
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