BDx13 - 6-8-2008 at 05:00 PM
if you don't have you some gits in your collection, get some!
The documentary film The Gits has been confirmed for a theatrical release on July 7, the 15th memorial anniversary of death of lead singer Mia Zapata.
Screenings will take place throughout the US and Canada throughout the month. Click below for a list of theaters screening the film. The Gits,
described as "part musical history and part murder mystery," was directed by Kerri O'Kane and produced by Jessica Bender, Danny Goldberg, and Gits
drummer Steve Moriarty. More information can be found at http://www.TheGitsMovie.com.
The Gits were a Seattle-based four-piece punk band that formed in 1986, releasing their debut album Frenching The Bully in 1992. By the summer of 1993
the band began recording their follow up, titled Enter: The Conquering Chicken. Popular in the Pacific Northwest and poised to break nationally, the
band's career was tragically ended with the rape and murder of frontwoman Mia Zapata in July of 1993. The murder went unresolved for years until the
2002 arrest and 2004 conviction of her killer.
clevohardcore - 6-8-2008 at 09:24 PM
I never heard of this. That is terrible. I will definitely check it out. I wonder if this will make its way to CLEVO?
clevohardcore - 6-8-2008 at 09:34 PM
WOW. I jus twatched the trailers and checked out the site. I am definitely checking that out.
BDx13 - 6-8-2008 at 10:23 PM
The Gits was such an awesome band. Possibly my favorite female-fronted rock band.
I also highly recommend picking up the Evil Stig album. Joan Jett hooked up with The Gits after Mia's murder for a series of fund raising shows and
this absolutely amazing album. The record is punk as shit and among the greatest things Joan Jett has ever done.
http://www.thegits.com/evilstig.html
http://www.amazon.com/Evil-Stig/dp/B000002N0Z
BDx13 - 6-8-2008 at 10:32 PM
interesting 'family tree' reference....
gits guitarist joe spleen played with poison idea for a while after PI's drummer thee slayer hippie produced a record by the remaining members of the
gits called the dancing french liberals of '48.
Furly - 6-8-2008 at 10:46 PM
I'll be checking this out. It should be coming out on DVD this summer also.