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Fronted by powerhouse vocalist Mia Zapata, The Gits included guitarist Joe Spleen, bass player Matt Fred Dresdner, and drummer Steve Moriarty. In the Pacific Northwest The Gits gradually became the hub of a vibrant music and social sub-scene that included many other musicians, artists, and dynamic individuals, including several eccentric.
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The Gits were an American punk rock band formed in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1986. As part of the burgeoning Seattle music scene of the early 1990s, they were known for their fiery live performances. Members included singer Mia Zapata, guitarist Joe Spleen (born Andy Kessler), bassist Matt Dresdner and drummer Steve Moriarty, and, briefly, Bob Lee. They dissolved in 1993 after the murder of Zapata.
Will Mia Zapata Be Remembered for Something Other Than Her Death
Mia Zapata was the singer and frontwoman of the Seattle punk band The Gits when a sex worker found her lying in the street, murdered, in the middle of the night on July 7, 1993, according to Rolling Stone. Only 27 years old when she was killed, the search for Zapata's killer quickly went cold for a decade before DNA led to the conviction of Jesus Mezquia in 2005.
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March 4 -- Singer Mia Zapata will be forever young to loved ones and fans who saw her and her band The Gits perform — but it was never supposed to be that way. In 2003, Zapata was supposed to be.
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Jesus Mezquia, the man convicted of murdering Seattle musician Mia Zapata, died in a hospital in Pierce County, Washington, on January 21st.He was 66 years old. His death was confirmed by the.
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The Gits is Mia Zapata - vocals, Joe Spleen (b. Andy Kessler) - guitar, Matt Dresdner - bass and Steve Moriarty - drums.The band dissolved in 1993 following.
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Just Kids for the grunge era.. 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.
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"The Gits" does not ignore Zapata's death, but it is rightfully heavy on classic Gits performances. A work-in-progress version played at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) in 2005.
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The man convicted of murdering influential singer Mia Zapata of Seattle's The Gits on July 7, 1993 has died. Jesus Mezquia, age 66, died in a hospital in Pierce County, Washington on January.
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Another shot of whiskey by the talented Mia Zapata and the Gits. Mia was murdered in 1993.
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Florida man guilty of Gits singer's murder. Zapata was raped and strangled with the drawstring from the hood of her Gits sweatshirt on July 7, 1993, after leaving a neighborhood bar in Seattle.
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The Gits performing at the Weathered Wall on St. Paddy's Day 1993 in Seattle
The Gits Η μαγνητική όσο και σύντομη παρουσία της Mia Zapata...
It's impossible to know whether the Gits would have found fame upon a major label release. Sommer believes that the band, "both in terms of the twisting, turning, traditionally powerful rock music that the Gits made, and Mia Zapata, by the force of her presence and the force of her charisma" could have been a good fit for Atlantic Records.
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Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 - July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits.After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was murdered in 1993 while on her way home from a music venue, at age 27. The crime went unsolved for a decade before her killer, Jesus Mezquia, was arrested in 2003.
Mia Zapata’s Killer Has Died. Peers Remember the Gits Singer’s ‘True
Last year, a documentary about Zapata and the band, called The Gits, was released. And now, 16 years later, Mezquia will finally go to prison for that murder, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports .
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The former drummer of Seattle punk rockers the Gits has criticized NBC for what he calls a clear case of "Gitsploitation.". Mia Zapata. Via a post on his personal Facebook page, which.