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Joan Jett and The Gits
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On July 7th, 1993 Mia Zapata, front-woman for the Seattle band The Gits, was found in a field, raped and murdered.
Many months passed and the police were no closer to solving the crime. Undeterred, the surviving members of The Gits hired a private investigator. Nearly ten years later, in January 2003, Mia Zapata's killer was finally arrested and convicted.
In 1994 Joan Jett and the surviving Gits members performed in Portland, Oregon to raise money for "Home Alive", a women's self-defense and support group. What began as a one-off gig turned into a string of shows and songwriting collaborations, eventually resulting in the Evil Stig album.
"Last To Know" was written in Vancouver and recorded in Seattle with Joan Jett and The Gits: Matt Dresdner (bass), Steve Moriarty (drums), Joe Spleen (guitar), Joan Jett (guitar and lead vocal).
The Joan Jett/Gits band was renamed "Evil Stig" ("Gits Live" spelled backwards). |