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Mia Zapata grew up listening to Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles and Hank Williams. She was also a gifted poet and artist. In the fall of 1986, she formed a rock band called The Gits with three classmates at Antioch College in Ohio. In 1989, they relocated to Seattle, where grunge rock and street punk was burgeoning. The Gits quickly gained popularity in the Seattle music scene of the early 1990s, and major record labels took notice. But just as The Gits were poised to explode onto the national music scene, tragedy struck. On July 7, 1993, Mia was raped and murdered while walking home. Her murder remained unsolved for a decade, prompting numerous conspiracy theories, including that she was killed by a rival band, stalked by a rabid fan, or that a Satanic cult was involved. Finally, using old DNA evidence, a Cuban drifter was convicted in 2004 of Mia's murder and is serving a 37-year sentence.
The Seattle music community had been shattered by death many times in the early 1990s. In 1990, Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood died of a heroin overdose. In 1991, local poet Jesse Bernstein shot himself. Stefanie Sargent of 7 Year Bitch overdosed in 1992. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana committed suicide in 1994. All of these deaths altered the local music scene, but because Mia's death was a homicide, her memory in particular haunted the community. Many bands broke up after her murder, and her posters still hang in clubs and cafés.

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Mia Zapata and The Gits Film 3 Replies

For over 6 years we worked on The Gits Documentary. Come check out The Gits Movie Official site on MySpace and our new website: thegitsmovie.com. Cool photos and news about the dvd and theatrical rel…

Started by kerri o'kane. Last reply by Craig Wilson Jul. 13, 2008.

Fucking waste

This awesome , imaginative female being snuffed out by some cankerous moron searching for a rape fix , ending her career before she could blossom....NO FUCK THAT, THE FACT THAT IT HAPPENED TO ANYONE.…

Started by Thirst -4- Ignorance Jun. 17, 2008.

lil more about the band... 2 Replies

The Gits were originally formed in 1986 while attending Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. They called themselves the Snivelling Little Rat Faced Gits (a reference to a Monty Python skit, episo…

Started by warangel. Last reply by stacy May. 14, 2008.

Mia Zapata pics 6 Replies

VIVA ZAPATA!! MIA LIVES!

Tagged: zapata, gits, mia, the, documentary

Started by Jessica Bender. Last reply by warangel May. 7, 2008.

MIA ZAPATA PHOTO GALLERY 15 Replies

Add photos of Mia here to celebrate her poetry,music, and memory...

Started by stacy. Last reply by Jessica Bender May. 7, 2008.

Mia Zapata 4 Replies

Mia was raped and murdered and left in the middle of the street, walking home from her favorite bar. Her body was beaten beyond recognition... how did the motherfucker convicted of her murder get off…

Started by stacy. Last reply by Amber (aka) _Pr0z@k_ May. 6, 2008.

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Comment by warangel on May 12, 2008 at 8:34am: thank u mel.. im doing me best to find new things and stuff for the group

Comment by jayme on May 8, 2008 at 10:04am: I will stand, I will speak, and the people of this world we all live in, must open their eyes.

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Comment by purplecrazytails on May 6, 2008 at 7:54am: the youtube clip moved me. i too feel deprived of only knowing her art after her passing. i hope you are able to spread her poetry, paintings, her music, and her story across the globe so her spirit can live on.

Comment by warangel on May 1, 2008 at 10:23am: ill love to see that video of the gits!! wish it will come to south africa!!! thak u all for joining!! thank u mia!! and more thanks to stacy!! rock on!!

Comment by luci_eats_world on April 28, 2008 at 9:03pm: i feel very unfortunate to have not heard mia's music and poetry until after her murder. the world is truely missing a beautiful soul since she is gone. her rapist/murderer has gotten off easy and as many of you know, many, many other rapists also do not get the appropriate punishment. we all have to stand and speak up for Mia and all the rest of rape victims everywhere.

Comment by stacy on April 27, 2008 at 3:27pm

Comment by stacy on April 24, 2008 at 8:50am: thank you so much jessica for your dedication to mia and making a movie to honor her memory!! mia's death was brutal and untimely and it's great to know that so many people are comming together to keep her memory alive and celebrating her art that we so miss. the response to this group is absolutely amazing!!!