The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band

by Michelle Cruz Gonzales

Other authorsMimi Thi Nguyen (Foreword), Martín Sorrondeguy (Afterword)
Paperback, 2016

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Publication

PM Press (2016), 160 pages

Description

Michelle Cruz Gonzales played drums and wrote lyrics in the influential 1990s female hardcore band Spitboy, and now she's written a book - a punk rock herstory. Though not a riot grrl band, Spitboy blazed trails for women musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, but it wasn't easy. Misogyny, sexism, abusive fans, class and colour blindness and all-out racism were foes, especially for Gonzales, a Xicana and the only person of colour in the band. This memoir chronicles Spitboy's successes and failures, and for Gonzales, discovering her own identity.

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I am in an all girl hardcore band! Do not hug me! I get to tour the world wah wah wah. I am not a Riot Grrrrrrl wah wah wah.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

160 p.; 5.5 inches

ISBN

162963140X / 9781629631400

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