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Alice Bag – Babylonian Gorgon (Live at Calacas!)

Alice Bag returned to Orange County last night for another ‘Violence Girl’ book event. The skies had been pouring rain for a good part of the day, but as evening came, the blue horizon emerged and those eager to catch the punk goddess in an intimate setting filled the seats of Calacas in downtown Santa [...]

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‘Violence Girl’ Comes to SanTana!

Alice Bag, the inimitable former front woman for early LA punk band The Bags, is back in OC this weekend for another book signing/singing event. Her impressive memoir, ‘Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, A Chicana Punk Story’ released in the fall of last year, is a compelling read that details her difficult [...]

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Favorite Musical Memoir of 2011: Alice Bag’s ‘Violence Girl’

It’s the first day of the new year, but I want to take the opportunity to look back at my favorite musical memoir of 2011. It should come to no surprise for my readers that Violence Girl: From East LA Rage to Hollywood Stage, A Chicana Punk Story by Alice Bag is that book! She [...]

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‘Babylonian Gorgon’ by Alice Bag at TKO Records

Friday night’s book signing and singing of Violence Girl by Alice Bag was a standing room only occasion. TKO Records, the small punk rock store in Fountain Valley that played host for the event, had the good fortune of an excellent sound guy. Even though I found myself with my back up against the entrance [...]

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Alice Bag is Violence Girl

The beginning of Alice Bag’s new memoir, Violence Girl: East LA Rage to Hollywood Stage, A Chicana Punk Story, recounts a raucous scene that she commanded from the stage as front woman for the Bags. The visionary band were infamous for jolting audiences into a frenzied, possessed state, led by their lead singer’s high heels, [...]

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