Evil Stig

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Evil Stig stands for “Gits Live” backwards. The Gits lead singer Mia Zapata was raped and murdered in 1993, and Joan Jett joined forces with the remaining members of The Gits with Joan Jett singing Mia’s vocals. They toured, raised money for a private detective to find Mia’s killer, and released an album produced by Jett’s longtime manager Kenny Laguna through their Blackheart Records label.

The studio recordings were made at Avast! in Seattle, plus live recordings from La Luna in Portland, RKCNDY and the King Theater in Seattle in March 1995.

The Gits members and others who participated included:

Gits:
Steve Moriarty
Joe Spleen
Matt Dresdner

with:
Julian Gibson (of The Gits new band Dancing French Liberals)

guests:
Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill - duet with Joan Jett

plus the members of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts:

Thommy Price, Tony Bruno, Sean Kennedy

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  • wretched-one

    Great Stuff!!! RIP Mia

    11 Mar 2:39am Reply
  • gokunirvana

    This was a very cool project, having Joan Jett and the surviving members of the gits in just one band, it was a very nice way to say goodbye to Mia Zapata, may she rest in peace

    16 May 2012 Reply
  • addicted2musik

    you rock joan and r.i.p mia your music lives on

    4 Oct 2009 Reply
  • lincredible

    very impressed with joan on this one. great work.

    9 Nov 2007 Reply
  • DouglasAWh

    I'm the first shouter! woohoo!

    17 Oct 2006 Reply