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The Spitboy Rule

Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band

ISBN-13: 9781629631400

Contributor(s): Michelle Cruz Gonzales (author), Martin Sorrondeguy (afterword by), Mimi Thi Nguyen (foreword by)

Subjects: Music: Punk & Indie

Publisher: Pm Press

Publisher Imprint: Pm Press

Publication Date: 01-05-2016

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£16.99

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About the book

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.

The Spitboy Rule

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