
The Spitboy Rule
Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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 color blindness, and all-out racism were foes, especially for Gonzales, a Chicana and the only person of color in the band. Unlike touring rock bands before them, the unapologetically feminist Spitboy preferred Scrabble games between shows rather than sex and drugs, and they were not the angry manhaters that many expected them to be. Fully illustrated with rare photos and flyers from the punk rock underground, this fast-paced, first-person recollection is populated by scenesters and musical allies from the time including Econochrist, Paxston Quiggly, Neurosis, Los Crudos, Aaron Cometbus, Pete the Roadie, Green Day, Fugazi, and Kamala and the Karnivores.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface by Mimi Thi Nguyen
- Foreword by Martín Sorrondeguy
- Prologue: A Band is Not an Identity
- Chapter 1: Not a Riot Grrrl Band
- Chapter 2: Kill White Bitch
- Chapter 3: Punk Points
- Chapter 4: Flowers of Evil
- Chapter 5: The Threat
- Chapter 6: The Female Phil Collins of Punk Rock Drummers
- Chapter 7: Come out with Your Hands up
- Chapter 8: Shut up and Play
- Chapter 9: Spitboy in Little Rock
- Chapter 10: Race, Class, and Spitboy
- Chapter 11: The Spitboy Rule
- Chapter 12: Fish or Fugazi
- Chapter 13: Pete the Roadie
- Chapter 14: My Body is Mine
- Chapter 15: Kurt Cobain is Dead
- Chapter 16: Our Favorite Assumptions
- Chapter 17: Homesickness Cure
- Chapter 18: Soundchecks, Lesbians, and Long Sets
- Chapter 19: Viviendo Asperamente
- Chapter 20: Turning Japanese
- Chapter 21: Spitboy: The Creation Story
- Acknowledgments
- Photo Credits
- About the Author