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Violence Girl takes us from a violent upbringing to an aggressive punk sensibility; this time a difficult coming-of-age memoir culminates with a satisfying conclusion, complete with a happy marriage and children. Nearly a hundred excellent photographs energize the text in remarkable ways.
Entertaining, at times humbling, and contemporary in its voice, Violence Girl gives us a glimpse of growing up as a first generation Mexican-American woman amongst the background of a city littered with farces and fallen angels. Alice Bag speaks truths of her generation, whether we want to hear them or not.
Bag was inspired to write Violence Girl after attending a comic-con with her daughter in 2008. Her memoir is a compilation of short stories exploring her desire to be a punk artist. Her book contains stories of entering the punk rock scene at a more inviting time for women musicians.
Violence Girl takes us from a violent upbringing to an aggressive punk sensibility; this time a difficult coming-of-age memoir culminates with a satisfying conclusion, complete with a happy...
Violence Girl: East LA Rage to Hollywood Stage a Chicana Punk Story written by Alice Bag (also known as Alicia Armendariz) is a memoir recounting Alice Bag’s early life growing up in East LA and also as the lead singer of the 70s punk band, The Bags.
Alice Bag’s memoir, Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage. A Chicana Punk Story (2011), addresses this issue by describing her father’s violent nature and how he beat her mother in front of the young Alicia, who was powerless to prevent it.
As a Fifties black pop star, scoring hit records in a land full of violent racism, his story seems to touch on all the contradictions and injustices of American culture.
