Mia Zapata

Mia Zapata was the lead vocalist of the Seattle-based punk rock group the Gits. Born in Chicago in 1965 and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, she fell in with a group of musicians while a student at Antioch College in Ohio in the 1980s.…

…1993 rape and murder of Mia Zapata, lead singer of the Gits. They also developed tribute projects to Zapata, including 7 Year Bitch’s album ¡Viva Zapata! (1994) and Jett’s side band Evil Stig (“Gits Live” spelled backward).