Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story

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The proximity of the East L.A. barrio to Hollywood is as close as a short drive at the 101 freeway, however the cultural divide is enormous. Born to Mexican-born and American-naturalized parents, Alicia Armendariz migrated a couple of miles west to take part within the free-range birth of the 1970s punk movement. Alicia adopted the punk name Alice Bag, and become lead singer for The Bags, early punk visionaries who starred in Penelope Spheeris’ documentary The Decline of Western Civilization.

Here is a lifetime of many crossed boundaries, from East L.A.’s musica ranchera to Hollywood’s punk rock; from a violent male-dominated circle of relatives to female-dominated transgressive rock bands. Alice’s feminist sympathies may also be understood by the name of her satiric all-girl early Goth band Castration Squad.

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 superb photographs energize the text in remarkable ways.

Alice Bag‘s work and influence may also be seen this year within the traveling Smithsonian exhibition “American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music.”

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