Evil Stig stands for "Gits Live" backwards. The Gits lead singer Mia Zapata was raped and murdered in 1993, and Joan Jett joined forces with the remaining members of The Gits with Joan Jett singing Mia's vocals. They toured, raised money for a private detective to find Mia's killer, and released an album produced by Jett's longtime manager Kenny Laguna through their Blackheart Records label. The studio recordings were made at Avast! in Seattle, plus live recordings from La Luna in Portland, R...
Evil Stig stands for "Gits Live" backwards. The Gits lead singer Mia Zapata was raped and murdered in 1993, and Joan Jett joined forces with the remaining members of The Gits with Joan Jett singing Mia's vocals. They toured, raised money for a private detective to find Mia's killer, and released an album produced by Jett's longtime manager Kenny Laguna through their Blackheart Records label.
The studio recordings were made at Avast! in Seattle, plus live recordings from La Luna in Portland, RKCNDY and the King Theater in Seattle in March 1995.
The Gits members and others who participated included:
Gits: Steve Moriarty Joe Spleen Matt Dresdner
with: Julian Gibson (of The Gits new band Dancing French Liberals)
guests: Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill - duet with Joan Jett
plus the members of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts:
Thommy Price, Tony Bruno, Sean Kennedy
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