the echo and echoplex

THE GITS MOVIE documents the influential Seattle band whose fable was unfairly abridged by the tragic rape and murder of singer Mia Zapata. July 7th is the fifteenth memorial anniversary, and THE GITS will appear alongside friends, family and the filmmakers at screenings in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles -with additional screenings in Austin, Boston, Chicago, Louisville, New York and Portland.

In the early 1990s, Seattle was the focal point of an emerging musical underground. The Gits helped spearhead this new scene. Their sound was proto-grunge and all-out punk aggression. The earnest, blues wail of front woman Mia Zapata was its center. Mia was the very embodiment of riot grrrl intensity, talent, and humanity. Her uncompromised integrity epitomized a way of life that influenced an entire generation of female artists to follow.
Upon returning from a successful European tour -and at the height of The Gits’ popularity- singer Mia Zapata was found raped and murdered, unfairly abbreviating the band’s fable. Incredibly, more than a decade later, new evidence would surface, Mia’s case file would be reopened, and a suspect would be brought to justice –as cameras rolled. The Gits is an account of overcoming adversity, addiction, love, loss and pain. It’s a punk rock mystery, but not merely a tale of tragedy. It’s the mythic story of a great American Rock N Roll band.

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

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text Zapata! to 467467

7:30 pm / $10 / ALL AGES

Seated and standing; seats available first come first serve / bands & djs to follow