Bibliograph

The Spitboy rule, tales of a Xicana in a female punk band, Michelle Cruz Gonzales ; preface by Mimi Thi Nguyen ; foreword by Martín Sorrondeguy

Type

Label

The Spitboy rule, tales of a Xicana in a female punk band, Michelle Cruz Gonzales ; preface by Mimi Thi Nguyen ; foreword by Martín Sorrondeguy

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

facsimilesportraitsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Spitboy rule

Oclc number

922631992

Responsibility statement

Michelle Cruz Gonzales ; preface by Mimi Thi Nguyen ; foreword by Martín Sorrondeguy

Sub title

tales of a Xicana in a female punk band

Summary

The story of a Chicana drummer who forged paths of feminism, freedom, and human rights into her all-girl punk rock band in the nineties

Table Of Contents

Prologue. A band is not an identity -- Not a riot grrrl band -- Kill white bitch -- Punk points -- Flowers of evil -- The threat -- The female Phil Collins of punk rock drummers -- Come out with your hands up -- Shut up and play -- Spitboy in Little Rock -- Race, class, and Spitboy -- The Spitboy rule -- Fish or Fugazi -- Pete the roadie -- My body is mine -- Kurt Cobain is dead -- Our favorite assumptions -- Homesickness cure -- Soundchecks, lesbians and long sets -- Vivendo asperamente -- Turning Japanese -- Spitboy : the creation story

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