The proximity of the East L.A. barrio to Hollywood is as close
as a short drive on the 101 freeway, but the cultural divide is
enormous. Born to Mexican-born and American-naturalized parents,
Alicia Armendariz migrated a few miles west to participate in the
free-range birth of the 1970s punk movement. Alicia adopted the
punk name Alice Bag, and became lead singer for The Bags, early
punk visionaries who starred in Penelope Spheeris' documentary "The
Decline of Western Civilization."
Here is a life of many crossed boundaries, from East L.A.'s
"musica ranchera" to Hollywood's punk rock; from a violent
male-dominated family to female-dominated transgressive rock bands.
Alice's feminist sympathies can 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 excellent photographs
energize the text in remarkable ways.
Alice Bag's work and influence can be seen this year in the
traveling Smithsonian exhibition "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S.
Popular Music."
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