Mia Zapata was drenched in sweat, surrounded by congested bodies as she geared up to sing “Second Skin,” the final song of The Gits’ set inside the cramped Jabberjaw Café. It was a hot summer day on ...

Mia Zapata, lead singer and songwriter for Seattle’s The Gits, was murdered on July 7, 1993, putting an end to a beautiful life and a promising up-and-coming band. She was 27 years old. The case was ...

Seattle punk legends The Gits and their late, iconic singer Mia Zapata–who was murdered in 1993 at age 27–are subject of a new book by Gits drummer Steve Moriarty (who is now a psychotherapist), Mia ...

For the past 10 years, several Seattle police detectives and King County prosecutors have worked to solve the July 1993 murder and rape of Mia Zapata. Based on investigators’ reports, it seems the ...

Mia Zapata was the neo punk diva of her time. Her band The Gits shared the bill with Ween, 7 Year Bitch, Poison Idea, Tad, and Nirvana. The band was in its prime with Zapata as their lead singer. A ...

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