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A portrait of an artist as a young punk rocker: Mia Zapata of The Gits is still influential 30 years after her death
Mia Zapata was drenched in sweat ... Zapata often closes her eyes and vividly emotes the pain, anger and joy in her music. Zapata’s bandmates, bassist Matt Dresdner and guitarist Andy Kessler, said ...
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Mia Zapata's killer has died
Rolling Stone recently reported that Jesus Mezquia, the man convicted of raping and murdering Mia Zapata of The Gits, has died. He died in a hospital in Pierce County, Washington, on January 21st. No ...
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Guilty verdict in Mia Zapata murder trial
Thursday morning a jury in a Seattle court convicted Jesus Mezquia of first degree murder in the 1993 death of punk singer Mia Zapata. Zapata was 27 at the time and fronting up and coming Seattle punk ...
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A portrait of an artist as a young punk rocker: Mia Zapata of The Gits is still influential 30 years after her death
Mia Zapata was drenched in sweat ... anger and joy in her music. Zapata’s bandmates, bassist Matt Dresdner and guitarist Andy Kessler, said Zapata had a “no bulls— persona” that was ...