July 7th, 2012
Zoom Mia Zapata, lead singer of the Gits, was brutally raped and murdered on July 7, 1993. The official Gits website and archive—featuring this photo and other rare/previously unreleased material—launched today.

Mia Zapata, lead singer of the Gits, was brutally raped and murdered on July 7, 1993. The official Gits website and archive—featuring this photo and other rare/previously unreleased material—launched today.

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    She has a great voice. It’s really unfortunate that she had to be murdered. I wish she would have stayed on this earth...
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    Read up and learn your history.
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    she was a total badass and is a huge inspiration for me. god, it sickens me to death the way she left us but i’m glad...
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    Mia :c
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    yea, she was also 27 when she died
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