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 Hollywoods punk rock; from a violent male-dominated family to female-dominated transgressive rock bands. Alices 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 Bags 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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