Alice Bag and Friends Perform a Pussy Riot Tribute at L.A. Zine Fest
"I had something to say and I knew how to say it, but I didn't know how to play music yet," she said, citing her friend and Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hannah as a huge influence. "I saw my role in music in talking about how the personal is political. I write songs about who I wish I could be."
Bag no doubt helped paved the way for bands like Bratmobile and Denny's new band Bon Bon, but she wasn't thinking in terms of politics at the time. "There was a level of incompetence that leveled the playing field [between male and female musicians]," she said. "[Women] were just playing, not thinking it was a political act. We were just thinking, we finally get a chance to play."
Now a mom who runs the blog Diary Of A Bad Housewife, Bag also archives interviews with women of the early punk days on her blog site, L.A. Punk Archives and is still inspired by a new wave of punk bands around the world.
"The whole reason I came out wearing the Pussy Riot balaclavas is because I'm so inspired by them," she said. "I think they're more punk than 90% of the bands I see."
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