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Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage To Hollywood Stage, A Chicana Punk Story (2011)

by Alice Bag(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1936239124 (ISBN13: 9781936239122)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Feral House

review 1: A great personal and momentum filled memoir spanning Alicia's early childhood years from East L.A. to the tumultuous stages of the L.A. punk scene, this book took a glaring look at an individual who never compromised or gave up on her dreams of playing music or following her deep philosophical path towards self fullfillment. A great and inspiring read for musicians and fans of music everywhere! I give it a 5 out of 5 cowbell beaters on my list!
review 2: I did not set out to read this book. I walked into the library and the librarian aid was so happy to let me know they had a copy in stock of Violent Girl. I like the bands Alice Bags had played in (especially Cholita) but I am not one to read punk (or any type of music) auto biographies. But the librarian aid ... morewas acting like she saved the book just for me and I didn’t want to hurt her feelings so I check it out. Well after the first few (very short) chapters I was hooked! Alice did not start out talking about the punk scean, she started by talking about her family, about growing up working class in ELA in a home full of violence, of going to school were the adults gave up on you and the other students welcomed the chance to be given up on. I loved the book, until she got to the part about punk history. That part bored me. It was not until she wrote about become a teacher, her teaching experience in inner city Los Angeles and Nicaragua that it because interesting again. The writing style- the style and tone matched the emotional state Alice was in during the time being written about- raw and vulnerable during her childhood, flat and dead during the punk years and passion and thoughtful during her teaching/ young adult years. less

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