- Spitboy
Spitboy was a
San Francisco punk rock band founded in theearly 1990s by four women. They played powerful political hardcore that was influenced by the idea that they were all women living under a patriarchy. Spitboy toured theUnited States ,Europe ,Australia ,New Zealand andJapan .History
The founding members were Michelle Gonzales (Todd), Adrienne Droogas (later a member of
Aus Rotten ), Paula and Karin Gembus. Paula left the band before the release of "Rasana" and was replaced by Dominique Davison, now an architect. Michelle Gonzales teaches English atLas Positas College in Livermore,California . Adrienne Droogas wrote columns for "HeartAttack" and "Profane Existence ". After Spitboy, Droogas moved to Richmond,Virginia , to work with the underground scene there.The word "spitboy" has more than one possible origin: it might designate a
turnbrooch (a type of kitchen boy). The band makes a reference to the bookDaughters of Copper Woman , byAnne Cameron , in which a Pacific Northwest tribe's saga refers to a young woman who put all the self-hatred she felt for her own secretions (tears, sweat, mucus, menstrual blood) into fashioning a Snotboy/Spitboy, which she buried in the dirt. The young woman's journey to accept and embrace herself seems to parallel the concise social commentaries and struggle for awareness for which Spitboy the band fought.Discography
*"The Threat Sexism Impressed b/w Ultimate Violations" 7" (
Lookout Records 51) - 1991
*"True Self Revealed" LP (Ebullition Records ) - 1993
*"Mi Cuerpo Es Mio" 7" (Allied Recordings) - 1994
*"The Spitboy-CD" (Allied Recordings) - 1995 - Contains the three singles and the LP
*"Rasana" 7" - (Ebullition Records ) - 1995
*"Split LP withLos Crudos " (Ebullition Records ) - 1995
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