Punk pioneer Alice Bag to release debut solo record

Iconic punk rock feminist, author, educator and musician Alice Bag has announced her self-titled solo debut album Alice Bag, to be released June 24 on Don Giovanni Records. As with all of Bag’s artistic endeavors, this album is unabashedly honest and unafraid. Alice Bag features all original material written by Bag and includes performances by some of her favorite L.A.-based musicians. There will be an album release party on July 2 at The Echo in Bag’s hometown of Los Angeles, CA with support from Generacion Suicida and Kim and The Created.

Starting off on a sprint, “Little Hypocrite” wastes no time awakening the listener with tight harmonies and a frantic pace. The record rolls effortlessly into Bag’s punk prose on girl-group pop infused “He’s So Sorry”. This solo debut shows Bag exploring a moodier, bluesier sound on tracks like “Weigh About You” and “Poisoned Seed” which begins with a moody, haunting melody and opens up to Bag’s signature fierce sound. Sung entirely in Spanish, Bag explained the deeply personal “Inesperado Adios” “was influenced by the family of one of my students. Her father was detained for being undocumented. His sudden departure sent the family spinning out of control. As a teacher I often fell into the role of family therapist. I initially wrote it from the point of view of my student’s mother but then decided a duet might work”.

Alice was lead singer and co-founder of The Bags, one of the first wave punk bands to form in the mid-1970s in Los Angeles, CA. She was featured in the seminal documentary on punk rock, The Decline of Western Civilization and went on to perform in other groundbreaking bands, including Castration Squad, Cholita, and Las Tres. She has published two books, including the critically acclaimed memoir Violence Girl which is now required reading in gender and musicology courses throughout the country + the self-published Pipe Bomb For the Soul, based on her experiences in post-revolutionary Nicaragua. Her influence on popular music is highlighted in the Smithsonian exhibit, American Sabor.