Fiberglass Jacket

 Recently Steve dropped off new Gits merch with some Art Rock and Revolution t-shirts and hoodies. Proceeds go to the Gits graphic novel . We only have a limited amount of each, Hoodies are $45 and t-shirts are $25. T-shirts are gray with The Gits logo on the front and the ARR logo on the back. They are made of polyester and cotton. Hoodies are all black with a zipper with The Gits logo on the front and the ARR logo on the back. In addition to the apparel we will be sending you a Art Rock and Revolution sticker and booklet. The Gits now have merch available on eBay! Art, Rock, Revolution T-Shirts & Hoodies Art Rock Revolution sticker and booklet.  "In a political environment of xenophobia and marginalization of transnational family systems and immigrants, Art, Rock & Revolution seeks to foster multicultural appreciation and understanding by creating an original work of historical fiction presented in the popular format of a graphic novel. The g...

  A couple of months ago the first of a few big changes with the Gits site happened. With the scheduling of the second Gits show came a new wave of energy, and creative lines began to get redrawn. When I first heard about the Gits it was clear that Steve was doing the lions share of the work when it came to keeping the torch lit that is the Gits. While I've always known the other members of the band as supportive, the air of separation was there...and it was thick.  The Gits website started out as an official website with everything Gits all from the band. In June part of the band wanted to make them as two separate entities; an official site and a fan site. How Steve explained it in the Gits newsletter : "The interactive site for fans and merch sales and current Gits communiques can be found on the first page, click on the icon FANSITE to visit us and see videos, go in depth into the visual and audio archives and communicate with us or webmaster, Becca and other friends...

 In early December I was messaged by Steve Moriarty of the Gits, who I work with, to give me a heads up. He let me know that NBC is wanting to make a mini documentary on Mia's murder. It appeared they were going ahead with it with or without The Gits knowledge or consent. This was certainly sour news.  Before long, Steve posted a message on Facebook (January 5th 2014): ”NBC’s True Crime in the Dark (or something equally as tasteless) series, recently filmed a re-enactment of the murder of our friend Mia Zapata. They used actors and canned music. I tried to have civil and logical conversations with the producers of the show, however, NBC did not think that using The Gits music or film footage of Mia playing live was worth paying customary and fair licensing fees as established by ASCAP, BMI and the recording Industry. There is nothing artistic, musical or positive about the re-telling of Mia’s brutal death. Nothing except a cheap way for NBC to sell ads for a younger, ...

On July 7th, 2012 I debuted unarguably the most important website I was ever hired to build. A lot of blood sweat and tears went into cultivating TheGits.com . Being a loyal music fan myself, and knowing what I like to see I worked really hard to develop the website. An important element was that I reached out to Gits fans to hear what'd they'd like to see. The band (Steve, Andy, Matt) also have seen the website and know about it in addition to Mia's family. That is also important to me. I have a lot of respect for music, punk, & The Gits, so did my best to create an archive of the band. Since the debut of The Gits site, Steve and I have continued working together. I have been running The Gits Online Store and sending out merch for probably about 9 months now. I think it's a blast, I feel like a rock and roll Santa but all year long. Steve has been an awesome person to work with and an unexpected but much appreciated mentor. As a kid I used to watch Unsolved ...

The Gits online store As you may know, I was hired this summer to maintain The Gits official website which has been an awesome experience. Now we finally have the online store up and running, built by yours truly! I love learning new things and figuring out this store was a good experience for me. It feels good to take on something you've never done and conquer it. If you haven't listened to their music yet, I highly suggest it. If you dig them already, check out the store to see what we have put together!

Added a new page to THE GITS official site!  In honor of what would be Mia Zapata’s 47th birthday, we finally have the Mia page live on the site! I fixed up   TheGits.com website over all. The layout and navigation have been improved. We will continue to update the site on a regular basis with new content and pictures! Lots more to come, just scratching off the surface! Happy Birthday Mia!

I'm a pretty skeptical person who doesn't believe in fate or karma. But even I have to admit that sometimes life takes me by surprise. It's funny when things come full circle, or seem like they were meant to happen. That's how I feel about this website. I was contacted last month by a man who needed a band website done. A band I admittedly never heard of until our conversation. Boy did I feel dense for not knowing who they are until now. The band is The Gits. And I put their name into Google and Youtube and did the typical 21st century routine research. Their story and music affected me in a way I wasn't expecting. The nice perk on working with bands...free swag!  I do a lot of band websites and typically they are not my cup of tea (for example I'm not too jazzed to do a rap artists site), sometimes it's just work. Having to make a thorough website on the band, I inadvertently became a fan...and what feels like an authority on th...