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Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits. ==Life and career== Zapata was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Zapata learned how to play the guitar and the piano by age nine, and influenced by punk rock as well as jazz, blues and R&B singers such as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles, Hank Williams and Sam Cooke. In 1984, Zapata enrolled at Antioch College located in Yellow Springs, Ohio as a liberal arts student. In September 1986, she and three friends formed the punk rock band The Gits. In 1989, the band relocated to Seattle, Washington.〔 Mia found a job at a local bar and the four bandmembers moved into an abandoned house they called "The Rathouse." The band released a series of well-received singles on local independent record labels from 1990 to 1991. As the Gits were making a name for themselves in the local music scene, they often played shows with their friends' band, 7 Year Bitch. In 1992, the band released its debut album ''Frenching the Bully''. Their reputation progressively increased within the grunge scene in Seattle, before the band began work on their second and final album ''Enter: The Conquering Chicken'', released in 1993. Zapata straddled the line between wealth and poverty. Her father describes it as "Mia () in two different worlds. She lived on two different sides of the street—the straight side on one, with parochial schools, an affluent family and tennis clubs. But when she crossed the street, material things didn't mean anything to her."〔Mary F. Pols, "Holding On to Mia's Magic—Singer's Killing Leaves Grief in the 2 Worlds She Lived In," Seattle Times, August 26, 1993.〕 Her music often led to a rejection of financial comfort, but regardless of status, Valerie Agnew describes Mia as "commanding respect and interest immediately".〔The Gits: The Band The Music The Legacy. Dir. Kerry O'Kane. Perf. The Gits. 2008. DVD.〕 Zapata was well connected to her community. Peter Sheehy recalls "Mia () the hub of several social circles; (was ) a magnetic personality who drew all sorts of people together who otherwise might never have met"〔Tracy Johnson, "Singer's Killer Gets 37 Years; Mia Zapata's Friends Fill Courtroom for Sentencing of Jesus Mezquia," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 1, 2004.〕 During her funeral her father became lost and recalls many people carrying yellow roses: the admission ticket to Zapata's funeral.〔Richard Zapata. The Gits: The Band The Music The Legacy. Dir. Kerry O'Kane. Perf. The Gits. 2008. DVD.〕 Even Judge Sharon Armstrong, the judge during her killer's trial, highlighted Zapata as an "extraordinarily vibrant" girl, who was "obviously talented" and she was "struck by how closely Zapata had connected to so many people".〔 The remaining members of The Gits collaborated with Joan Jett in 1995, to make an album and tour to benefit the private investigation of Mia Zapata's murder. The band was named "Evil Stig" which spells "Gits Live" backwards. In February 2013, a play called "These Streets" inspired by Mia Zapata and the stories of other female musicians in Seattle debuted at ACT Theatre in Seattle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mia Zapata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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