The Gits - Second skin (Live)

[@crungefactory]

Mia gave me a Gits shirt once for my birthday in 1989 when she worked at the Frontier Room. She was an incredibly warm and sweet human being. I adored her. We still miss her.

[@cullensmith1817]

That's awesome and hopefully you still have the shirt.

[@moh_de_fes2797]

I hope that you have always this shirt 💔😭❤️❤️🙏🙏

[@АцетатРетинола]

Я из России. Случайно узнал о ее убийстве

[@АцетатРетинола]

Что за футболка ? Есть фото ?

[@lifestyles2482]

I never met her. Never knew of her until I watched her episode on FF. Wish I had known her. I really like their music. Makes me wish for a time travel to go back and save her. I also feel like I’ve heard this song covered by another band. Did they write this?

[@echoevergreen7833]

my mom was apart of the people who owned rathouse records (the first record label to sign the Gits). she’s told me many many stories about how amazing Mia was. rest in peace

[@timdavidson4456]

I'm completely outraged that this once in a lifetime front woman nor her bandmates ever received any due amongst the industry. You could foresee something special with this group!!! God rest your soul Mia Zapata!!!

[@jessemonster7292]

Absolutely 100%

[@ManelleRaisin]

She didn't want it. She had a pure heart and was a free spirit.

[@NinaCruz21361]

Her Dad can never hug her again. He was so proud of her. A monster took her. Her band would be huge right now if he didn't do what he did.

[@Nessie2410]

First time listening to The Gits, her voice is smashing! RIP Mia Zapata...

[@johnmca5643]

I agree.... I'm from her hometown Seattle and this was my first time listening to her.

[@homerogarzajr1787]

Me too! This is also my first time

[@crazypsychoamy1021]

@@johnmca5643 she was from Louisville KY.

[@caelidhg6261]

@@crazypsychoamy1021 and went to Antioch College .... (where I went to school.. a friend of mine was her roomate)

[@ericspencer9202]

@@johnmca5643 She wasn't from Seattle.

[@pamclare6222]

Ah, Mia. Working with her at The Frontier Room in Belltown was a delight. Such a little fairy of a girl with a deep and compassionate soul. RIP Mia; your memory never fades!

[@cullensmith1817]

Sometimes, the world really isn't fair.

[@АцетатРетинола]

@@cullensmith1817 у нас в городе похожая трагедия произошла в 2014 прямо в центре города у здания управления полиции

[@mosx4160]

Ajá sure.🤣

[@kimberlymann9228]

I’m 65. Her music makes my blood boil & pulse race. RIP to her. Her music ( not her murder should be her legacy) WE CAN ALL MAKE THIS HAPPEN, Sooo much good music out there today: I believe her & her band would’ve still been evolving & relevant. Joan Jett certainly thinks so❤️🎼🙏4 her😢

[@claudiaheckener1662]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@АцетатРетинола]

It's hard to get away from killing her. A very terrible death of a good man. I am from Russia

[@lionheart4529]

Christ you’re old!

[@Brephos]

I really don't understand why the world is like this, why everything beautiful has a horror that swallows it

[@dancotter525]

A flaw in the human condition

[@lennymettie1015]

Abba is still doing fine

[@ericspencer9202]

That's a good question. The last time I saw her before she was murdered, she stole my quarters in line at the table at the Comet. Also the only time I took my dad there. It's a whole new world.

[@colddaze6680]

Yin and Yang baby.

[@simonpeach1705]

@@ericspencer9202 you got to live a life that let you have Mia it. Be thankful. And next time you were at the Comet you should have played pool with her.

TODAY 50th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY MIA ZAPATA (August 25, 1965 - July 7, 1993) She was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits.

[@andresfernandezmoriche4920]

55 years too day Mia zapata RIP

[@jackwatson3944]

@@andresfernandezmoriche4920 what's too day?

[@jasonpeters9716]

Summer 93...I was 16. Music was at its absolute 💯

[@cameronjohnson3529]

It would've been fucking awesome if Mia and Layne had sang together. Both had voices that conveyed total raw emotion and energy.

[@magdalenarose1604]

ohhhhh yeaaaah

[@jeffdarnell3154]

Pu Ping. They did, and knew each other well, as they ALL did..

[@annapaola9]

OMG they would kick for sure !!!!

[@daHalog0d]

Fuck. That'd be the duo of a lifetime! I'm on heroin!

[@ralphchunksoup4234]

no shit right....courtney love sang with fnm for a lol

[@coral1038]

Every time I listen to Mia's voice I feel a lot of sadness, her voice transmits so much. Rest in peace beautiful soul ❤️

[@АцетатРетинола]

Я из России

[@thunderj176]

The best female punk vocals ever!

[@alexdee6776]

Why? Because she died?….poser

[@KrustyDong]

@@alexdee6776 Loser

[@codymcphee4147]

@@alexdee6776 who's your pick? Brody dalle? Haha

[@jeeptoe]

@@alexdee6776 No. because she’s awesome. Rip Mia Zapata.

[@RandyRhoadsRules3]

@@alexdee6776 Lol calm down. And even if you disagree you will certainly very rarely find a punk singer capable of singing like this live.

[@MrCyberpunk5000]

Excellent song!! While this music is playing, Mia will never die..

[@fry5544]

I heard about Mia Zapata as a kid & was enthralled. I only now got to know her well. She was truly 100% about the music. She is the first female singer I’ve ever seen who has 0% sexy shit in their clothes. I genuinely feel some of the most powerful women who have their own inner strength get attacked by horrible men because to take down a strong woman is an extra trophy/prize to them. Mia, your music, and you being a force of nature always inspires me to keep kicking misogyny in the teeth. I know you’re rocking out in Heaven with David Bowie & Joe Strummer from The Clash. 🤘🏽🎸🤘🏽🎧🤘🏽🎸🤘🏽

[@BUrtREYNOLDSjr.]

This is my first time hearing the gits and hearing of her tragic murder..I sure hope time travel is invented soon so someone can save this beautiful soul so the world can go back to being Eden instead of the hell that it is. She could of changed a lot of hearts with her music.. she definitely changed mine.

[@АцетатРетинола]

Я из России. У нас в Нижнем Новгороде такое же убийство случилось в 2014. Есть видео с убийцей, но его так и не нашли

[@kindagamer7779]

The world definitely wasn’t Eden before her murder she was aware of similar incidents that happened before she passed although I wish she would’ve been saved she lives on through her music and her killer is now dead and burning in hell

[@shesslucky]

A talent that should of never gone away.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

I've known about the gits since the 90s but today is the first time I ever listened to their music. Great stuff!

[@gthktty666]

Rest in Peace Mia. I listen to this song when screaming into the void alone is too much. I know at least she hears me and understands me.

[@hydra11b__18]

Every time I listen to them I can't help getting choked up. RIP my sister.

[@shermansmells]

My dad was a close friend of hers back in the 80s and 90s.. he misses her dearly and can’t listen to her stuff without choking either.. I feel the pain bro.

[@martindoll5884]

Same here. I didn't know her but I know the story of her death. So tragic

[@fabricramlop]

Recién conocí su historia. Descanse en paz Mía Zapata. Ahora eres un ángel cantando en el cielo.

[@moneyasusual]

What an inspiration she was.. so tragic some evil person could take this beauty from us.

[@grimsladeleviathan3958]

I came here after finding out about her unfortunate murder. I was interested in her songs. And I am quite blown away. I could definitely listen to these songs for a few days. The way she passed away was very very unfair, and the man who took her life is caught and imprisoned, luckily. And let's hope no more will suffer a fate like her in the future. Rest In Peace, Mia Zapata

[@Ricky-ll6bj]

I'm playing this by the pool September 6th 2022! Have a very groovy Labor Day people and rest in peace Mia Zapata. Your not forgotten.

[@tehMonarch]

RIP mia

[@jeffdarnell3154]

That wasn't punk...it was grunge.

[@Eyegore36]

@@jeffdarnell3154,where do you think grunge came from,bub??

[@ozthewizard1]

Jeff Darnell grunge music is basically punk with elements of metal and sometimes classic rock

[@DeborahMacaoidhSelim]

The lyrics to this song are so fantastic, so unparalleled. It's like she was inside my mind. I'll always wonder what she was going through that made her write this.

[@jessejuarez1633]

REST IN PEACE, YOUR MUSIC WILL LIVE FOREVER... I LOVE YOU MIA

[@CaveWomen88]

Love her voice

[@nickmarquez4920]

I've thought about it a million times It takes all my strength just to keep it calm I hove to tell myself, just let it breathe Holding it inside will only help to do me in Each time I close my eyes I see another chain It's one I can't forget, something I can not break out of I need a second skin, something to hold me up Can't seem to get out of this hole I've dug myself right back in Just to wake up tells me I must be brave It hits me like a drug shot into my vein It's not as delightful of a pain Immobilizing me Almost makes me think I'm dead I need a second skin Something to hold me tough Can't do it on my own Sometimes I need just a little more help I want that chance to give every drop that's left in me I need a second skin Something I can not break out of I tell myself, just let it breathe It's a calmness I'm always searching for But the dirt it gets so heavy It falls above my head Seeping from under my feet It just keeps on getting deeper I need a second skin Something to hold me tough Can't do it on my own Sometimes I need just a little more help I've got that chance to give every drop that's left in me I need a second skin Something I cannot break free of Though no one ever said it'd be easy Still one's left to deny the choice that comes Between your willingness to survive Though you're knowing what you stand up against A world set to deceive You need a special strength I've got that second skin I've got that chance to give I've got the only way that I know how to live with it I need a second skin Something to hold me tough I need a second skin Something I cannot break out of

[@DeborahMacaoidhSelim]

Thanks for this! I always wonder what she was going through when she wrote this.

[@khe3]

I am from Serbia (Gornji Milanovac) and when I was still in highschool, back in '97 we used to play this song all day long and it pretty much became an antheme of our generation...

[@estebanramos3725]

Who in 2020?

[@Tonyjey-l1s]

DEFIENTLY ME!!!!

[@theethicscoach1460]

Me!!! RIP 💔 Mia Legend

[@MacabreMosaic]

Dude.. some questions aren’t worth asking, kindly stfu.. thx 🤘🏻

[@r-pupz7032]

For once I'm really not mad seeing this type of comment, I'm constantly trying to introduce people to this amazing band.. so glad to see them getting love in 2020, thank you! Rest in Power Mia Zapata 🖤🖤🖤

[@r-pupz7032]

Chill, dude, the comment hits differently considering what happened to Mia. In the documentary (not the one just about her murder, the one her former bandmate did about the band) her father said Mia belongs to all of us now, and how happy he is people still appreciate her music. So it matters more than the usual "who's here in..." comments. Peace 🖤

[@bunkhouse]

25 years ago today. Time flies by so quickly. Rest In Peace our angel.

[@Truebeauty8585]

Miss her 🙏🏻

[@onIineangeI]

Amazing band, amazing song. My favorite of theirs that I’ve heard. They would’ve been huge. RIP Mia Zapata.

[@fruitrollup2790]

Came here after Lazy Masquereds video. This is fucking raw it's unfortunate about Mias passing but damn she's immortalized in this band forever. I'm for sure putting this in my Playlist. Rock in peace queen!

[@7beast298]

This is my first time discovering her awesome voice! Here because of an old unsolved mysteries episode

[@ED-lq1sz]

Миа помню и люблю тебя 👍 🙏Сегодня тебе 54 💖 25 августа 1965 - 7 июля 1993г. Сиэтл- Луисвиль 🙏

[@Voivrenetwork]

20 years later we are still listening to Mia, her music will be what she is always remembered for, unlike the rest of us who will fade into nothingness when we are gone.

[@Stadanco]

30 years.....

[@julianonaotoarruda3742]

They deserve a movie😢❤❤🤟

[@joycesweeting5675]

Foresic files ran a documentary about Ms. Zapata's murder.....and how they found that bastard who killed her. So sad. Where do ppl get off thnking they actually have the right to stop one's heart like that. God help us, please.

[@stephy369]

yep, people remove the strings from their hoodies before going to shows in support of her.

[@robmarley6520]

how come they do that? i get its for mourning but i dont understand what thats supposed to signify exactly

[@ingrid3291]

@@robmarley6520 she was strangled with her hoodie string.

[@robmarley6520]

@@ingrid3291 wow i didnt know that. Thats pretty brutal, im sas to know that happened

[@robmarley6520]

@Brooke R yeah i watched a documentary on the gits and her already

[@nathanritzo2228]

Yet another 27 Club member, Mia Zapata. I'm so glad they caught the guy who did what he did to her and rock and roll.

[@bobbieandrews7032]

She was so wonderful and beautiful loved to her her sing this is so sad this happened to her RIP to a wonderful woman.

[@echoevergreen6440]

My mom was Mia’s roommate and in January with the School of Rock we’re performing at the crocodile and one of the songs I’m singing is this song. I’m really excited. RIP Mia

[@Tonyjey-l1s]

YOUR mom was VERY lucky

[@MastersGraduate2023]

God bless her young soul in heaven. OXOX

[@FFFFNOW]

Sounds like the Gits recording made the the X-Ray Cafe in Portland. There are two Gits CDs that have all of the X-Ray recordings (notated only as recorded in Portland) on them. The Gits played there on the tail end of their last tour. Zia was murdered just few days later. The Gits guitar player acquired the original masters from me a couple years later. He did a great job of mastering and they sound great. IMO, the X-Ray Cafe recordings were the best recordings ever made of the Gits. Being at the end of the tour, the band was ready to rock and they played loose and free.

[@arthurfonseca8451]

I was there at the X-Ray show. Mia was a good personal friend of mine, so that show has a great deal of meaning for me in the memories of my life. i was devastated when she died. Just a great tragic loss of someone who was not only hugely talented, but also a very gentle, sweet person. I often cry when I listen to their music now. I still remember visiting Mia at Antioch College before the Gits ever got together and sitting in her room listening to her playing a version of Iggy Pop's "The Passenger" and thinking even then that she had something special. Damn Mia, why were you the one they had to pick off out of them all?

[@intheshade3018]

@@arthurfonseca8451 I am truly sorry for your loss

[@livvlife]

I’ve known about this band for a while now and I’m so upset that they only have 30 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify and don’t seem widely known. They are genuinely so fun and I find them to be skilled. It’s so sad what happened to Mia. Great band.

[@Anuta383]

Очень люблю её. Обожаю. Она великолепна! А я русская, и этим горжусь!

[@Duisburger48]

Ich kenne die Band von Medical Detectives und habe sie sofort geliebt, gerade diesen Song. Sehr traurig das Schicksal von Mia....:( Ich kann mich nicht satt hören!!! Sie lebt definitiv weiter, in der Musikwelt umd in meinem...unseren Herzen...

[@ambrosch3113]

Ich versteh nicht warum man das ihr anrichten musste..

[@optimist8900]

Талантливая,красивая девушка была,очень жаль что её нет

[@rickyparker4552]

OMG!!!!! Mia Zapata was fucking incredible!!!!!! She would have been HUGE had she lived!!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 Peace Ricky Parker

[@LPJack02]

RIP and long live Mia Zapata (August 25, 1965 - July 7, 1993), aged 27 You will always be remembered as a legend.

[@MyMiserableLife]

This song is so raging, my speakers melt everytime i play this track, its so ment to be heard live... thankfully we have live recordings. This band should never be lost to time.

[@Toedoro26]

Discovered this band through unsolved mysteries.

[@MorticaAddams-1984]

📺 me too! Child of 80s!

[@MacabreMosaic]

So fkn good oof. I wish I could trade places with her and let her beautiful soul live on for decades to come 💜

[@screaminghand32]

her voice give me goose bumps , damn she was good .love it.

[@adamrichardson4332]

Amazing talent, cruelly taken. Love from the UK.

[@fmatson]

¡Viva Zapata!

[@whoeveresthere]

Damn. I did not know that Mia was murdered. I was trying so hard to find more Gits songs when I stumbled upon this info. It´s so sad..

[@mjay5311]

Same...RIP tho

[@brandonhopkins1170]

May Yara dude she was murdered like 20 years ago. Oh yeah and the Berlin wall also fell just so u know that too

[@johnoliver533]

Brandon Hopkins: Wow, you're so witty! Related to Oscar Wilde, are you?

[@brandonhopkins1170]

john oliver that's funny. Homophobic on a gits thread. You do know Mia was gay right? The irony

[@bigdigs2233]

@@brandonhopkins1170 lol what? Idk if he deleted a comment but where in the ever loving fuck did you pull homophobic from?

[@kathyvanderschans6044]

I love this song ❤️💖💚🧡💗❤️❤️😁😁💙💛💞

[@roxanelaffaille3480]

RIP Mia Zapata you were a strong girl and you didn't deserve what happaned to you. You should be an example for every girls. With love from France.

[@loudenkliehr3633]

If you've not seen Kerri O'Kane's tremendous documentary The Gits: The band, The Music, The Legacy take some time to find it. It's on Amazon. Before I watched it I knew of The Gits, had heard a song or two, but after watching it I became a fan. They were a F5 Hurricane, Mia force. The Clash have been my fave band since 1978, Joe Strummer one of my heroes. Mia's vocal strength and energy is Strummer-esque to me.

[@IaraFinkFoschino]

This is great! Never get tired to listen to this..may Mia rock in peace with Kurt and Layne

[@ekolke]

MIA LIVES!!!!! THE GITS RULE!!!!!

[@dafoester]

Phenomenal stuff!The Gits are the most overlooked grunga band of all time...these guys paved the way for alot of other bands!R.I.P Mia!

[@tylertaws3238]

Mia Zapata has the voice of an angel. May the goddess take her soul up to heaven.

[@valeriebyers7405]

RIP Mia!! 2019 ❤🙏❤

[@chihuahuaman7025]

She’s amazing.

[@SheaHarris]

I don't know how I'd never heard of this band or Zapata before I'd come across her case on a podcast yesterday considering I grew up listening to grunge and bands from Seattle. Great music.

[@camnicole900]

I wish more people would cover her story. She was soooo freakin talented. :( rip Mia Zapata

[@klimtklavier]

Mia taught the females that were fans a lot. I still pull my hood strings out of sweatshirts before I even consider wearing them.

[@serinitymarie205]

i know it's so horrible how he did tht to her...wat a piece of shit that Jesus guy was...fuck him.rip Mia always gonna b a git fan till I die!

[@thevoidisshining]

It was always somehow instinctual to pull the strings out.. i never thought much about why i did it, i just did.

[@BUTTERBALL-70]

This song always helps me.

[@cattycakes64]

Mia is just kick arse and always will be. A wonderous mad powerful voice and what an awesome stage presence! Keep rocking sister!

[@JayCan-e8h]

you know shes dead dont yer

[@TheycallmeMagoo]

Miss the Gits

[@anotherblownengine]

a true "Rap n' Roll" tune. Love the way it rollz. tHaNks!

[@johnminasian6054]

The Queen of Punk, The Queen of the world and for women of this world (Love) is wanted here down on earth, skin and flesh!

[@thtphatcat]

I'd never heard of The Gits, but this song rocks! Sad to lose such a talented lady in such an awful way. A great talent was taken from us too early.

[@3chorddave352]

The Gits (2005) TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary , excellent documentary on the band. which clearly demonstrates how special they are.

[@xmen0048]

Fantastic energy! RIP....

[@theysayiamdifferent]

Oh man, The Gits were so fn great!! Rest In Power Mia

[@SceneAndHeardPodcast]

Brings back good memories.Great Song. Full of Energy! R.I.P.-Mia

[@claytonhart9559]

Such a marvelous and focused energy, beautiful.

[@STATICASYLUM]

because today there will be similar tragedies and every day it will carry on until this is confronted and stopped and YOU can make a small difference by not turning a blind eye to it. It was an event that will ALWAYS be remembered, it will NEVER be forgotten.

[@rickyparker4552]

MIA you are greatly missed!!!! your fans are still here baby!!!!

[@francesgray4622]

🖤Rest In Peace Mia!!! We love you- you have not been forgotten girl!!🖤

[@richo5424]

Thank you for sharing a great talent lost glad my soul got to vibrate with her's . I was born same day & year I've re-living my past and came across this I'm grateful 🙏

[@captainnemo9773]

Situational awareness is very important while walking in secluded places. Forensic files mentions that she was walking with a Walkman on at 2:00 am when someone attacked her

[@ddbears3686]

Seattle will always remember you. Never forgotten. Xoxoxo

[@Gilbert440]

Lazy Masquerade informed me about Mia. This is my first time hearing the Gits and I am instantly a fan; great sound!

[@thewedge8823]

remember watching this on HYPE! .. RIP to Mia so sad :(

[@Dark_Angel_1980]

I wish she was still here. That man took a real gem from this world.

[@Nadie1551]

2024 ❤

[@СекретСекрет-с9ф]

Интересные такие в гачале 90х. А у неё голос хороший. Умничка была.

[@AG-mz7vm]

Amazing song!

[@ПавелВесельчак-ю4в]

Mia rip...... from Russia .... Pavel 37 years

[@chrissandoval7675]

mis hermanos, my daughter died of kidney failure this morning. she was 16 and this was one of the first punk songs i played her back in the day. mia's incredible. abbey, hope to meet you again, in your second skin. love dad.

[@Lilsus2006]

Her voice so clear and not drowned out by the music. Man this was true expression

[@Stormblast729]

Such a talented woman! It's a damn shame that someone violently took her out of this world in such a cruel and degrading way. And from what I read, Mia was not carrying any ID on her at the time of her murder and it was the medical examiner who was a fan of The Gits that identified the body. It must have been awful for that poor medical examiner to have to do an autopsy on a musician who she loved and always attended her concerts.

[@keithbethune3052]

Never heard of this girl mia until forensic files r.I.p

[@richardblanchard8643]

Same here

[@kentfender68]

Richard Blanchard Mee too! About 3 days ago, when they said Seattle and grunge, i had to go check wiki and u tube

[@RivLoveshine]

@@kentfender68 What episode was it? I love that show!

[@MiSsFiSh121]

@@RivLoveshine idk but its on tv right now...!

[@serrielu8025]

Alicia Fish sure is. Or was.

[@kibadubio]

They could have been so much bigger. Amazing band RIP Mia

[@declandiamond6814]

My heart breaks when I think of Mia 💔. She left us with some great music. Will remember her always

[@caelidhg6261]

I am grateful for this song. I went to Antioch right after she left... It is sad she is gone. But I discoverd this song just recently and it resonates SOOOO Much and it has helped give ME strength in MY life .. It is helping me get through some rough times.! Thanks

[@dillavedderx5959]

Forever Mia ! I miss u and I STILL think about u all the time!

[@gregelliott5016]

She does have the voice to be famous. Died to young. Heard about her on Unsolved Mysteries