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THE GITS

While the Gits were a band who made a strong impression with their music during their all too brief run, it was how the group suddenly ended that would come to dominate their story. Playing a unique and passionate fusion of first-era punk, hard rock, and streetwise blues, the Gits had a sound that set them apart from their peers in Seattle in the late '80s and early '90s, when the city was hip deep in the grunge explosion. The Gits also had a fearless and charismatic frontwoman in lead singer Mia Zapata, but just as the group seemed poised to move up to the next level of popular acceptance, the potential of both the Gits and Zapata were snuffed out when she was murdered in the summer of 1993.

"ENTER: THE CONQUERING CHICKEN"

1994        LP     BROKEN REKIDS-C/Z RECORDS     SKIP20 / CZ076

PRINTED IN U.S.A.   ORIGINAL PRESSING

IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + 8 PAGE BOOKLET INSERT

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 6029-10020-1 4

Label: BROKEN REKIDS - BLACK/WHITE LABELS - WHITE/BLACK TEXT 

Catalog on cover: SKIP20 / CZ076

Catalog on labels: SKIP 20

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SKIP-20 A1  "PUNK IS DEAD But...    L-42415  (A)

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SKIP-20 B1  ...We're still Dying"  L-42415-X  (A)

On labels: rim text "© 1993 Fishheadhotdog Burrito Music (ASCAP) ℗ 1994 Broken Rekids Licensed from C/Z Records Distributed by Mordam"

On Back Cover: Tracklist

© 1993 Fishheadhotdog Burrito Music ℗ 1994 Broken Rekids Licensed from C/Z Records Distributed by Mordam

Printed in Canada

tracklisting

Side 1: BOB (COUSIN O.) - GUILT WITHIN YOUR HEAD - SEAWEED

A CHANGE IS GONNA COME - PRECIOUS BLOOD - BEAUTY OF THE ROSE

Side 2: DRUNKS - ITALIAN SONG - SOCIAL LOVE I - SOCIAL LOVE II

SPEAR & MAGIC HELMET - DRINKING SONG - SIGN OF THE CRAB

grading

RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Before the Gits' second album, Enter: The Conquering Chicken, could be completed, lead singer Mia Zapata was brutally murdered, lending an atmosphere of solemnity to the proceedings that might not otherwise be so prevalent. The tone of this record is actually lighter than the previous one, although that's due in large part to some of the filler material necessitated by Zapata's absence; most of it is lighthearted, especially given the circumstances, and there are two versions of "Social Love" back to back, one a solo acoustic performance by Zapata. The first half of the record holds much of its substance, including a surprisingly effective cover of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," and Zapata's fully fleshed-out originals can be positively harrowing. Enter: The Conquering Chicken can't quite be up to the level of Frenching the Bully, since there's no way the album could truly be completed, but parts of it stand as a powerful epitaph, and the informal tone of the filler actually helps paint a more complete picture of Zapata as a human being...(AllMusic)