''Evil Stig'' is a 1995 studio album by Evil Stig, which was a new band formed by
Joan Jett
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American singer, guitarist, record producer, and actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and per ...
and members of
The Gits
The Gits were an American punk rock band formed in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1986. As part of the burgeoning Seattle music scene of the early 1990s, they were known for their fiery live performances. Members included singer Mia Zapata, guitari ...
for a series of benefit concerts to fund the investigation into the 1993 murder of Gits singer
Mia Zapata
Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits. After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was murdered in 1993 while on her way home fr ...
. The name Evil Stig is developed from Gits Live in reverse. The album was released in 1995.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Andy Kessler, Matt Dresdner, Steve Moriarty,
Mia Zapata
Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits. After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was murdered in 1993 while on her way home fr ...
; except where indicated
#"Sign of the Crab" - 2:22
#"Bob (Cousin O.)" - 2:53
#"Drinking Song" - 2:47
#"Spear and Magic Helmet" - 2:42
#"Last to Know" (Jett, Dresdner, Moriarty, Kessler,
Kenny Laguna
Kenneth Benjamin Laguna is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Joan Jett.
Biography
Laguna was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, United States, and started playing piano at high school dances from th ...
,
Jim Vallance
James Douglas Vallance (born May 31, 1952) is a Canadian songwriter, arranger and producer. He is best known as the songwriting partner of Canadian musician Bryan Adams. Vallance began his professional career as the original drummer and main song ...
) - 3:44
#"Guilt Within Your Head" - 2:23
#"Whirlwind" - 3:05
#"Another Shot of Whiskey" - 2:37
#"Second Skin" - 2:43
#"Activity Grrrl" * (Jett) - 3:28
#"You Got a Problem" * (Jett,
Kathleen Hanna
Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician, artist, feminist activist, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. In the early-to-mid-1990s she was the lead singer of feminist punk band ...
,
Desmond Child
John Charles Barrett (born October 28, 1953), known professionally as Desmond Child, is an American songwriter and producer. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.
His hits as a songwriter include Kiss's "I Was Made for Lovi ...
) - 3:17
#"
Crimson & Clover
"Crimson and Clover" is a 1968 song by American rock band Tommy James and the Shondells. Written by the duo of Tommy James and drummer Peter Lucia Jr., it was intended as a change in direction of the group's sound and composition.
"Crimson and ...
" (
Tommy James
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, Peter Lucia Jr.) - 3:05
#"Drunks" - 7:50
* * Those songs already appeared on Joan Jett's previous album, ''
Pure and Simple''.
References
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts Bad Reputation Nation - Evil Stig
Joan Jett albums
1995 albums
Blackheart Records albums
The Gits albums
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