Growing up in a Spanish-speaking household in east Los Angeles in the late ’60s, Bag endured discrimination by English-only teachers, an experience that helped fuel her work as the explosive frontwoman of ’70s Hollywood proto-punks the Bags. “In the general sense, the Latino community could be overlooked as part of the West Coast punk rock movement — but Alice is an archivist,” says Wax Trax’s Dave Wilkinson. Bag will be at Wax Trax to read from her book, sign autographs, answer audience questions and, Wilkinson hopes, play some music from her decades-long career (which she’s done on previous stops).
Today’s event is free; for more information, visit www.alicebag.com or www.waxtraxrecords.com, or call the store at 303-831-7246.
Sat., July 14, 3 p.m., 2012