Frenching the Bully by The Gits

Frenching the Bully, the debut album from the Gits, came out on C/Z Records on November 25, 1992. The band had formed in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1986 before becoming part of the Seattle scene, and this is their punk rock at full boil: Andy Kessler's guitar slashing away, Matt Dresdner and Steve Moriarty driving hard underneath, and Mia Zapata out front with a voice that could strip paint, raw, powerful and absolutely fearless. "Second Skin" is the song that reached the countdowns.

The Gits had accepted an offer from Atlantic Records by June 1993, but their career ended when Zapata was raped and murdered that July, shortly before their first national tour. The album lived on: Broken Rekids reissued it in 2003 with bonus tracks and new artwork, and in 2025 Sub Pop released a version remastered by Jack Endino.

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