Spitboy

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The word spitboy has more than one possible origin: it might designate a turnbrooch (a type of kitchen boy). The band makes a reference to the book Daughters of Copper Woman, by Anne Cameron, in which a Pacific Northwest tribe's saga refers to a young woman who put all the self-hatred she felt for her own secretions (tears, sweat, mucus, menstrual blood) into fashioning a Snotboy/Spitboy, which she buried in the dirt. The young woman's journey to accept and embrace herself seems to parallel the concise social commentaries and struggle for awareness for which Spitboy the band fought.

Spitboy was a San Francisco punk rock band founded in the early 1990s by four women. They played powerful political hardcore that was influenced by the fact that they were all women living in a male dominated world. Spitboy toured the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

The founding members were Michelle Gonzales (Todd), Adrienne Droogas (later a member of Aus Rotten), Paula and Karin Gembus. Paula left the band before the release of Rasana and was replaced by Dominique Davison, now an architect. Michelle Gonzales teaches English at Las Positas College in Livermore, California. Adrienne Droogas wrote a column for HeartAttack magazine, championing ethical DIY/punk values. After Spitboy, Droogas moved to Richmond, Virginia to work with the underground scene there.

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