- (This page is about the Californian band. For the Massachusetts band of the same name, see Bags(2)).
Bags (also known as the Bags or Alice Bag Band) were an American punk rock band formed in 1977, one of the first generation of punk rock bands to emerge from Los Angeles, California.
The Bags were formed by Alicia Armendariz and Patricia Morrison, who had met while waiting in line to see Elton John guest on Cher. The two became fast friends and eventually decided to form a band called Femme Fatale.
Kim Fowley heard about their band and asked the members to audition for Venus and the Razorblades, Fowley's next attempt at creating a band after the Runaways had left him.
Femme Fatale eventually morphed into a new band, which became Bags. They took the band's name and their stage names "Alice Bag" and "Pat Bag" from a gimmick that the band used during early performances where they performed with grocery bags over their heads (the practice did not last, in part due to an incident where Darby Crash of the Germs got on stage and ripped the bag off Alice's head). Alice Bag was the vocalist and Pat Bag played bass, and the rest of the band comprised guitar players Craig Lee and Rob Ritter, and Terry Graham on drums.
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Peel seemed to have discovered the band in the spring of 1979 and would play tracks from them on his radio programmes. He also revisited them on his 30 November 1999 show when he played their track, 'We Don't Need The English'.
Shows Played[]
- 04 April 1979 / PM149: Survive (7") Dangerhouse
- 17 April 1979: Survive (7") Dangerhouse
- 24 September 1979: We Don’t Need The English (single-sided LP – Yes LA) Dangerhouse
- 1999
- 30 November 1999: We Don't Need The English (v/a album - Yes LA) Dangerhouse