On Alice Bag's new album, 'Blueprint,' an original LA punk sets out to correct the historical record
LOS ANGELES - It's hard not to notice Alice Bag as she enters Astro Family Restaurant at the eastern edge of Silver Lake. Her blue hair glows against the orange booths inside the Googie-designed 24-hour diner as if she's entering a self-created set.
The lifelong singer, writer, educator and LGBTQ activist has been creating art since she was a teenage glam queen in 1973, experiences that led her to found one of the first Los Angeles punk bands, the Bags, in the late '70s.
Unlike the many punk dudes whose careers continued, though, Bag and other female artists' trailblazing work has been treated by many a Black Flag- and Germs-loving fan as an afterthought.
This month, Bag released "Blueprint," the follow-up to a 2016 self-titled solo effort. A powerhouse production about, says Bag,
