first live show at University of Washington

After relocating to Seattle , Washington, in 1989, the band set up shop at “the Rathouse”, an abandoned house in the Capitol Hill district where they rehearsed and lived. One of their first live shows in Seattle was at the University of Washington on January 6, 1990, in which they played on the same bill with Nirvana and Tad . They quickly earned a following in the local scene and gained many friends, particularly in the city’s punk rock community. During the early 1990s, buzz began surrounding the band, which caused some media outlets to erroneously lump them in with the then-burgeoning Seattle grunge music scene, and Zapata’s persona led many to incorrectly associate the Gits with the Olympia, Washington, riot grrrl movement.