Today, November 2nd, 2026, Sub Pop and The Gits are releasing Etcetera, a thirteen-song collection of unreleased material by Mia Zapata and The Gits, available digitally today worldwide from Sub Pop. Originally released as a limited-edition (and now sold-out) LP for Record Store Day 2026, it features live tour recordings and rare solo performances by Mia Zapata, including covers of Bessie Smith, Iggy & The Stooges, and even James Taylor. Etcetera is the definitive Gits collector’s piece, hand-selected by the band from their personal vault and recorded when the band was at their finest.
 
One of the songs on the compilation, “Blue Spirit Blues,” was recorded that same year at the Canal Street Tavern in Dayton, Ohio, near the tiny college town of Yellow Springs where The Gits got their start. We’d first – and erroneously – believed the song was titled “Graveyard Blues,” but with the advent of the Internet we now know the proper title. Here, Mia was inspired by Bessie Smith’s 1929 recording of the piece.
 
Later this month, The Gits will be featured in MOPOP’s (the Museum of Pop And Culture) Puget Sound Stories: Seattle Music + Beyond Exhibit: From intimate jazz clubs to the riotous rise of grunge, Puget Sound Stories: Seattle Music + Beyond traces the artists, venues, and performances that gave the PNW its voice. Explore unearthed images, musical ephemera, stage-worn fashion, and more from the artists who forged the region’s musical identity. The exhibit opens Saturday, November 21st, 2026.

The Gits formed in 1986 at Antioch College in Ohio, and moved together to Seattle in 1989 as the world was taking notice of the burgeoning scene there. Although their raucous, blues-infused punk powered by Mia’s indelible vocals didn’t quite fit the mold being cast by their Pacific Northwest peers, The Gits quickly found a tight foothold and built a strong following.

 
Tragically, Mia Zapata was murdered in July of 1993, just having returned to Seattle from a successful West Coast tour, while The Gits were recording their second studio album. Enter: The Conquering Chicken, which was eventually released on C/Z Records the following year.
 
In addition to the unusual cover songs and Mia Zapata solo performances on Etcetera, this new album also includes live versions of recognizable Gits songs recorded when the band was at their finest.
 
One such song is “Daily Bread,” which was recorded during a 1993 tour at Klub Kommotion in San Francisco. Kommotion was a quasi-legal space for underground arts located in the Mission District, which had become a welcoming second home for The Gits. Mia never had an opportunity to record the vocals for “Daily Bread” in the studio, so we’re thrilled this live version exists.
 
During that same West Coast tour in early 1993, Mia performed a solo acoustic set in the back room of a small San Francisco bar called the Albion Room when the full band had a night off. It was a teeny room behind a heavy velvet curtain where Mia sang quieter renditions of several Gits songs and covers that were recorded at the soundboard.
 
One of those cover songs was James Taylor’s “I Was Only Telling a Lie” from his 1977 studio album, JT. Certain members of The Gits harbored a seething hatred for Mr. Taylor’s music and were perplexed when Mia began including the song in her solo performances. Mia responded, “It’s a good song, and I like it, so just give it a chance. Or else, fuck off!”
 
Four of the tracks on Etcetera were recorded live on-air in 1992 when the band played live at KDVS, the college radio station of UC Davis. These include “Bob (Cousin O.),” “Social Love,” “Slaughter of Bruce,” and “A.”
 
“Absynthe” was recorded live in Seattle at a club called the Off Ramp, which still exists although some people suggest it changed its name to something different some twenty years ago.
 
The Barfing Blues Band was a group that Mia, Matt, and Steve briefly had while at college, along with Chris Birdman McCullough on guitar and piano whilst Andy was off traveling in a faraway land with hobbits, elves, and Gandalf. They recorded “Tight Pants” at a live show in a dorm basement. The song is an early version of the Stooges’ song which evolved into “Shake Appeal,” and was included on Iggy & the Stooges’ Raw Power album of 1973.
 
The Gits’ entire discography – Enter: The Conquering Chicken, Frenching the Bully, Kings & Queens, Seafish Louisville, and Live at The X-Ray, as well as the aforementioned Etcetera – is available on all DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop. Also available are The Gits’ Frenching the Bully and The Gits’ Enter: The Conquering Chicken on CD and LP through Sub Pop Mega Mart in North America, MegaMart Europe in the EU/UK, The Gits website, and independent retailers worldwide.
 
Revisit Evelyn McDonnell’s interview with The Gits’ band members Andy Kessler and Matt Dresdner in The New York Times (see November 12th story “A New Set of Gits Releases Gives Mia Zapata Her Voice Back”). You can also read Tim Sommer’s extensive liner notes on The Gits reissues here.

The Gits
Etcetera 
 
1. Bob (Cousin O.) (Live on KDVS 1992)
2. Social Love (Live on KDVS 1992)
3. Tight Pants (Barfing Blues Band 1987)
4. Precious Blood (Mia Zapata Live at The Albion 1993)
5. Cut My Skin it Makes Me Human (Mia Zapata
Live at The Albion 1993)
6. I Was Only Telling a Lie (Mia Zapata Live at The Albion 1993)
7. It Doesn’t Matter (Mia Zapata Live at The Albion 1993)
8. Absynthe (Live at The Off Ramp 1992)
9. Slaughter of Bruce (Live on KDVS 1992)
10. A (Live on KDVS 1992)
11. Daily Bread (Live at Klub Komotion 1993)
12. While You’re Twisting I’m Still Breathing (7” Single Version 1991)
13. Blue Spirit Blues (1987)