How Punk Legend Alice Bag Stays Optimistic During Trying Times

Before hardcore took over Los Angeles in the late ’70s, the city’s punk scene was one of the most diverse, eclectic realms around — and Chicana artist-activist Alice Bag was one of its pioneering players. Though the Bags, the raw and raucous band she fronted, were short-lived, they left an indelible, if underrepresented, mark on the city’s musical history. Bag played in a number of other bands over the years, but didn’t release her first solo album until 2016. That