Michelle Cruz Gonzales
Michelle Cruz Gonzales (born October 29, 1969, in Los Angeles, California) is a musician, author, and college English instructor. She is a founding member and drummer of the groundbreaking all-female hardcore punk band Spitboy. Gonzales is featured in the Green Day-produced documentary Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk (2017), directed by Corbett Redford. Career Before Spitboy, Gonzales played drums in Bitch Fight and guitar and tambourine in the female pop punk band Kamala and the Karnivores. The latter band reformed in 2016 to play the Lookouting, a celebration of Lookout Record bands on January 1, 2017. Gonzales, known as "Todd" in Spitboy, wrote lyrics for many of the band's songs, including "In Your Face", "Ultimate Violations", and "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" After Spitboy, Gonzales appeared in anthologies such as Listen To Your Mother and Book Lovers and has contributed to Hip Mama Magazine. In 2016, Gonzales published The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band. The Spitboy Rule The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band is a non-linear collection of personal essays about coming of age in Spitboy, learning to navigate artistic partnerships, touring the world