Alice Bag is a musician and vocalist best known as a founding member of seminal Los Angeles punk band, The Bags. In this oral history, Alice Bag discusses her upbringing in East L.A., her relationship with her parents and how those early experiences dictated her personality and musical output. She details the burgeoning punk scene in Los Angeles in the 1970s, the formation of The Bags, subsequent success within the scene and appearance in the cult documentary Decline of Western Civilization. She also discusses an influential trip to Nicaragua, her career in teaching, feelings about women’s place in rock music, specifically women of color and their place within the historical rock narrative.