Steve Moriarty is best known as drummer in Seattle punk-rock band The Gits, whose lead singer, Mia Zapata, was murdered in 1993.



After Zapata's tragic death the remaining members of The Gits formed a new band, The Dancing French Liberals Of '48. They released two posthumous Gits albums, 1995's "Enter: The Conquering Chicken" and 1996's "Kings and Queens".



They also recorded a live album of Gits covers in 1995 under the name Evil Stig ("Gits Live" backwards), with Joan Jett filling in for Zapata on lead vocals.