Patricia Anne Rainone was active in the Los Angeles, California punk rock scene even before graduating from high school in 1979, having had an early interest in music: "When I was 12 years old, I saved up every cent to buy a guitar. I went to the guitar shop and realized I could afford the guitar, but not the lessons or a way to get there as my mom worked. So I walk out of the store empty handed, a decision I will always regret" She was a founding member of the Bags. Morrison quipped, 'I started a band with two girlfriends in our late teens then, punk showed up and that decided my future. I had very little to do with it, I wanted to be a veterinarian, but couldn't afford it.'
Rainone and Alicia Armendariz, aka Alice Bag, met at school and formed their first band, Femme Fatale, in '1975 /1976', later re-named Masque Era. Initially guided by glitter and glam, though enamoured by punk music, they played a few local gigs. A 1977 concert featuring The Germs inspired them to move toward a more punk sound, and to form The Bags, with Janet Koontz joining them on guitar. The band wore bags over their heads onstage. Morrison recalls: 'The Bags were playing somewhere very early on and my mother came running out of the driveway yelling 'Patricia you forgot your bag!' My mother making sure I had a bag to put over my head is a special moment in time.' They released a single, Survive, in 1978, but Morrison left the following year after a falling out with Alice Bag. and went on to co-found Legal Weapon with Kat Arthur in 1980, performing under the single name "Patericia" (sic). The group released an EP called No Sorrow in 1981. In the same year she assumed the surname Morrison after marrying Rick Morrison of Catholic Discipline.

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