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Gina Schock grew up in Baltimore, where actors from John Waters movies were fixtures of her neighborhood. \u201cEdie lived down the street from me,\u201d Shock says of Edith Massey, featured in Pink Flamingos<\/em>,\u00a0Desperate<\/em> Living<\/em>,\u00a0Polyester<\/em>, and other Waters films. \u201cShe had a thrift store in Fell\u2019s Point called Edith\u2019s Shopping Bag, and I would go visit her because I just loved her. One day I went in and she said, \u2018Oh, gee, I\u2019m going to put together a punk rock band. You want to be in it?\u2019 And I said, \u2018Sure, of course.\u2019 I was like, \u2018Oh, my God, this might be my chance to get out of here.’\u201d<\/p>\n Schock, pictured here with Massey in 1978, toured all over the country as drummer for Edie and the Eggs. \u201cShe was just a sweet little old lady, really,\u201d Schock says. \u201cI would have to strap her in, get her all ready in that leather outfit. And she would cry. She hated that, but she did love all the attention. She was just sweet. I remember whenever Edie was in the car, every sign that we passed, she would go, \u2018Oh, Hardee\u2019s, Hardee\u2019s.\u2019 \u2018Oh, KFC.\u2019 \u2018Oh, California.\u2019 Every sign she would read it when we passed it.\u201d<\/p>\n Schock doesn\u2019t remember what their repertoire was; she did not play on the version of \u201cBig Girls Don\u2019t Cry\u201d that Massey recorded. But that\u2019s not the point. \u201c[The band] wasn\u2019t that good, but it didn\u2019t matter,\u201d Schock says. \u201cIt was all about letting Edie have the time of her life.\u201d<\/p>\n Touring helped Schock decide that she wanted to move to New York, San Francisco, or L.A. She ended up staying in Los Angeles. \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for Edie, who knows what would\u2019ve happened with the Go-Go\u2019s and who knows what would\u2019ve happened to me?\u201d Shock says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n