The Spits

Last updated

The Spits
Origin Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Genres Punk rock, garage punk, synthpunk
Years active2000 (2000)–present
LabelsNickel and Dime Records, Slovenly Recordings, Dirtnap Records, Thriftstore Records, In the Red Records
MembersSean Wood
Erin Wood
Wayne Draves
Broose Young
Past membersGreg T
Darren Benson
Ernie Quintero
Joe Pestilence
Nick Markel
Johnny LZR

The Spits are an American punk rock band formed in Michigan in 1993. They later moved to and were based in Seattle for several years. Currently, the band has released five albums. The first four were all officially self-titled, but were unofficially titled 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The albums were released by Nickel and Dime Records, Slovenly Recordings, Dirtnap Records, and Thriftstore Records respectively. In October 2011 they released their latest album, called V, on In the Red Records.

Contents

The band describes itself as "Punk for the People", and focuses on loud, noisy, and dirty punk rock. On stage, band members frequently appear in costumes (e.g. graduation robes, nun outfits, Ronald Reagan masks, or toilet paper "mummy" costumes), and focus on the dirty, low-budget sound and presentation of garage punk.

The Spits' "Bring Down" was featured in Al Partanen's skateboarding segment of the "Born Dead" skate video, as well as Darrel Mathe's section in the snowboarding video "love/HATE". "I H8 Pussies" was featured in Andy Forgash's segment in the snowboarding video, "Burning Bridges" as well. Their song, "Remote Control" appears in the Absinthe Films snowboarding video, "More". "Rip Up The Streets" was featured in Vans skate team commercial 2012 year.

Personnel

Discography

Singles

19 Million A.C. 7" (Dirtnap Records, 2001, ZZZ 10)

Later released on CD w/Bonus Songs "19 Million A.C. EP CD"
CD Later released w/Bonus Songs on LP "19 Million A.C. EP CD LP"

Spend the Night in a Haunted House with...The Spits 7" (Missile X Records, 2004, MX 003)

Clear green vinyl, 500 copies, released with a candy sucker for the little Trick-r-Treaters

Pain 7" (Slovenly Recordings, 2009, 702-89) [1]

Splits

Split 7" (Dirtnap Records, 2000, ZZZ 05)

black-white-red sleeve, purple-marbled vinyl, 1000 pressed black-white-blue sleeve

Split 7" (Puke Records, 2005, No. 009)

red or black vinyl

Split 7" (Scion Audio/Visual, 2010, #SAVG0109)

NOFX/The Spits Split 7" (Fat Wreckchords, 2010, FAT-245)

Albums

Spits - "Demo" Self Released

  1. Tired and Lonely
  2. Black Kar
  3. SK8
  4. Saturday Nite

The Spits CD (Nickel & Dime Records, 2000, N&D 001)

  1. Dropout
  2. SK8
  3. Die Die Die
  4. Black Kar
  5. Saturday Nite
  6. Remote Kontrol
  7. Tired & Lonely
  8. I H8 Pussies
  9. Suzy's Face

The Spits 12"EP/CD (Slovenly Recordings, 2003, 702-36)

  1. Spit Me Out
  2. Black & Blue
  3. PCT
  4. Let Us Play Your Party
  5. Rat Face
  6. No Place to Live
  7. Bring
  8. Take Back the Alley
  9. She Don't Kare

The Spits LP/CD (Dirtnap Records, 2003, ZZZ 42)

  1. Witch Hunt
  2. Space Guitar
  3. Cha Cha Love
  4. Tuff News
  5. Violence Cup
  6. Nuclear Bomb
  7. 1989
  8. Don't Shoot
  9. Greyhound Bound
  10. Fussin' & Fightin' (vinyl only track)

first 100 on red vinyl

2006 European Tour LP (P.Trash Records, 2006, LIVE TRASH 001)

  1. Die Die Die
  2. Dropout
  3. Saturday Nite
  4. Take Pleasure in Someone Else's Pain
  5. What the Fuck
  6. No Monarchy
  7. Nuclear Bomb
  8. Cha Cha Love
  9. Bring
  10. Spit Me Out
  11. Witch Hunt
  12. Remote Control

Returning to Their Hometown LP (Thriftstore Records, 2006, ZZZ 42)

  1. Caza De La Bruja
  2. Guitarra Del Espacio
  3. Amor De Cha Cha
  4. Noticias De Tuff
  5. Taza De La Violencia
  6. Bomba Nuclear
  7. Mil Novecientos Ochenta Y Nueve
  8. No Tire
  9. Limite Del Galgo
  10. Fusin' Y Un Fightin'

The Spits Live Volume 1 (Self Released Vinyl; 8-track tape released by Regal Select)

  1. Die Die Die
  2. Dropout
  3. Saturday Nite
  4. Take Pleasure in Someone Else's Pain
  5. What The Fuck
  6. No Monarchy
  7. Nuclear Bomb
  8. Cha Cha Love
  9. Bring
  10. Spit Me Out
  11. Witch Hunt
  12. Remote Control

previously released as The Spits 2006 Tour LP

19 Million A.C. EP CD LP

  1. 19 Million A.C.
  2. Shitty World
  3. Dumb
  4. Tease
  5. Cha Cha Love
  6. Remote Control
  7. Black Car
  8. Drop Out
  9. Drink, Fight & Fuck (GG Allin)
  10. Violence Cup
  11. Kill from the Heart (Dicks)
  12. Wendy O
  13. Violence Cup
  14. Pissed Off Baby
  15. Beat My Head
  16. Let Us Play Your Party
  17. Fire
  18. Space Guitar
  19. Talking 'Bout You
  20. Die

The Spits IV (School's Out) LP/CD (Thriftstore Records, 2009, 010) [2]

  1. Tonight
  2. Rip up the Streets
  3. Live in a Van
  4. Eyesore City
  5. Police
  6. School's Out
  7. Life of Crime
  8. Alienize
  9. Wouldn't Wanna be Ya
  10. Flags
  11. Beat You Up
  12. Chemtrails
  13. Liars
  14. Army Bound (Later released as "Army Life" on the "Pain" 7")
  15. Piss on Your Skull
  16. I Dig Pain (Later released as "Pain" on the "Pain" 7")
  17. Beat You Up w/Ethan LFD

Tracks 11-17 are cassette only [3]

Compilations appeared on

Related Research Articles

NOFX American punk rock band

NOFX is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. NOFX has gone through numerous lineup changes, leaving vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin as the remaining original members of the band. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after, and El Hefe joined the band in 1991 to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the current line-up.

<i>Pump Up the Valuum</i> 2000 studio album by NOFX

Pump Up the Valuum is the eighth studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on June 13, 2000, on Epitaph Records, their last through the company.

Rudimentary Peni are a British anarcho-punk/deathrock band formed in 1980, emerging from the London anarcho-punk scene. Lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko is notorious for his witty, macabre lyrics and dark pen-and-ink artwork, prominently featured on all of Rudimentary Peni's albums. Blinko is also rumored to have written the band's Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric album while a resident in a psychiatric hospital. Bassist Grant Matthews has also written a number of songs for the band, though his lyrics primarily focus on sociopolitical themes. Very few photos exist of the band, as their albums feature Blinko's drawings instead, but Pushead published a few in an early edition of his magazine.

Poison Idea is an American punk rock band formed in Portland, Oregon, United States, in 1980. The band originally dissolved in 1993, but has been playing intermittently since 1998. They officially disbanded as of January 1, 2017 and reunited in 2018.

<i>Heavy Petting Zoo</i> 1996 studio album by NOFX

Heavy Petting Zoo is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on January 31, 1996 through Epitaph Records. The record reached a position of No. 63 on the American Billboard 200 Albums chart, the first NOFX album to do so. In Austria Heavy Petting Zoo peaked at No. 20, while the album achieved the No. 13 position in both Sweden and Finland.

Naked Raygun band

Naked Raygun is an American punk rock/post-punk band formed in Chicago in 1980. Initially active until 1992, the band had several short-lived reunions afterwards and a full-time reformation in 2006.

The Exploding Hearts

The Exploding Hearts were an influential American punk rock and power pop band formed in Portland, Oregon, United States, in 2001. The band was composed of vocalist/guitarist Adam Cox, bassist Matt Fitzgerald, guitarist Terry Six, and drummer Jeremy Gage.

Pylon (band) US rock band

Pylon was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The band's danceable sound, a blend of new wave, post-punk, jangle pop, alternative rock and funk rock, influenced the Athens music scene and the 1980s American pop underground. AllMusic wrote that Pylon's "role as elder statesmen of the alternative rock explosion is unassailable".

The Detroit Cobras band that plays garage rock

The Detroit Cobras are an American garage rock band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1994.

Sonny Vincent is an American punk rock musician. He has been active since the mid-1970s, when he was part of the New York City punk rock scene with his original band, Testors. Vincent is currently active in music, film, multi-media art, and writing. His pedigree includes mid-70s Testors' performances at C.B.G.B. and Max's Kansas City. Always active in his own bands, Vincent also spent time touring and recording for 9 years as Maureen "Moe" Tucker and Sterling Morrison's guitar player Members of Vincent's bands include a vast range of players/characters, from the drummer of the Stooges, Scott Asheton, to Charles Manson's one-time guitar player, Ernie Knapp.

<i>The Madness</i> (The Madness album) 1988 studio album by The Madness

The Madness is the only studio album by the British ska/pop band The Madness, a short-lived incarnation of Madness. It was originally released in mid-1988, on the label Virgin. The album was produced by The Three Eyes, a pseudonym, whose identities remain a mystery. With the demise of Madness and the group's own label Zarjazz, The Madness were directly recruited under Virgin Records.

Crime (band) American punk band

Crime was an early American punk band from San Francisco. The band was formed in 1976 by Johnny Strike, Frankie Fix, Ron "The Ripper" Greco, and Ricky Tractor (drums). Their debut, the self-financed double A-side, "Hot Wire My Heart" and "Baby You're So Repulsive", appeared at the end of 1976, and is the first single released by a U.S. punk act from the West Coast.

Demons are a punk rock/garage punk band from Sweden. The band includes quotation marks in their name to differentiate themselves from other bands with a similar name. Their music has been described as "punk 'n' roll", but the band claims it should only be described as high-energy rock. Their musical style relies heavily on the energy derived from punk rock. Influences include 1960s garage rock bands such as The Sonics, The Standells and Shadows of Knight, The Velvet Underground, The Stooges and New York Dolls; and punk rock bands such as The Damned, The Heartbreakers and The Saints; and early hardcore punk bands such as Black Flag, Bad Brains and Dead Kennedys. "Demons" has often been compared to contemporary groups like New Bomb Turks, The Hellacopters and Electric Frankenstein.

<i>Coaster</i> (album) 2009 studio album by NOFX

Coaster is the eleventh studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on April 28, 2009 through Fat Wreck Chords.

Nobunny American musician

Nobunny is the stage persona of musician Justin Champlin, performing since 2001. His debut LP, Love Visions, was home recorded and released in 2008 on Bubbledumb Records to positive reviews. It was re-released with 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in 2009 along with a second album, Raw Romance, which was released with Burger Records. His second official LP, "First Blood", was released by Goner Records in September 2010. His last LP, Secret Songs, was released on Goner Records towards the end of 2013.

Alicja Trout is a Memphis-based American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and artist.

The Nig-Heist was a punk-comedy-shock rock band led by Steve "Mugger" Corbin, a roadie and live sound engineer for Black Flag and employee of SST Records. The Nig-Heist featuring a revolving-door roster of members of the bands who were on tour with Black Flag at the moment. The band used to open for Black Flag on tour and recorded a 7", an LP and had tracks on compilations. They were notorious for their risqué stage antics, including band members playing naked, Mugger wearing a long-haired wig and insulting the crowd. Their songs were overtly vulgar and explicit in a funny way. Their motto was: "The band that cums in your mouth, not in your hands".

<i>NOFX / The Spits</i> 2010 EP by NOFX and The Spits

NOFX / The Spits is a split EP between punk bands NOFX and the Spits. It was released on November 23, 2010 on vinyl only but is now available for digital download.

The White Wires

The White Wires were a Canadian garage rock band formed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 2007. The band is in rotation on CBC Radio. The Ottawa Citizen calls the band "energetic and entertaining" with a clear sense of mission, while the Ottawa Sun identifies them as one of the city’s "favourite bands".

Nü Sensae

Nü Sensae is a punk and grunge trio from Vancouver, British Columbia, composed of bassist-vocalist Andrea Lukic, drummer Daniel Pitout, and guitarist Brody McKnight. In 2012, Spin magazine named them in their list of top 5 best new artists. Nü Sensae are currently signed to Suicide Squeeze Records.

References

  1. "Spits, The - Pain (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  2. "Spits, The - The Spits (Vinyl, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  3. "ggnzla RECORDS". Ggnzla.com. Retrieved 2012-08-07.