Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is a punk rock cover band that formed in 1995. Drawn together by a mutual love of '60s and '70s music, the Gimme Gimmes work exclusively as a cover band. They have covered songs from such artists as Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, and John Denver.
The band is comprised of several very recognizable faces in the new-school punk rock scene, including Spike Slawson of the Swinging Utters, 'Fat' Mike Burkett of NOFX, Foo Fighters' Chris Shiflett, and Joey Cape and Dave Raun of Lagwagon. The band wasn't originally planning on making an album, appearing only on compilation albums for their first year. In 1996, however, the band began releasing singles named after the singer they had covered. They produced Billy, Diamond, Paul, Denver, and Barry in this manner. Their first album, Have a Ball, was released in 1997. The band still performs whenever its members aren't busy with their other bands, and makes plenty of guest appearances on punk compilations.
A running joke in the punk rock community has declared many other punk rock artists as former or honorary members of the band, including Billie Joe of Green Day, Tim Armstrong of Rancid, Mike Watt of The Minutemen, Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise, Brett Guerewitz of Bad Religion, Pig Champion of Poison Idea, Joe Escalante of The Vandals, Ben Weasel and Danny Vapid of Screeching Weasel, Ron Welty of The Offspring and Lou Italian of Sick Of It All.
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Members
- Spike Slawson - vocals
- Joey Cape - guitar, vocals
- Chris Shiflett - guitar
- Fat Mike - bass
- Dave Raun - drums
Discography
| Year | Title | Label |
| 1997 | Have a Ball | Fat Wreck Chords |
| 1999 | Are a Drag | Fat Wreck Chords |
| 2001 | Blow in the Wind | Fat Wreck Chords |
| 2003 | Take a Break | Fat Wreck Chords |
| 2004 | Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah | Fat Wreck Chords |
See also
External links
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes official web site (http://www.gimmegimmes.com/)
- All Music Guide entry for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB020404121657170028&sql=B404tk6axqkrf)
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes fan site (http://home.hetnet.nl/~boeradje/mfatgg.html)de:Me First And The Gimme Gimmes