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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are a punk cover band composed of members of other well known bands such as Swingin’ Utters, NOFX, Foo Fighters, and Lagwagon, who all play in Me First and the Gimme Gimmes as their schedules permit. Their first live performance was on 4/20/1996 at the Chameleon Club in San Francisco.

The studio core comprises Spike Slawson on vocals, bassist Fat Mike, Joey Cape on guitar and backing vocals, Dave Raun on drums, and Chris Shiflett on guitar (his brother Scott of Face to Face/Viva Death fills in occasionally). Touring members have included Brian Baker (Bad Religion/Minor Threat), Barry DaLive (Crosstops/RKL), Eric Melvin (NOFX), Matthew MacNasty (bagpipes player from the Real McKenzies), and Warren Fitzgerald (The Vandals).

Originally a themed 7” singles project, now each of their full length albums covers a different genre of music spanning the 50’s to the 90’s. The genres they’ve butchered now include country, on their most recent release “Love Their Country” featuring covers of songs made popular by The Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash and others.

The Gimme Gimmes perform to entertain themselves as much as for the entertainment of their fans. Their albums and concerts are some of the most lighthearted and off the wall musical experiences in the punk world. Concerts are often interrupted between songs to freshen cocktails at the on stage tiki bar. CD liner notes relate the hardships of recording such as Fat Mike getting so caught up in “

Wild World” that he believed he was Fat Stevens, a guitar-toting Islamic Extremist, so that when Spike sang “

All My Lovin” he mistook it for “Allah my Lovin” and condemned Spike to death for heresy.

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no-paradigm wrote:
yesterday morning

I love the Gimme Gimmes. If you like Bad Religion and their style of music (which of coiurse is the root of what has come to be known as southern california punk rock) you should check out these guys: http://www.lastfm.de/music/Utopia+Now

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Lau_Ramone wrote:
11 days ago

;)

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LucaBrasiXL wrote:
12 days ago

Best band name ever.

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hurricane_mario wrote:
14 days ago

YES!!!

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mo-jo1989 wrote:
22 days ago

You want to laugh np ;) http://www.lookatmyhorse.de/

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hahaitslacey wrote:
26 days ago

My mom loves their "Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah" CD. hahaha

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Jenny-talia wrote:
last month

The showtunes cover album is the best. The cover of Inside my Mind trips me out! Also, fat mike aggrivates me to no end. I hate NOFX. I love this band. Don't ask. =)

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hoodratsk8r wrote:
last month

wow interesting sound

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Seratic wrote:
last month

\o/

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Smooooooth wrote:
October 2009

-\m/_(O.o)_\m/-

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fetishkitten wrote:
October 2009

I second the band name - its the fucking best! I am so jealous that i did not come up with it first

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clokc wrote:
October 2009

fat mike took pills off my buddy once and downed umm.. so nuts

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Crustclock wrote:
September 2009

What a fantastic band name.

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conditionals wrote:
September 2009

Thirded.

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blith-hears-all wrote:
September 2009

that would be awesome

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fifteenjugglers wrote:
September 2009

I really want to hear them do an album of Disney covers. Hakuna Matata!

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gustavo-rj wrote:
September 2009

Stand by your man <3

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conditionals wrote:
September 2009

'Love Their Country' is easily the best, in my opinion. I don't get why people don't dig it.

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Arlan wrote:
August 2009

Saw them live a month or 2 ago. They sure know how to start a party! Awesome band!

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llysaa wrote:
August 2009

<3

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