Considered Punk veterans in their hometown Seattle, the city once known, as we all will remember with an expression of pure Horror on our faces, as home of Grunge, I had never heard of the Spits when I went to see them at the famous Crypt-Style-Hop in Oberhausen, Ruhrgebiet, Germany, where they played during their 2006 European Tour. Just one word can describe the experience: Awesome! The band played the most melodic Punk-Rock since the Ramones and early Misfits mixed with synthesizer sounds and early Electronic coolness. In some review about them I read the term 'Electro Punk'. That's fine with me as the keyboard definitely doesn't sound like an organ, much more like a synthesizer and is the main ingredient that makes the Spits' sound so unique. In addition to that on record they always sound low-fi, like 4-track demo-recordings and that's another nice feature.
4th 'official' album
The Spits were formed 1994 in Seattle, as I said, by brothers Sean and Erin Woods who are originally from Michigan, but didn't release their debut album(CD) untill the year 2000. Since then 3 more official albums followed, the latest 2009 on their own Thriftstore label(LP version, CD got licensed). Official because other albums - two Live-LPs, one of them released under two different names and one compilation of old material - are never mentioned or counted as regular output, not even by the band. Each 'official' Spits album is called 'The Spits' and they are unofficially numbered from 1 to 4. Confused? Well I am. A bit.
In their self-image they are no Punk band, they are a Rock'n'Roll band. Sean White: We’re labeled punk rock, but I consider us rock and roll. If you take most of our songs and slow them down, you’re going to hear rock. It’s intense rock. Punk, Garage, Rock - what ever it is, what ever you fancy, in the end it's all about the same thing, having a good time and that's what the Spits are about. Or as Sean White puts it: We’re entertainers and we like to party.
If you want to check them out, here's their My Space site: THE SPITS.
In their self-image they are no Punk band, they are a Rock'n'Roll band. Sean White: We’re labeled punk rock, but I consider us rock and roll. If you take most of our songs and slow them down, you’re going to hear rock. It’s intense rock. Punk, Garage, Rock - what ever it is, what ever you fancy, in the end it's all about the same thing, having a good time and that's what the Spits are about. Or as Sean White puts it: We’re entertainers and we like to party.
If you want to check them out, here's their My Space site: THE SPITS.
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