I saw "Me First and the Gimme Gimme's" Great show... (Pics)
 

Spike and the boys were in town on St. Pats Day. Great fucking Show. These guys rock!! It's a side project with members from Lagwagon and NOFX, and the night we saw them the had Lyle Preslar form Minor Threat play guitar.

They call themselves "The worlds best cover band"

I agree :thumbsup



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http://gimmegimmes.com/



:GFYBand

looks like fun

never heard of them :Oh crap

great pictures, but never heard of the band, will have to check them out

Yeah... check em out. They're crazy!

http://home.hetnet.nl/~boeradje/mfatgg/index.html


Punk's premier cover artists, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are a conglomerate of some of the most recognizable faces in new-school punk. Drawn together by a mutual love of '60s and '70s music, the Gimme Gimmes work exclusively as a cover band. Their repertoire include songs from such acts as Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, and John Denver.
Singer Spike Slawson formed the Gimme Gimmes in 1995, drawing in the talents of NOFX bassist Fat Mike, Lagwagon singer Joey Cape, Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett, and Lagwagon drummer Dave Raun. Never originally aiming to put out a record, the band made appearances on punk compilation albums through much of the 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.
Finally, the group produced their first full-length effort, 'Have a Ball', in late 1997. The group's second full length CD, 'Are a Drag', came out in June 1999. 'Blow in the Wind' followed in early 2001. The bands fourth album 'Take a Break' came out in july 2003 and pays tribute to the greatest black artists. Their latest release, 'Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah'is a live album, released in October 2004.

All the stuff you hear about other members from well known bands playing in Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is not true, it's just a joke that's gotten out of hand. However, sometimes the line-up does change for live shows when not everyone can be there. For example, Max Huber of the Swingin' Utters replaced Joey a couple of times. Warren Fitzgerald of The Vandals did the same during the Warped Tour in 2001 and 2003 when Chris Shifflet couldn't be there.
Former members of the Gimme Gimmes should have been Billie Joe (Green Day), Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Mike Watt (Minuteman), Fletcher Dragge (Pennywise), Brett Guerewitz (Bad Religion), Pig Champion (Poison Idea), Joe Escalante (Vandals), Ben Weasel (Screeching Weasel), Danny Vapid (Screeching Weasel), Ron Weltner (Offspring) and Lou Italian (Sick Of It All).



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There were some hotties at the show too.

I gave her a card :glugglug



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If only she was wearing a Skirt

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I did manage to get one up-skirt :thumbsup

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i love me first, but i also hate them on the premise, that every cool song that i have ever wanted to cover, they have alreayd done. :(

I like the idea.

Please pass one blonde and one brunette, with a side of redhead.

Great pics

Fat Mike Rocks

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Nasty D was Druuuuunk. :drinkup


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i have vinyl of me first

i fucking love that band

great band....

:thumbsup

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:thumbsup

you perv! :thumbsup

oh shit

mfatgg is the fucking shit

i would bleed for them

I hope you had a good time ;]

Awesome time :thumbsup

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Good scouting spot... gimme a ring when that girl is ready to head down to Cali! :thumbsup

I wanna get a shirt like that

nice..me first is indeed the best cover band...saw'em at the warp tour...

I love Lagwagon, NOFX and Me First...

Ever hear Lagwagon's song Wind? Shit gives me chills and gets me crazy pumped.

Would be ok to see them live, i have a couple of 7 inches too.

Is that a washed up Brian Baker? WTF?

Capey is still too small.

Very Hot! :thumbsup

Those guys really rocks.

These are some cool pics.

That's better

they do great covers

Aww... that's who it is.

Yep that's Brian Baker. my bad, I was drunk when they said his name.

No I havn't. I'm gonna check them out. What album is it on?

I guess you're talking about Wind in your sail? ( on Let's talk about leftovers) there's no lagwagon songs named Wind....

Best lagwagon songs are: Train, 27, Choke, Stokin the neighborgs....

oh well I guess there's too many good lagwagon songs...

the whole Trashed album is great