Spike Slawson is an American punk rock musician, a member of

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (often shortened to just Me First or the Gimmes) are a punk rock supergroup and cover band that formed in San Francisco in 1995. The band's lineup consists of Spike Slawson, Fat Mike, Joey Cape, and Dave Raun. C ...

Swingin' Utters Swingin' Utters (often typeset as $wingin' Utter$, and originally called Johnny Peebucks and the Swingin' Utters) is a Californian punk rock band that formed in the late 1980s.Bush, JohnSwingin' Utters Biography, Allmusic, retrieved September 30 ...

, Filthy Thievin' Bastards, Re-Volts, and

Uke-Hunt Uke-Hunt is a ukulele-based cover band fronted by Spike Slawson from Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Although both this and the Gimmes are cover bands, they have very different approaches. While the Gimmes generally pick non-rock songs, rock them ...

Early life

Having grown up in

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...

, Slawson worked in the mail order department of the record label

Fat Wreck Chords Fat Wreck Chords (pronounced "Fat Records") is a San Francisco, California-based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by NOFX lead singer Michael Burkett (better known as Fat Mike) in 1990. The label has released mater ...

(which is the subject of a song by

The Aquabats The Aquabats are an American rock band formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1994. Throughout many fluctuations in the group's line-up, singer the MC Bat Commander and bassist Crash McLarson have remained the band's two constant fixtur ...

titled "Dear Spike").

Musical career

Spike Slawson - Crazy for You (Madonna cover) 1

He later was in

cover band A cover band (or covers band) is a band that plays songs recorded by someone else, sometimes mimicking the original as accurately as possible, and sometimes re-interpreting or changing the original. These remade songs are known as cover songs. ...

/' supergroup' consisting mainly of members of Fat Wreck bands) formed in

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

. Slawson is the lead singer for the group. From 1997 to 2012, he was the bassist for

. He also plays bass in Filthy Thieving Bastards, sings and plays bass for the Re-Volts, and more recently sings and plays ukulele for

Discography

With Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

* ''

Have a Ball ''Have a Ball'' is the first studio album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released in 1997 on the Fat Wreck Chords independent record label. The album is made up entirely of "Hits of the '60s and '70s", with the exception of Billy Joel's "Upt ...

'' (1997) * ''

Are a Drag ''Are a Drag'' is the second album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released in 1999 on the Fat Wreck Chords independent record label. The album is made up mainly of show tunes. The album's title alludes to the fact that most of the songs on t ...

'' (1999) * ''

Blow in the Wind ''Blow in the Wind'' is the third album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released in 2001, on the Fat Wreck Chords independent record label. ''Blow in the Wind'' features several tracks which are led off with musical mash-ups of, or homages ...

'' (2001) * '' Take a Break'' (2003) * ''

Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah ''Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah'' is a live album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released on October 19, 2004, on Fat Wreck Chords. It was recorded live at an actual bar mitzvah party, and its runtime lasts their entire performance, including a ...

'' (2004) * '' Love Their Country'' (2006) * '' Have Another Ball'' (2008) * '' Go Down Under'' (2011) * '' Sing in Japanese'' (2011) * '' Are We Not Men? We Are Diva!'' (2014)

With Swingin' Utters

*'' Five Lessons Learned'' (1998) *'' BYO Split Series Volume II'' (1999) *'' Brazen Head E.P.'' (1999) *'' Teen Idol Eyes'' (1999) *''

'' (2000) *''

Fat Club The Fat Club is a series of twelve 7-inch singles released monthly by Fat Wreck Chords from March 2001 to February 2002. 1,300 of each single were pressed; They were not available for sale individually, but were distributed by postal service to tho ...

'' (2001) *'' Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones'' (2003) *'' Live in a Dive'' (2004) *'' Hatest Grits: B-Sides and Bullshit'' (2008) *'' Brand New Lungs'' (2010) *"Taking The Long Way" (2010) *''

Here, Under Protest ''Here, Under Protest'' is the seventh full-length album by Californian punk rock band Swingin' Utters. Track listing All songs written by Darius Koski, except where noted. # "Brand New Lungs" – 2:43 # "Taking The Long Way" – 1:59 # "Bent C ...

'' (2011) *'' The Librarians Are Hiding Something'' (2012) *'' Stuck in a Circle'' - 2013

With Filthy Thieving Bastards

*''Our Fathers Sent Us'' (2000) *''A Melody of Retreads and Broken Quills'' (2001) *''My Pappy Was a Pistol'' (2005) *''I'm A Son of a Gun'' (2007)

With Re-Volts

* '' Re-Volts'' (2007)

With Uke Hunt

* "The Prettiest Star" (2014) *''

'' (2014)

Other appearances

The Dwarves The Dwarves are an American punk rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois and based in San Francisco, California as of 2009.Gentile, John (2009)Interview: Blag Dahlia of the Dwarves, ''The A.V. Club'', April 13, 2009, retrieved February 7, 2010 ...

– '' The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking'' (1997) * NOFX – ''

So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes ''So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes'' is the seventh studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on November 11, 1997 through Epitaph Records. Overview The title is inspired by the fourth book of Douglas Adams's ''The ...

'' (1997) * No Use for a Name – '' Making Friends'' (1997) * NOFX – '' The Decline'' (1999) * No Use for a Name – '' More Betterness!'' (1999) * The Dwarves – '' Come Clean'' (2000) * The Dwarves – "Way Out!" (2000) * NOFX – ''

Pump Up the Valuum ''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. Production The album's title deliberately misspells the trademark "Dia ...

'' (2000) *

The Real McKenzies The Real McKenzies is a Canadian Celtic punk band founded in 1992 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They are one of the founders of the Celtic punk movement, albeit 10 years after The Pogues. In addition to writing and performing origin ...

– '' Oot & Aboot'' (2003) * The Dwarves – "Salt Lake City" (2004) *

Lagwagon Lagwagon is an American punk rock band originally from Goleta, California, just outside Santa Barbara. They formed in 1989, went on hiatus in 2000, and reunited several times over the years. Their name comes from the band's tour van, which ca ...

– '' Resolve'' (2005) *

Punk Rock Karaoke Punk Rock Karaoke is a band originally formed in 1996 in a Los Feliz bar and restaurant in Los Angeles called Vida to serve as entertainment for a New Year's Eve party. Created as an all star side project by Greg Hetson (Redd Kross, Circle Jerks, B ...

– ''Punk Rock Karaoke'' (2008) * NOFX – ''

Coaster Coaster (stylized as COASTER) is a commuter rail service in the central and northern coastal regions of San Diego County, California, United States operated by the North County Transit District (NCTD). The commuter rail line features eight s ...

'' (2009) * NOFX – ''

Cokie the Clown ''Cokie the Clown'' is an EP by NOFX released on November 24, 2009 through Fat Wreck Chords. The EP was released as a single 5-song CD, and two separate 7" vinyl records dubbed ''Cokie the Clown'' and ''My Orphan Year''. The tracks on this rel ...

'' (2009) * The Dwarves – ''Dwarves'' (2011) * NOFX – '' Self Entitled'' (2012) * NOFX – "Xmas Has Been X'ed/New Year's Revolution" (2009)

References

External links

Interview, Truepunk.com

Interview, Thepunksite.com

">Interview, ''Now'' magazine, November 30, 2006: "Gimme country: Punk cover cut-ups take on Nashville"
20th-century births Living people American punk rock singers American male singers Musicians from Pittsburgh Me First and the Gimme Gimmes members Singers from Pennsylvania 20th-century American guitarists Swingin' Utters members Filthy Thieving Bastards members American male bass guitarists Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-bass-guitarist-stub