Gaza Strippers were an American garage punk band from Chicago formed by Rick Sims, who had previously played guitar with

The Supersuckers The Supersuckers are an American rock band, formed in 1988, whose music ranges from alternative rock to country rock to cowpunk. AllMusic describes the band as "the bastard sons of Foghat, AC/DC, and ZZ Top after being weaned on punk rock, unafra ...

and was the lead singer and lead guitarist of

The Didjits The Didjits were an American punk rock band formed in Mattoon, Illinois in 1983, composed of Rick Sims (a.k.a. Rick Prot5) on guitar/vocals, Doug Evans on bass, and Rick's brother Brad Sims, on drums. Didjits were known for the aggressive guita ...

. The band released its first single in 1997 on Bam Bam Records, titled "Transistor". The group released its first full-length album, ''Laced Candy'', on Man's Ruin Records in 1999, and followed with ''1000 Watt Confessions'' on Lookout! Records the following year in 2000. They released their next album, ''Electric Bible'', on Twenty Stone Blatt Records in 2000. The group's final full-length album, ''From the Desk of Dr. Freepill'', was issued in 2002.List of Gaza Strippers Discography
Discogs. Both Rick Sims and Mike Hodgkiss share lead guitar.

Members

*Rick Sims - vocals, guitar *Mike "Hadji" Hodgkiss - guitar *Darren Hooper - bass *Cory Stateler / Todd Marino / Mark Allen - drums

Discography

*''Laced Candy'' ( Man's Ruin Records, 1999) *''1000 Watt Confessions'' ( Lookout! Records, 2000) *''Electric Bible: The New Testament'' ( Triple X Records, 2001) *''From the Desk of Dr. Freepill'' (

Nicotine Records Nicotine Records is an indie label formed in 1999. It has released punk, power pop, garage rock, hard rock and glam music, and its roster has included artists such as False Alarm, The Fleshtones, Gaza Strippers, Garrett Uhlenbrock ( Skinny Bon ...

, 2002)

References

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