Spike & The Gimme Gimmes | Take The Fall Tour

In the organizer's words:

Spike & the Gimme Gimmes are perhaps the most fun cover band of all time. Since 1995, the US supergroup has been providing great moments with their punk rock versions of pop songs. This fall they are coming back to Germany for six dates.

The band, which operated under the name "Me First and The Gimme Gimmes" until last year, has truly earned the title of supergroup: each of the five founding members had already had a serious music career. Originally, Spike Slawson (Swingin' Utters), Fat Mike (NOFX), Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters), Joey Cape (Lagwagon) and Dave Raun (Lagwagon) came together through their shared love of punk. The band now plays in changing formations around singer Spike Slawson.

The idea of recording punk covers of well-known pop songs quickly emerged. Over the years, this resulted in several celebrated albums, each dedicated to a separate theme: The debut "Have A Ball" (1997) focused on the classic singer/songwriters of the 1960-70s, "Are A Drag" from 1999 on musical numbers. In 2001, the focus returned to the 60s with "Blow in the Wind", before "Take A Break", an album full of R'n'B songs, was released in 2003. The last album was 2006's "Love Their Country", a western album, and 2014's "Are We Not Men? We Are Diva!" in 2014 was a pop album.

As you can see, anything is possible with Spike & the Gimme Gimmes. And above all, it's always fun! In addition to a few EPs and compilations, there's also the aptly titled live album "Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah". And it wasn't the last LP from a teen party: "¡Blow it...at Madison's Quinceañera!", the worthy successor, followed in 2024.

In keeping with the exaggeration in the music, the band members are usually on stage in coordinated costumes. This does not detract from the musically perfect performance, on the contrary. This fall, Spike & The Gimme Gimmes will finally return to the stage and play six concerts in Germany!

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