{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Fitted | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = | instrument = | genre = | occupation = | years_active = 2017–present<ref>{{cite web|title=Release Day Picks: November 8th New Album Highlights|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/november-8th-new-albums|work=JamBase|date=November 8, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref> | label = Org Music | website = | current_members = * Mike Watt * Graham Lewis * Matthew Simms * Bob Lee }}
'''Fitted''' (stylized as '''FITTED''') is an alternative rock band featuring Mike Watt (The Minutemen, Firehose), Graham Lewis (Wire), Matthew Simms (Wire), and Bob Lee (The Black Gang).<ref name="pearis">{{cite web|last=Pearis|first=Bill|title=FITTED, ft. Mike Watt & members of Wire, share first single from debut LP|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/fitted-ft-mike-watt-members-of-wire-share-first-single-from-debut-lp/|work=Brooklyn Vegan|date= August 21, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gentile|first=John|title=Mike Watt and members of Wire form FITTED|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/70633/mike-watt-and-members-of-wire-form-fitted|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022173048/https://www.punknews.org/article/70633/mike-watt-and-members-of-wire-form-fitted|archive-date=October 22, 2019|work=Punknews.org|date=23 August 2019 |access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref> Graham Lewis' Wire was one of the influences for Mike Watt's Minutemen.<ref name="paik"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Manchester|first=Guy|title=Mike Watt On… Brother Mike Shares Words of Wisdom About Punk, The Minutemen, The Stooges and much more…|url=https://louderthanwar.com/mike-watt-on-brother-mike-shares-words-of-wisdom-about-punk-the-minutemen-the-stooges-and-much-more/|publisher=Louder Than War|date=April 22, 2014|access-date=March 18, 2019}}</ref>
Initially formed as a one-off group for Wire's Drill festival in Los Angeles,<ref name="pearis"/><ref name="helman">{{cite web|last=Helman|first=Peter|title=FITTED – "Training Pit Bulls For The Navy"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2055499/fitted-training-pit-bulls-for-the-navy/premiere/|work=Stereogum|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref> the four decided to record an album.<ref>{{cite web|last=Watt|first=Mike|author-link=Mike Watt|title=I got to be in FITTED...|url=https://www.facebook.com/wattfrompedromusic/photos/a.406615476276/10154245497116277/?type=3|work=Facebook|date=April 7, 2017|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref>
Their debut album, ''First Fits'', was recorded from 2017 to 2018<ref>{{cite web|last=Phillips|first=Marc|title=Fitted, First Fits - The Vinyl Anachronist|url=https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2019/10/23/fitted-first-fits-the-vinyl-anachronist/|work=Part-Time Audiophile|date=October 23, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref> with Lewis and Watt trading lead vocals.<ref name="helman"/> The first single was "Training Pit Bulls for the Navy".<ref name="pearis"/> James Bennett of ''SLUG Magazine'' praised the album yet found it difficult to describe saying "Every track is an adventure, and every adventure is full of more twists and turns than could ever be reasonably anticipated."<ref>{{cite web|last=Bennett|first=James|title=Review: FITTED – First Fits|url=https://www.slugmag.com/national-music-reviews/fitted-first-fits/|work=SLUG Magazine|date=November 21, 2019|access-date=November 23, 2019}}</ref> ''Chattanooga Pulse'' described it as "a true joy of creation with expansive, genuinely stirring rock numbers".<ref name="paik">{{cite web|last=Paik|first=Ernie|title=New Music From FITTED, galen tipton|url=http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/music/music-review/new-music-from-fitted-galen-tipton/|work=Chattanooga Pulse|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=January 18, 2020}}</ref>
==Discography==
* ''First Fits'' (Org Music, 2019)
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==External links== *{{Discogs artist|7468544}} *[https://orgmusiclabel.bandcamp.com/album/first-fits FITTED] at Bandcamp *[https://orgmusic.com/fitted-first-fits/ FITTED "First Fits"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103162215/https://orgmusic.com/fitted-first-fits/ |date=November 3, 2019 }} at Org Music
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