{{Short description|American punk rock band}} {{About|the American punk band|the Canadian folk-rock band|Leslie Spit Treeo}} {{Cleanup|reason=Discography needs formatting and referencing plus brought up to Wiki standards regarding use of wikitables for presentation|date=December 2011}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Spits | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States | genre = Punk rock, garage punk, synthpunk | years_active = {{start date|2000}}–present | label = Nickel and Dime Records, Slovenly Recordings, Dirtnap Records, Thriftstore Records, In the Red Records | current_members = Sean Wood<br />Erin Wood<br />Wayne Draves<br />Erik Nervous<br />Broose Young | past_members = Greg T<br />Darren Benson<br />Ernie Quintero<br />Joe Pestilence<br />Nick Markel<br />Johnny LZR }}
'''The Spits''' are an American punk rock band formed in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1993. They later moved to Seattle. Currently, the band has released six albums. All are officially self-titled, unofficially titled ''1'', ''2'', ''3'', ''4'', ''V'', and ''VI'' respectively. The albums were released by Nickel and Dime Records, Slovenly Recordings, Dirtnap Records, Thriftstore Records and In the Red Records respectively for the first five. In October 2020, they released their latest album, ''VI'', {{official website|https://thespits.bigcartel.com/#|independently}}.
The band describes itself as "Punk for the People", and focuses on loud, noisy, and dirty punk rock. On stage, band members frequently appear in costumes (e.g. graduation robes, nun outfits, Ronald Reagan masks, or toilet paper "mummy" costumes), and focus on the dirty, low-budget sound and presentation of garage punk.
The Spits' "Bring Down" was featured in Al Partanen's skateboarding segment of the "Born Dead" skate video, as well as Darrel Mathe's section in the snowboarding video "love/HATE". "I H8 Pussies" was featured in Andy Forgash's segment in the snowboarding video, "Burning Bridges" as well. Their song, "Remote Control" appears in the Absinthe Films snowboarding video, "More". "Rip Up The Streets" was featured in Vans skate team commercial 2012 year. "All I Want" appeared in Zero Skateboards' "Less Than Zero" video in 2024, and the company released an official Spits deck and clothing collection that same year.
==Personnel== * Sean Wood — guitar, vocals * Erin Wood — bass,vocals * Wayne Draves - drums * Broose Young – background vocals * Poya Esghai – keyboards * Erik Nervous - keyboards * Lance Phelps - drums (former) * Greg T — keyboards (former) * Darren Benson - keyboards (former) * Ernie Quintero - keyboards (former) * Joe Pestilence - keyboards (former) * Nick Markel - keyboards (former) * Johnny LZR - keyboards (former)
==Discography== === Singles === '''19 Million A.C. 7" (Dirtnap Records, 2001, ZZZ 10)''' * A1. 19 Million A.C. * A2. Tease * B1. Shitty World * B1. Dumb ''Later released on CD w/Bonus Songs "19 Million A.C. EP CD" <br/>'' ''CD Later released w/Bonus Songs on LP "19 Million A.C. EP CD LP"''
'''Spend the Night in a Haunted House with...The Spits 7" (Missile X Records, 2004, MX 003)''' * A1. Halloween Fun * A2. Black Candles * B1. Spend the Night in a Haunted House with The Spits ''Clear green vinyl, 500 copies, released with a candy sucker for the little Trick-r-Treaters''
'''Pain 7" (Slovenly Recordings, 2009, 702-89)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Spits-Pain/release/1985871 |title=Spits, The - Pain (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-07}}</ref>''' * A1. Pain (Mollin / Silvestri) * A2. Beat You Up * B1. Army Life * B2. Planet Failure
=== Splits === '''Split 7" (Dirtnap Records, 2000, ZZZ 05)''' * A1. The Spits: Pissed Off Baby * A2. The Spits: Fire! * B1. The Briefs: (I Think) My Baby Is A Communist * B2. The Briefs: Silver Bullet ''black-white-red sleeve, purple-marbled vinyl, 1000 pressed black-white-blue sleeve''
'''Split 7" (Puke Records, 2005, No. 009)''' * A1. The Spits: Spazmotic Caress * A2. The Spits: Terrorist Attack * B1. The Triggers: No Bullshit * B2. The Triggers: Kill Your Ego ''red or black vinyl''
'''Split 7" (Scion Audio/Visual, 2010, #SAVG0109)''' * A1. The Spits: Come With Me (Yeah, Wontcha) * B1. Dan Melchior: Horrorshow
'''NOFX/The Spits Split 7" (Fat Wreckchords, 2010, FAT-245)''' * A1. Nofx: Hold it Back * A2. Nofx: Teenage Existentialist * B1. The Spits: Wait * B2. The Spits: Get Our Kicks
=== Albums === '''Spits - "Demo" Self Released''' # Tired and Lonely # Black Kar # SK8 # Saturday Nite
'''The Spits CD (Nickel & Dime Records, 2000, N&D 001)''' # Dropout # SK8 # Die Die Die # Black Kar # Saturday Nite # Remote Kontrol # Tired & Lonely # I H8 Pussies # Suzy's Face
'''The Spits 12"EP/CD (Slovenly Recordings, 2003, 702-36)''' # Spit Me Out # Black & Blue # PCT # Let Us Play Your Party # Rat Face # No Place to Live # Bring # Take Back the Alley # She Don't Kare
'''The Spits LP/CD (Dirtnap Records, 2003, ZZZ 42)''' # Witch Hunt # Space Guitar # Cha Cha Love # Tuff News # Violence Cup # Nuclear Bomb # 1989 # Don't Shoot # Greyhound Bound # Fussin' & Fightin' (vinyl only track) ''first 100 on red vinyl''
'''2006 European Tour LP (P.Trash Records, 2006, LIVE TRASH 001)''' # Die Die Die # Dropout # Saturday Nite # Take Pleasure in Someone Else's Pain # What the Fuck # No Monarchy # Nuclear Bomb # Cha Cha Love # Bring # Spit Me Out # Witch Hunt # Remote Control
'''Returning to Their Hometown LP (Thriftstore Records, 2006, ZZZ 42)''' # Caza De La Bruja # Guitarra Del Espacio # Amor De Cha Cha # Noticias De Tuff # Taza De La Violencia # Bomba Nuclear # Mil Novecientos Ochenta Y Nueve # No Tire # Limite Del Galgo # Fusin' Y Un Fightin'
'''The Spits Live Volume 1 (Self Released Vinyl; 8-track tape released by Regal Select)''' # Die Die Die # Dropout # Saturday Nite # Take Pleasure in Someone Else's Pain # What The Fuck # No Monarchy # Nuclear Bomb # Cha Cha Love # Bring # Spit Me Out # Witch Hunt # Remote Control ''previously released as The Spits 2006 Tour LP''
'''19 Million A.C. EP CD LP''' # 19 Million A.C. # Shitty World # Dumb # Tease # Cha Cha Love # Remote Control # Black Car # Drop Out # Drink, Fight & Fuck (GG Allin) # Violence Cup # Kill from the Heart (Dicks) # Wendy O # Violence Cup # Pissed Off Baby # Beat My Head # Let Us Play Your Party # Fire # Space Guitar # Talking 'Bout You # Die
'''The Spits IV (School's Out) LP/CD (Thriftstore Records, 2009, 010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Spits-Schools-Out/release/1866021 |title=Spits, The - The Spits (Vinyl, Album) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-07}}</ref>''' # Tonight # Rip up the Streets # Live in a Van # Eyesore City # Police # School's Out # Life of Crime # Alienize # Wouldn't Wanna be Ya # Flags # Beat You Up # Chemtrails # Liars # Army Bound (Later released as "Army Life" on the "Pain" 7") # Piss on Your Skull # I Dig Pain (Later released as "Pain" on the "Pain" 7") # Beat You Up w/Ethan LFD ''Tracks 11-17 are cassette only<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ggnzla.com/ |title=ggnzla RECORDS |publisher=Ggnzla.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-07}}</ref>''
'''The Spits V (2012)''' # All I Want # My Mess # Tomorrow's Children # Electric Brain # Fed Up # Fallout Beach # My Life Sucks # I'm Scum # Brick By Brick # Acid Rain # I Wanna Be A.D.D. # Last Man On Earth
'''The Spits VI (2020)''' # Up All Night # Out of Time # Cop Kar # Breakdown # Creep # Broken Glass # Lose My Mind # It's Over # They # Wurms
=== Compilations appeared on=== * I Was A Teenage Plasmatic, 7 Songs For Wendy O Williams 7" (Jonny Cat Records, 2001, FY*WOW) * Dirtnap Across The Northwest CD (Dirtnap Records, 2003, ZZZ 25) * Slovenly Sampler CD (Slovenly Recordings, 2004, 702-47) * Funhouse Comp Thing II (My Fat Ass, 2008)
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.dirtnaprecs.com/|Dirtnap Records}} *{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p574388|label=The Spits}} *{{official website|http://www.slovenly.com|Slovenly Recordings}}
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