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,. 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.

Personnel

Discography

Singles

19 Million A.C. 7" (Dirtnap Records, 2001, ZZZ 10) Later released on CD w/Bonus Songs "19 Million A.C. EP CD" 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) Clear green vinyl, 500 copies, released with a candy sucker for the little Trick-r-Treaters **Pain 7" (Slovenly Recordings, 2009, 702-89) **

Splits

Split 7" (Dirtnap Records, 2000, ZZZ 05) black-white-red sleeve, purple-marbled vinyl, 1000 pressed black-white-blue sleeve Split 7" (Puke Records, 2005, No. 009) red or black vinyl Split 7" (Scion Audio/Visual, 2010, #SAVG0109) NOFX/The Spits Split 7" (Fat Wreckchords, 2010, FAT-245)

Albums

Spits - "Demo" Self Released The Spits CD (Nickel & Dime Records, 2000, N&D 001) The Spits 12"EP/CD (Slovenly Recordings, 2003, 702-36) The Spits LP/CD (Dirtnap Records, 2003, ZZZ 42) first 100 on red vinyl 2006 European Tour LP (P.Trash Records, 2006, LIVE TRASH 001) Returning to Their Hometown LP (Thriftstore Records, 2006, ZZZ 42) The Spits Live Volume 1 (Self Released Vinyl; 8-track tape released by Regal Select) previously released as The Spits 2006 Tour LP 19 Million A.C. EP CD LP **The Spits IV (School's Out) LP/CD (Thriftstore Records, 2009, 010) ** Tracks 11-17 are cassette only The Spits V (2012) The Spits VI (2020)

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