Spike Slawson is an American punk rock musician, a member of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Swingin' Utters,

Filthy Thievin' Bastards The Filthy Thieving Bastards is an American folk/ punk rock group formed in 2000 in San Francisco, California. The band was originally a side project put together by Johnny Bonnel and Darius Koski of the Swingin' Utters. Spike Slawson (also fro ...

Re-Volts The Re-Volts are an American punk band based out of San Francisco, California. All of the members of the band are also in other San Francisco-area punk bands; these include the Swingin' Utters, Filthy Thieving Bastards, Me First and the Gimme Gim ...

, and Uke-Hunt.

Early life

Having grown up in Pittsburgh, Slawson worked in the mail order department of the record label Fat Wreck Chords (which is the subject of a song by The Aquabats titled "Dear Spike").

Musical career

Spike Slawson - Crazy for You (Madonna cover) 1

He later was in Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (a cover band/'

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' consisting mainly of members of Fat Wreck bands) formed in

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. Slawson is the lead singer for the group. From 1997 to 2012, he was the

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for Swingin' Utters. He also plays bass in

Filthy Thieving Bastards The Filthy Thieving Bastards is an American folk/ punk rock group formed in 2000 in San Francisco, California. The band was originally a side project put together by Johnny Bonnel and Darius Koski of the Swingin' Utters. Spike Slawson (also from ...

, sings and plays bass for the

, and more recently sings and plays ukulele for Uke-Hunt.

Discography

With Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

* '' Have a Ball'' (1997) * '' Are a Drag'' (1999) * '' Blow in the Wind'' (2001) * '' Take a Break'' (2003) * '' Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah'' (2004) * ''

Love Their Country ''Love Their Country'' is the fifth studio album, and sixth overall by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. It was released on October 17, 2006, by Fat Wreck Chords. The album consists of cover versions of country and western songs. Prior to its rel ...

'' (2006) * ''

Have Another Ball ''Have Another Ball'' is a compilation album by the punk rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. It is their seventh album overall, and was released on July 8, 2008 by Fat Wreck Chords. The album features songs dating back to before thei ...

'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

Sing in Japanese ''Sing In Japanese'' is a cover EP from punk rock supergroup Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. The album consists of covers from Japanese artists and groups. It was released on September 13, 2011 in conjunction with the band's Japanese tour. It wa ...

'' (2011) * ''

Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! ''Are We Not Men? We Are Diva!'' is a cover album from punk rock supergroup Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. The album consists of covers of songs originally performed by divas. It was released on May 13, 2014 on Fat Wreck Chords. Prior to the al ...

'' (2014)

With Swingin' Utters

*''

Five Lessons Learned ''Five Lessons Learned'' is the fourth full-length album by American punk rock band Swingin' Utters. Released in 1998, it was their second album on Fat Wreck Chords. Background This album's title track was used on the video game ''Tony Hawk's Pr ...

'' (1998) *''

BYO Split Series Volume II ''BYO Split Series Volume II'' is the second album in the ''BYO Split Series'', featuring Swingin' Utters Swingin' Utters (often typeset as $wingin' Utter$, and originally called Johnny Peebucks and the Swingin' Utters) is a Californian punk ro ...

'' (1999) *''

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'' (1999) *''

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'' (1999) *'' Swingin' Utters'' (2000) *'' Fat Club'' (2001) *''

Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones ''Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass and Bones'' is the sixth full-length album by American punk rock band Swingin' Utters. Background Alongside the band's usual punk style of music, there is a strong presence of The Pogues, Pogues-influenced Music ...

'' (2003) *''

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'' (2004) *'' Hatest Grits: B-Sides and Bullshit'' (2008) *''

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'' (2010) *"Taking The Long Way" (2010) *'' Here, Under Protest'' (2011) *''

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'' (2012) *''

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'' - 2013

With Filthy Thieving Bastards

*''Our Fathers Sent Us'' (2000) *''A Melody of Retreads and Broken Quills'' (2001) *''My Pappy Was a Pistol'' (2005) *''I'm A Son of a Gun'' (2007)

With Re-Volts

* ''

'' (2007)

With Uke Hunt

* "The Prettiest Star" (2014) *'' Uke-Hunt'' (2014)

Other appearances

* The Dwarves – ''

The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking ''The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking'' is an album released by punk rock band Dwarves in March 1997 Originally by Recess Records and then reissued by Epitaph Records and Theologian Records.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discograp ...

'' (1997) *

NOFX NOFX () is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. Vocalist/bassist Fat Mike, guitarist Eric Melvin and drummer Erik Sandin are original founding and longest-serving members of the band, who have appeared on every ...

– '' So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes'' (1997) *

No Use for a Name No Use for a Name (sometimes abbreviated NUFAN or No Use) was an American punk rock band from Sunnyvale, California, United States formed in 1986 by Chris Dodge (guitar), Steve Papoutsis ( bass) and Rory Koff (drums). The band's sound evolved con ...

– '' Making Friends'' (1997) * NOFX – '' The Decline'' (1999) * No Use for a Name – ''

More Betterness! ''More Betterness!'' is a studio album by punk rock band No Use for a Name, released in 1999. "Fairytale of New York" is a cover of The Pogues' original, which features guest vocals from Cinder Block of the band Tilt. Release ''More Betterne ...

'' (1999) * The Dwarves – '' Come Clean'' (2000) * The Dwarves – "Way Out!" (2000) * NOFX – '' Pump Up the Valuum'' (2000) * The Real McKenzies – ''

Oot & Aboot ''Oot & Aboot'' is the fourth album by the band Real McKenzies The Real McKenzies is a Canadian Celtic punk band founded in 1992 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They are one of the founders of the Celtic punk movement, albeit 10 yea ...

'' (2003) * The Dwarves – "Salt Lake City" (2004) * Lagwagon – '' Resolve'' (2005) * Punk Rock Karaoke – ''Punk Rock Karaoke'' (2008) * NOFX – '' Coaster'' (2009) * NOFX – '' Cokie the Clown'' (2009) * The Dwarves – ''Dwarves'' (2011) * NOFX – ''

Self Entitled ''Self Entitled'' is the twelfth studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on September 11, 2012 through Fat Wreck Chords. Background and production The album took more than a year to materialize. Vocalist and bassist ...

'' (2012) * NOFX – "Xmas Has Been X'ed/New Year's Revolution" (2009)

References

External links

Interview, Truepunk.com

Interview, Thepunksite.com

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