This week I have a colorful punk rocker on my show, I have Spike Slawson of Me First + The Gimme Gimmes! Spike grew up in the Pittsburgh punk scene and has played in many many bands along the way including Re-Volts and Swingin Utters and many more. Early on Spike also worked at the iconic punk label Fat Wreck Chords so you know this episode is filled with punk narrative and not to be missed by punk rock lovers!
My guest this week is my old friend, old touring mate and fellow Bassist Matt Riddle from Fat Wreck Chords recording artists No Use For A Name. Sum 41 and No Use For A Name did a huge 8-9 week US tour in 2003 so you can bet we talk a lot about the fun and funny times we had on that. On the other side of course we had to talk about the tragic death of No Use For A Name singer Tony Sly as well. The emotions run deep in this one! Don’t miss it.
Following the release of “There’s Still Tonight,” Santa Cruz’s favorite punks, Good Riddance, just unleashed “Drive Faster.” It will appear on their upcoming album Before The World Caves In, set to arrive on March 27 via Fat Wreck Chords. Good Riddance says of the new offering, “This is a song about the innocence and seeming invulnerability of youth. Those fleeting years of joy and promise before the severity of the world begins to weigh people down. We hope everyone digs it as much as we do!” Check out the new song below and pre-order your record here. Before The World Caves In Tracklist: Coming up this… Read more »
Good Riddance, aka Santa Cruz’s favorite punks, just revealed their high-octane new single, “There’s Still Tonight.” And that’s not all, this offering serves as the lead single from their upcoming album Before The World Caves In, which will arrive on March 27 via Fat Wreck Chords. Stream Your Favorite Artists on idobi Radio From Waterparks and 5 Seconds Of Summer to The Paradox, L.S. Dunes, Ice Nine Kills, and beyond, idobi Radio, Howl, and anthm bring alternative, pop-punk, metal, rock, and indie to you anywhere, anytime. Stream Your Favorite Artists on idobi Radio The band shares, “We’re hopeful that the album comes across with… Read more »
Ahead of their forthcoming live album, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes have launched a bold reimagining of Olivia Rodrigo’s 2021 smash hit, “good 4 u.” “Since our usual audience is, well, decidedly not 15, we felt obligated to learn a song from this whole new… millennium thing,” frontman Spike Slawson shares in a press release. “After deep reflection and questionable late-night pop radio binges, we determined ‘good 4 u’ perfectly captured our band’s values, integrity, and, uh, musical stylings.” Opening the recording, vocalist Slawson says, “We’re a band of all ages, of all genres, and this song is proof.… Read more »
This week on Disposable Heroes we have one of our oldest friends in the drum community, Colin Walsh from Pour Habit!
Part one of Darrin’s chat with singer for Me First & The Gimmie Gimmies, Spike Slawson, airs.
