Spike Slawson Explained

Background:	solo_singer
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Birth Name:	Sean Slawson
Birth Date:	9 April 1970
Occupation:	Musician
Instrument:	Vocals, bass, ukulele, guitar
Years Active:	1995–present
Associated Acts:	Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Swingin' Utters, Filthy Thievin' Bastards, and Re-Volts

Sean "Spike" Slawson (born April 9, 1970) is an American punk rock musician, a member of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Swingin' Utters, Filthy Thievin' Bastards, Re-Volts, Uke-Hunt, and Los Nuevos Bajos.

Early life

Having grown up in Pittsburgh,^[1] 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").^[2]

Musical career

He later was in Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (a cover band/'supergroup' consisting mainly of members of Fat Wreck bands) formed in 1995. Slawson is the lead singer for the group. From 1997 to 2012, he was the bassist for Swingin' Utters. He also plays bass in Filthy Thieving Bastards, sings and plays bass for the Re-Volts, sings and plays ukulele for Uke-Hunt, and sings for Los Nuevos Bajos, a Latin Post-Punk outfit that cover mostly classic Boleros, started by Slawson and a group of Panamanian musicians in 2018.

Discography

With Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

See main article: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes discography.

• 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 (2006)
• Have Another Ball (2008)
• Go Down Under (2011)
• Sing in Japanese (2011)
• Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! (2014)

With Swingin' Utters

• Five Lessons Learned (1998)
• BYO Split Series Volume II (1999)
• Brazen Head E.P. (1999)
• Teen Idol Eyes (1999)
• Swingin' Utters (2000)
• Fat Club (2001)
• Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones (2003)
• Live in a Dive (2004)
• (2008)
• Brand New Lungs (2010)
• "Taking The Long Way" (2010)
• Here, Under Protest (2011)
• The Librarians Are Hiding Something (2012)
• Stuck in a Circle - 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

• Re-Volts (2007)

With Uke Hunt

• "The Prettiest Star" (2014)
• Uke-Hunt (2014)

With Los Nuevos Bajos

• Cien Años/Gema (2019)
• Rebájate con Los Nuevos Bajos (2023)

Other appearances

• The Dwarves  - The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking (1997)
• NOFX  - So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes (1997)
• No Use for a Name  - Making Friends (1997)
• NOFX  - The Decline (1999)
• No Use for a Name  - More Betterness! (1999)
• The Dwarves  - Come Clean (2000)
• The Dwarves  - "Way Out!" (2000)
• NOFX  - Pump Up the Valuum (2000)
• The Real McKenzies  - Oot & Aboot (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 (2012)
• NOFX  - "Xmas Has Been X'ed/New Year's Revolution" (2009)

External links

• Interview, Truepunk.com
• Interview, Thepunksite.com
• Interview, Now magazine, November 30, 2006: "Gimme country: Punk cover cut-ups take on Nashville"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mondesi Interview: Me First & the Gimme Gimmes. Mondesishouse.com. 20 September 2020.
2. Web site: MFATGG: Biography. 27 April 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060427034933/http://home.hetnet.nl/~boeradje/mfatgg/biography/biography.html. 20 September 2020. 2006-04-27.