Teoman's Band of the Month - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

I was just listening to the Gimme Gimme's latest album "Love their Country" and as usual I was not surprised to find once again the talent and good sounds, and humour that they always knew to include in their records. A band to recommend, brought to you by my anus.

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are:

Spike Slawson (Vocals)
Joey Cape (Guitar, Vocals)
Chris Shiflett (Lead Guitar)
Fat Mike (Bass)
Dave Raun (Drums)

They are actually not a band, they're a supergroup. A supergroup is a band made of members who already are in other more well known bands. Here, Spike Slawson is the singer of Swingin' Utters, Joey Cape is the lead singer of Lagwagon, Chris Shiflett is the guitarist of Foo Fighters (and formerly No Use for a Name), Fat Mike is the bassist of NOFX, and Dave Raun is the drummer for Lagwagon.
Their game is only cover songs, and they do it well. They cover tonnes of different songs, and each of their album has a different theme. For example, their first album Have a Ball is only covers of hits from the '60s and '70s, Are a Drag is covers of show tunes, Blow in the Wind is made up of Hits from the '60s (again), Take a Break is only R&B songs, Ruin Johnny's Bar Mitzvah is just a live performance at an actual bar mitzvah but it does not include any song that they have recorded previously on their albums, and finally their latest album Love their Country is, you got it: country and western songs.
So what do they do? Well it's pretty obvious when you see who's in the band. It's punk. It's a great punk band, just as good as the rest. Of course, the boss in it is Fat Mike since he owns Fat Wreck Chords, but he's cool cos he gives the singer the right to talk during concerts, although he messes around too.
What sucks is that when you don't know the original song that they cover it doesn't seem as funny or awesome as if you did.
A rule in the world of punk rock is that if you love NOFX, Lagwagon, or Swingin' Utters, you love Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, and I do!