The Spits @ Hotel Vegas 12/9

The Spits have announced a performance at Hotel Vegas on Thursday, December 9 with doors opening at 7 pm and the show concluding at 12 am. This show is 21+ with tickets being sold from $16-$18.

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 1234V, 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, VIindependently.

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.

The Spits w/ Sick Thoughts & Pussy Gillette

Thursday, December 9

21+

Tickets: $16-$18

Hotel Vegas

1502 E 6th Street

Austin, TX 78702

Purchase tickets here

More information here

Liv: Hi! My name's Liv. I'm a vocalist finishing my bachelor's degree in music business through Berklee College of Music online and currently reside in the live music capital of the world Austin, Texas. I have been involved in music my entire life, having written and recorded my first song at the age of 10, playing my first show at Antone's at 13, and starting my first band and house show venue at 19, music will always be my central focus. Live music is my passion and I try to be proactive in seeing the most interesting shows in town. My dream is to create my own show and be able to present it to people throughout the world.
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