I recently had the chance to catch Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their tour across the country, and I was fortunate enough to see them perform at one of my favorite spots in New England—the State Theatre in Portland, ME. Interestingly, one of the main reasons I initially moved to the Portland area, back when I was just starting out as a photographer, was because of the State Theatre. However, much to my […]
Spike Slawson is the lead vocalist for the audacious super group and cover band, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes. Currently the band is comprised of Slawson of Swingin’ Utters, Joey Cape (Guitar/Backing Vocals) of Lagwagon, CJ Ramone (Bass) of the Ramones, Swami John Reis (Guitar) of Hot Snakes and Andrew “Pinch” Pinching (Drums) of the English Dogs. Me First & The Gimme Gimmes work exclusively as a cover act. They take song standards, whole […]
Monday I received an email from The Westville Music Bowl offering free tickets to Wednesday’s Flogging Molly and Violent Femmes show. I had never attended a show there before so I called my friend Christian who is always up for a show and off we went. I knew a couple songs going in but Christian knew the bands more and was, as he said going 95% for Flogging Molly. Upon entering the venue the […]
