NITWITZ - DARK SIDE OF THE SPOON (1978 Stooges/MC5/Ramones style)CD
GET HIPFounded in 1978, the young band barely caught the dissipating ripples of the first punk rock wave. In taking their lead from groups like the Stooges, MC5, the Ramones and Australia’s Saints, the Nitwitz had little in common with the angry, unwashed masses of English spiky-tops who sang about “the dole,” depression, and gang warfare. (Although they had a definite fondness for a few fast-riffing exceptions like the Lurkers, Drones, and Stiff Little Fingers.) Instead, the 16-year-old Nitwitz waxed poetic about girls they liked, girls they didn’t like, school, their favorite TV cartoon show, and getting beat up by disco kids.
Tracklist
1 Landmine Heart
2 Black Name Ringing
3 Bad Chemistry
4 Drunk Tank Celebrity
5 Fruitcakes
6 Burn Baby Burn
7 Living On Leftovers
8 Jackass
9 Lithium And Lipstick
10 N.V.S.
11 Superslob
12 Babysitter (Made A Man Out Of Me)
13 Ticket To Gomorrah
14 Church Of Chumps