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The Nitwitz

Totalitarian Rock'n'Roll!

About Me

ATTENTION PUNKS!!
No bookings at this time :(
Random shit goes to Tony Slug .
Thanks!
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Move over Rover and let Mr. Sluggy take over !
Thats right, you pierced, punk poseurs, The Nitwitz are back with a prime time slab of pugnacious punk Rock n Roll: "Sex, Lies and Duct Tape"!!
These Dutch denizens of rock started their mission to destroy back in 1978, comprising of Eric Czar Peters on Vocals, Steve The Pit on Guitar, Tony Slug on Bass and Marcel Verhoehen on Drums.
The band swapped vocalists to become influential hardcore thrashers B.G.K. in 1982. Several line-ups later B.G.K. called it quits with Tony Slug recruiting a whole new tag team for his Loveslug project in 1987.
Fast forward to 1996 and the original Nitwitz are back together with the exception of drummer Verhoeven who was replaced by Steven The Gadge, releasing the album Dark Side of the Spoon on US label GET HIP in 1997 : A relationship the band now wishes to forget.
Yet another pit-stop along Rip-Off Highway for Sluggy and his band of merry men!
During this time the band also recorded and released covers by Radio Birdman and The Nomads for their respective tribute albums. With minor tweaks and occasional fast exists The Nitwitz continued their quest for Totalitarian Rock n Roll until 1998, when Tony linked up with Detroit legend and former Sonics Rendezvous Band vocalist and guitarist, Scott Morgan, and Hellacopters supreme Nicke Royal, to create the highly charged soul rock outfit The Hydromatics.
In 2002, tired of the current dearth of ass monkey pretenders to the Rock n Roll throne, Slug resurrected the only slightly decaying corpse of The Nitwitz in their fifth incarnation. Lasting only long enough for bassist Dick Ginger and vocalist Mike Dogshit to jump ship to Brezhnev, before mutating into the foul Felchers, but not before unleashing two think slabs of 10 delight in the shape of Nibble the Giblet (Pitshark) and Totalitarian Rock n Roll (Cargo) featuring Nuke City Rock, co-written by Turbonegros Happy-Tom no less!
And so to 2005; with the most impressive (and some might say handsome) line-up yet with Tony Slug (guitars and vocals), Paul Smith (guitars and vocals), The Gadge (drums) and Laurent (bass), the titanic tank of Blitzkrieg Rock known as The Nitwitz return with the relentless rifferama that is Sex, Lies and Duct Tape.
13 tracks of no-holds barred, city razing, pussy slaying punk rock. Feel touched by the Sluggy autobiographical Raised by Drunks, be thrilled by Nippon Girl Desire, prepare to be hooked on the awesome power of Rock Pusher.
Its all there folks, and you know you want it.
© Ian Pickens (2005)

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Member Since: 7/25/2004
Band Website: You are looking at it
Band Members: Tony Slug: Guitar, Vocals
Mikey Offender (R.I.P.): Bass
The Gadge: Drums
Influences: We're not influenced, we INFLUENCE
Sounds Like: Totalitarian Rock'n'Roll
Record Label: Rocketdog Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Van Talk

CHUNTER - turd.".."you my boy, can go chomp on a steaming fresh CHUNTER !" IAN CHUNTER - Guitar player in MOTT THE POOPLEERIC CRAPTON - Bad guitarist"That ERIC CRAPTON bastard from the opening band to...
Posted by The Nitwitz on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Tour Diary 2006 by Clio Slug

April 19: Winston, Amsterdam (NL)This is second time I'm on the road with "punk dinosaurs" The Nitwitz, and where could be better to start a tour than where The Nitwitz originated from in 1978?(!) Tha...
Posted by The Nitwitz on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:37:00 PST

Tour Diary 2005 by Clio Slug

I was to spend the following couple of weeks with THE NITWITZ, travelling to Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. "You can still go back, you know..." Judith had said. What was I getting myself into? A rock'...
Posted by The Nitwitz on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:35:00 PST