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The $hit

GET WITH THE PROGRAM BEFORE THE PROGRAM GETS YOU!!

About Me

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The $hit are the FIRST, BEST and ONLY Electro-Punk Casio-Crunk Fuck-Rock Glitch-Pop Disco-Metal Post-NintendoCore beat combo in the world... EVER!
Armed with an array of cheap electronic instruments and an even cheaper wardrobe, The $hit have dragged their shambolic live show kicking and screaming across the UK - from triumphantly storming Oxford's TRUCK FESTIVAL to causing chaos at a London fashion week catwalk show and generally kicking the brains off kids all over the country, destroying stages with the likes of MC LARS, TO MY BOY, TRASH FASHION, SIMON BOOKISH, and GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN, leaving a trail of tinnitus and a number of very unhappy soundmen in their wake.
Their first demo, recorded with only a minidisc player, an Argos mic and an Atari ST, was placed in the top 5 of PLAYLOUDER.COM's singles of the week, and future demos received radio airplay from RADIO 1 and KERRANG! FM. In the summer of 2006, their debut album 'Lock Up Your Ghettoblasters!!!' - recorded in a ramshackle home studio and released on their own DIY label - Shit Music - was released to rip-roaring reviews across the internet, national press and fanzines across the globe. Oh, apart from two people who hated it.
Now, as they release their new EP to the world, The $hit are rocking HARDER, FASTER and LOUDER than ever before, and the foursome of Brian International, Queen Phuz, That Bloody Cat, and... um... D@V£ are getting ready to absolutely pwn brains all over the world.
It's time to get with the program... before the program gets you.
"The $hit are the band to totally tear your life apart, rearrange everything
in the wrong order and have you thank them for the privilege afterwards." - Subba-Cultcha
"The $hit are the latest sound of 00's wasted youth." - Gigwise
"a black country discofauxpunk band with an arsenal of attitude" - Sleaze
"an arcade game ram-raid... all frantic beats, bleeps and fizzing riffs, Nintendocore pop, chants, yelps, bites, guitars and synth punk chaos" - Organ Magazine
"fun-filled mechanoid-spaz-rock" - Angry Ape
"a brutal mash-up of digital hardcore beats, cabaret disco and blinging hip
hop... there is not another band in the world like them" - Truck Festival Programme
"'Lock Up Your Ghettoblasters!!!' has arrived just in time to fulfil the so-called 'nu rave' prophecy, and is the cool party we all want to be invited to." - This Is Fake DIY
"Itchy rhythms, shouted vocals and a series of loveable little bleeps and blips" - MakeNoiseandDance
"...a grimy electro battering... a beatbox fuzz masterpiece" - Plan B
"The $hit are awesome in their majesty... above 99% of the bands i've seen"
- Drowned in Sound
"The $hit are the antithesis of the stale, lame, clueless guitar music that
clogs up the shelves at HMV. The $hit are the polar opposite of boring.
The $hit are completely unique" - Brainlove
"a brutal mish-mash of fuzz-punk yelping and gadget-based grime... utterly crackers, basically." - Is This Music?
"The $hit are putting the fun back into po-faced electro." - Logo
"This band is totally out-of-step with what's hip right now, they look like complete weirdos, and they're definitely more fun than whatever you're doing right now... THIS is what we need." - Diskant
"If you have room in your life for the pop of Stock, Aitken and Waterman, the lunacy of Sigue Sigue Sputnik and the chaos of Alec Empire - you'll love this.." - Rough Trade
"The $hit are amazing!" - bbc.co.uk
"The most exciting thing since I heard Atari Teenage Riot in 1994" - Brumcast
"The best band in Britain!" - Bishi
"You're my new favourite band!" - Patrick Wolf
To listen to more music, visit The $hit at
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/12/2005
Band Website: shitmusic.co.uk
Band Members:
BRIAN INTERNATIONAL:
mouth, beats, synth, guitar & electronicsQUEEN PHUZ - THE SKILLED:
synth, samples, vocoderTHAT BLOODY CAT:
bass guitar, DSP synthesisD@V£:
rock guitar, glitches, noise
Influences:

UK + Europe - £3.50 (inc. P&P)

USA + World - $7.00 (inc. P&P)
Also available to download from iTunes
UK + Europe - £6.00 (inc. P&P)

USA + World - $12 (inc. P&P)
Also available to download from iTunes


The $hit is influenced by all the rubbish, watered-down music clogging up the pop charts, Radio 1, NME and the rest of the music industry... Everyone out there in Mongland listening to bands that are even more bland than the jeans and t-shirts that they wear, buying into the latest chillout compilation, hanging out in your local lifestyle bar, doing what the magazines tell you... All the people wasting away, working in chain stores for minimum wage, dreaming of sitting in front of the television, waiting for their lives to become interesting as the same videos come back around on MTV... All the reality TV idiots, searching for their 5 minutes of fame, desperate to become a Z list celebrity, begging and pleading for popularity in front of a live studio audience and allowing their hopes and dreams to be crushed by a forty-something in bad slacks... Oh, and everyone who uses the phrase "real music"...
You have made us what we are...
We're DIY pop stars, bitch!!!!!
Or alternatively, if you want a list of music we like...
DEVO
MARILYN MANSON
POLYSICS
PLUS-TECH SQUEEZE BOX
PUBLIC ENEMY
DHR (95-99)
JAPANESE PICOPOP
GIRLS ALOUD
LIL' JON

and too much more stuff to list...

Sounds Like:

"If Jeremy and Super Hans from Peep Show ever did actually release a CD, it would no doubt sound like ’Get With the Program…Before the Program Gets You!’" - God Is In The TV
"...the beatbox of early Whitney Houston being molested by The Clash with the attitude of early Beastie Boys" - Subba-Cultcha
"...Kid Carpet put through an ’added-insanity-with-extra-rock’ filter" - AU Magazine
"...Pop Will Eat Itself being forced to sing for penance after six days solid graft on a Wednesbury building site" - Drowned in Sound
"...Girls Aloud if they were indulging in a pop orgy with Suicide" - This Is Fake DIY
"...Big Black kicking Trio’s butt" - Empty Zine
"...a pissed PiL on a Fisher Price budget" - Is This Music?
"...Nintendo beats played by a low-rent Pitchshifter high on the experience of listening to the entire back catalogue of The Faint through a second hand Toys-R-Us karaoke machine" - Logo
"...Alec Empire in a sweet shop, choking to death on rhubarb and custards" - Norman Records
"...Germlin mugging Glam Rock, twirling Hot Chip round their head and spouting smile-inducing slogans... now imagine that was even better than you pictured." - 13th Note Gig Guide
"...Freezepop meets Towers of London meets Cursor Minor" - Keytars & Violins
"The NOW sound of NOW!!!" - The $hit

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Subba-Cultcha interviews The $hit!

You can now read the interview that Mr. Kirkland Ciccone did recently with Brian International for Subba-Cultcha!Click HERE to read Brian's opinions on wanting to sound like Britney Spears, the downfa...
Posted by The $hit on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:16:00 PST

The Digital Discharge Awards 2008

Hear us closing the show on this weeks Digital Discharge podcast!
Posted by The $hit on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:39:00 PST

The Idiots are Winning remix competition!!!

Do YOU want to make your own remix of 'The Idiots are Winning'!? From now until March 1st 2008, you will be able to download everything you need for your remix right here!You can either download a zip...
Posted by The $hit on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:55:00 PST

Get with the program... BUY OUR NEW EP NOW!!!

'Get With The Program... Before The Program Gets You!', the BRAND NEW release from your favourite Post-Nintendocore beat combo - The $hit - is available to buy RIGHT NOW!!!You can buy CD's directly f...
Posted by The $hit on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:09:00 PST

The $hit included on Japanese compilation!

A $hit song has been included on 'FORMS', the latest compilation from Tokyo-based electronic label Intikrec.'FORMS' will be released in Japan on 24th December.The tracklisting is as follows:1. Crystal...
Posted by The $hit on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:12:00 PST

'Lock Up Your Ghettoblasters!!!' available from iTunes

'Lock Up Your Ghettoblasters!!!', the debut album by The $hit is now available to buy from the iTunes Music StoreRock your iPod with our cut'n'paste electro rock'n'roll!!!It's the NOW sound of NOW!!!...
Posted by The $hit on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:42:00 PST

"So where can I buy the album?"

Shit Music are currently working on distribution for 'Lock Up Your Ghettoblasters!!!'. It is currently available from the following UK stores & websites:STORES:LONDON - Rough Trade ShopsBRIGHTON -...
Posted by The $hit on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:03:00 PST

'Lock Up Your Ghettoblasters!!!' reviews

Read the VERY FIRST reviews of 'Lock Up Your Ghettoblasters!!!' HERE! Click on the links below..."eighty seven times better than the average band..." - subba-cultcha.com"The $hit are the latest sound ...
Posted by The $hit on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:49:00 PST

Get with the program before the program gets you!

The $hit's Brian International features on the 8bit grime anthem 'Get With The Program Before The Program Gets You' on the brand new album 'Hardcore Thumbs' by DJ Wrong Homer. You can hear the track, ...
Posted by The $hit on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 05:59:00 PST

Pop WONT Eat Itself (i think)

For some reason, people keep saying that The $hit sounds like 90's-indie-hop-with-a-sampler-idiots Pop Will Eat Itself. Things got a little bit out of hand when our last review stated: "...anyone ...
Posted by The $hit on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:20:00 PST