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Dark Side of the Spoon

by The Nitwitz

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1.
Landmine Heart 02:37
2.
Black Name Ringing 01:27
3.
Bad Chemistry 01:50
4.
Drunk Tank Celebrity 02:24
5.
Fruitcakes 01:00
6.
Burn Baby Burn 02:05
7.
Living on Leftovers 02:12
8.
Jackass 02:24
9.
Lithium and Lipstick 02:37
10.
N.V.S. 01:58
11.
Superslob 01:30
12.
Babysitter (Made a Man Out of Me) 01:57
13.
Ticket to Gomorrah 02:00
14.
Church of Chumps 01:40

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Get Hip Recordings (GH-1079)

Dark Side of the Spoon delivers 14 brand new tracks of essential Dutch Punk by Amsterdam's legendary outfit, The Nitwitz!

Founded 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.

The Nitwitz disbanded in May 1982, changed singers, and returned as BGK. After a 14-year hiatus, the boys reunited  in 1996, contributing a single new track to Epitaph's Dutch Punk sampler. With the label's blessing, the Nitwitz hit the studio to bang out an album's worth of blistering new material. And so, Dark Side of the Spoon was born.

Epitaph Europe ultimately declined to release the new LP--but their loss is our gain! The Nitwitz are back and better than ever!! Get yourself a heaping Spoon-ful of classic Dutch punk, courtesy of Get Hip!!!

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released August 29, 2017

THE NITWITZ are
Czar Peters the 1st: Larynx
Tony "Slug" Leeuwenburgh: Mosrite and Les Paul
Thumpin' Theo Brouwer: Fender Jazz bass
Steven "Marathon Man" Nieuwendijk: Drums and cymbals

All selections written by Tony Leeuwenburgh
Except tracks 4, 6, 9, 10, 12 & 14 by Tony Leeuwenburgh & Erik Peters

© Stemra 1998
Recorded at Yland Studios, Amsterdam, Holland, Sept. 1997
Engineered by Evert "Big Thumb" Kattee
Produced by Evert & the Nitwitz
Graphics by Studio Paul C. Pollmann

Licensed from Rocketdog Records

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