For the uninitiated, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes consist of Joey Cape  (Lagwagon) on guitar, Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters) on lead guitar, Dave Raun  (Lagwagon) on the drums, Fat Wreck-head-honcho/NOFX main-dude Fat Mike,  and rounded out by the incomparable crooner, Spike Slawson. Together, Me  First and the Gimme Gimmes are an outfit that has always operated more like a beer-hall Pussycat Dolls than a regular mortal band. 

 

When duty calls for one of the Gimmes to perform with their other band, rest  assured a traveling Gimme will step in. John Reis, you guessed it, guitarist and  lead vocals for Rocket from the Crypt or Jonny “2 Bags” Wickersham from Social  Distortion will be filling in and on occasion, Jay Bentley from Bad Religion or  maybe CJ Ramone from a little band you may have heard of, The Ramones, will  sub for Fat Mike. Most recently we saw the UK import, Pinch from The Damned,  on the skins. You never know what star-studded lineup you will get at a Gimmes  show, but you know it will not disappoint.