Didjits - whatever happened?

Abramoff Gets 70 Months

Corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to 70 months in prison for his role in defrauding Indian tribes, tax evasion, and conspiracy to bribe public officials. What do you think?

Rick Simms,
Systems Analyst
"I'd be psyched to have Abramoff as my cellmate. Imagine the gifts you'd get."

Danielle Evans,
Mayoral Aide
"I guess we can expect to see a lot more brown-bag egg-salad sandwiches and Lunchables in Congress."

Todd Cole,
Phlebotomist
"Why are you asking me?! I don't know the guy! Never met him!"

Old boy bump

Gotta plate in my head king carp dad you so gnarly you rode a harley

FUCKIN ROCK AND ROLL

Search Lee Harvey Oswald Band. Discard debut. Blastronaut, however, is a must have, recreating the tuneful vibe of Man Who Sold the World as well as Ziggy Stardust in a cleverly supercilious but faithful manner.

I ran into Rick @ the supermarket a year or so after The Offspring album hit and asked how he made out. It was kind of touching to see a guy who basically displays no shame, will act out to any amount to get attention, look a bit embarrassed, a bit pleading almost, and say that he'd had to hire a financial advisor so he didn't fuck up with his money.

I always kind of liked him, though his music's not my thing, after that, even more.

xpost

that is so fucking sweet.

Although, The Offspring. Don't even start me....

Was Rick their biggest fan after that? Contrived wearing of Offspring Tshirts round town. Always getting invited to massive, corporate 'punk rock' dinner parties?

Perhaps he liked them?

It was one of the lesser Didjits songs wasn't it? To my mind anyway Killboy Powerhead?

Nah. One of the better tunes on Hornet Pinata, which ain't nothing but a shadow of Hey Judester, but still...

Yeah, nothing beat the Judester.

Pleased I actually got to see these live, in Leeds, but it was way beyond Hey Judester.

Rick was looking well fed but threw down some good shapes

Damned by faint praise. If you people are fans, I'd hate see critics. Or == this thread is pathetic. "Good shapes." Yep, that's quite the guitar player's rave.

Hey, I's defending 'em! I love these Didjists.

Gorge

Just who the fuck are you damning me again with your fading faint praise. You suck Gnats dick you carpet munchingqueer

The one time I saw Didjits was on the Top Fuel tour. Hence that's always been my favorite record of theirs (particularly the monster riff on "Headless" and their dynamite Devo cover "Mr. DNA".).

There were maybe 20-30 folks at the show in Eugene, OR in 1992 and the band came out and started laying down the beat. Sims comes running out with giant sunglasses and slides into position on his knees with his guitar in an action pose. Then the band stops. There's an awkward silence. Sims stands up, grips the mic and screams "EUGENE ROCKS!!" and then they slam into a high energy set.

It was really cool and won my undying respect (even if I have a half dozen Didjits LPS that I never spin).

xpost - great story.Really.
When I saw them, it was a similar pathetic turnout (about 23) but they rocked the fuck out, 'Hello, London!!!!' style

I MAKE NO EXCUSES BOUT THE WAY I FEEL!

listening to hornet pinata for the 1st time in quite a while. always rated it a cut below hey judester, one of my favorite records of its era, but at this remove, i'd say it stacks up just fine. a few weak tunes here and there, esp on side 2 (notably evil kneival and the mc5 cover, couple others), but a good dbl handful of straight killer tracks. really love the big beats + simple melodic basslines + raging guitar riffs formula. sad to me how basically forgotten this band is, even among punk peoples, probably sounds like disposable cartoon rawk to most folks. ;______;

They were really fun live!!

man yeah they were great. saw em in seattle in like 85/86, tore the shit outta the place, to no more than 50 people. but only that once. never saw lee harvey oswald or the gaza strippers much to my regret, or even his stint w/ the vastly inferior supersuckers. rick, if you put an album out right now, any album, i would happily buy 10 copies.

sooner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbOMJEIhO-0

later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFuOJLJEYcc&NR=1&feature=fvwp

I saw the Gaza Strippers best part of a decade ago... I think with Gluecifer tho I might be conflating two shows. It was fun

Fucking great band. Need to get my "Hey Judester" tee back from my ex of twenty years ago and rock the fuck out.

But it won't fit me anymore