Tuesday, Feb 25 THE SPITS Generacion Suicida The Okmoniks 8 pm doors $25/30 tix all ages In an era that relies so heavily on quick-hit bands, there are very few things that are truly part of the subculture and not just the passing zeitgeist du jour. Closing in on three decades, The Spits have signified the crossroads between punk mayhem and well-honed songwriting, creating some of the most unhinged and anthemic tracks in underground music while standing tall enough to be uttered in the same breath as names like Jay Reatard, Dead Moon, Ty Segall and more. The Spits are readying their highly anticipated VI, due May 1 via their own Thriftstore Records imprint. Recorded by Erik Nervous on cassette four track, the band’s new LP VI is ten hummable tracks, shrouded in chainsaw punk that mesh the wild showmanship of party-rock legends Van Halen and the leather-clad toughness and songwriting chops of the Misfits. Marking a “return to roots’’ approach for the LP, the band decided to record and write VI in the basements of Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, Michigan over the course of several spurts of activity, each yielding a few new songs from a terrible drum kit with a literal thrift store guitar. “We’ve only been into an actual studio like three times,” admits Sean Wood. “I don’t think we’ve had one record that was recorded all in one place, this may be the closest thing. And for these songs we’d record a couple tracks, step away and go back at it later– sometimes weeks later. You know, take our time.” https://www.facebook.com/THESPITS Generacion Suicida: KBD style punk, since 2010. Musica del barrio para el barrio. https://generacionsuicida.bandcamp.com/ THE OKMONIKS ARE SAN FRANCISCO'S LAST AND ONLY ROCK AND ROLL BAND. Helene 33 and three guys, usually — it’s kind of a Bonnie St. Claire & Unit Gloria look. In the current, but ever-changing lineup, Helene plays organ and sings, Sammy plays guitar, Jason (or Tyler) plays bass, and Pascual plays drums. They describe their sound as DMZ meets Lyres, and think that’s a very funny joke. The OKs, as they are known in DMs to each other, formed in Tucson in 2000 and relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2009. The new LP Afterparty Fever!!!! was released in September, 2024. https://www.instagram.com/the_okmoniks/