I Spit On Your Gravy

I Spit On Your Gravy was Punk band from Melbourne, Australia who formed in late 1983. The Gravys were at their active peak during the mid to late Eighties, plus they've had a number of reunions over the years since. In underground Rock scene in Melbourne, through the early to mid 1980s, a wide variety of bands existed, including Gothic Rock acts like Nick Cave And The Birthday Party and Dorian Gray, Garage Rock stalwarts The Seminal Rats, 60s music inspired groups including The Bo-Weevils, The Saucermen, Tyrnaround, The Shindiggers, The Believers, The Beach Nuts and Hardcore Punk acts such as Vicious Circle, Royal Flush (whom included both Tim Hemensley (ex-GOD, Bored!, Powder Monkeys) and Roman Tucker (ex- Martians / Rocket Science), Bodies (including Dave Thomas (ex-Bored! / Magic Dirt), Sick Things (featuring members of The Virgins and The Dirty Three) and St. (Sin) Kilda's legendary export I Spit on Your Gravy. Legend has it that vocalist Fred Negro was one of the few to witness Radio Birdman on one of its Melbourne tours, all those years ago. From there, he would eventually find some friends in Scotty Simpson (drums) , Mark Carson (bass), Jason Banner (guitar) and the female backing vocal duo dubbed The Spitettes Sam and Viv. This line-up recorded the eight studio tracks, six of which originally appeared on the "St. Kilda's Alright". With the band being formed in the early 1980s, a range of influences would contribute to the bands sound including The Stooges, Radio Birdman, The Saints, 80s L.A. Hardcore Punk acts X (featuring John Doe and Exene Cervenka) and The Dead Kennedys and late 70s British Punk legends The Sex Pistols, The Damned, etc., etc. With the young Fred Negro providing the lyrical impetus for the band, deep, existentialist lyrics should not be expected and are not delivered. What does appear are high energy Punk Rock tunes exploring shenangians and hard times in inner city Melbourne and tongue-in-cheek stabs at life's institutions. I Spit On Your Gravy would eventually disband by the end of the 1980s and Fred Negro would maintain his underground scene status by providing the weekly 'Pub' comic strip in Melbourne street press magazine "InPress"; forming The Fuck Fucks (with which he continued his always incredible onstage antics, now with Watermelons and which he had begun with Roast Chickens in I Spit On Your Gravy) and jokey country act Shonkytonks and hosting Sunday evening Karaoke contests at St. Kilda's (where else?!) Greyhound Hotel. I Spit On Your Gravy briefly reformed in 2001 for a one-off gig at St. Kilda's Esplanade Hotel and four tracks from this gig were recorded and released as part of the release of "St. Kilda's Still Alright". These included 'Piranha' (for which a video clip was made in the 80s). I Spit On Your Gravy was the infamous St. Kilda-based contribution to Melbourne '80s Punk, will be remembered in the digital age, when much of what is popular music has become so politically correct; the exact opposite of what this band embodied.

St. Kildas Alright! 12'' (1984)

01 - Thursday Crawl
02 - Lets Go Buy A Pizza
03 - Catholic Song
04 - End Of Side 1
05 - Chainsaw Shuffle
06 - The Goink
07 - Alright Peter
08 - End Of Side 2

Piranha 7'' (1987)

01- Piranha
02 - Man's Not A Camel

Fruit Loop City (1987)

01 - Batman Vs Godzilla
02 - What's Happening
03 - Please Don't Touch
04 - Last Tram
05 - Harrassment
06 - Man's Not A Camel
07 - Lonliness
08 - Piranha
09 - Pickled Fish Lips
10 - Fishtank
11 - Billy The Kid
12 - In Not Out
13 - Burger Shop Slaughter
14 - Joke

Live @ The Gershwin Room (2000)

01 - What's Happening?
02 - Fishtank
03 - Harrassment
04 - Right 2 Barbie
05 - Chainsaw Shuffle (Reprise)
06 - Alright Peter
07 - Burgershop Slaughter
08 - Pirahna
09 - Scotty (Your Mates Are Outside)
10 - I Spit On Your Gravy

St. Kilda's Still Allright! (2007)

01 - Thursday Crawl
02 - Lets Go Buy A Pizza
03 - Catholic Song
04 - Chainsaw Shuffle
05 - The Goink
06 - Alright Peter
07 - Violent Fluff
08 - Done To Death
09 - What's Happening?
10 - Harrassment
11 - Piranha
12 - I Spit On Your Gravy

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