HONORARY HITS BY BLOOD BATH INITIATION:
Mr Rory Johanson. Generally seen lurking around the Dangermen and Lobster Prophets.
Mr Ben Salter. Bells and whistles man. Giant of Science, Gin Clubber.
Captain Gerard Glynn. Official home-babe photographer and political spin-doctor for Hits. A Lord of Wong.
Influences
All the good/bad stuff
Booze
Oppositional Defiance Disorder
Great music
Tough love
Hits upstairs at the Step Inn, Brisbane, Valentines Day 09 (video courtesy the lovely Miss Geraldine)
Sounds Like
Hits are not love-children of any of the following, however we love and follow:
The Powder Monkeys Asteroid B612 The Stooges Guided By Voices Macka The Jesus and Mary Chain The Flamin' Groovies Rowland S Howard Lee Hazlewood Meatbeaters Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers The Gun Club The Cramps AC/DC Evel Knievel Elton John The Rolling Stones Radio Birdman The Remains 13th Floor Elevators Thin Lizzy Sonics Rendevous Band The Real Kids Rose Tattoo The Drones The Velvet Underground The Veronicas the Ronettes The Dangermen Steve Earle & The Dukes Ben Salter Zeke Turbonegro Dragon Captain Beefheart Neil Young and Crazy Horse Neil Diamond XTC VOM DMZ The Saints The Stranglers The New York Dolls (esp. Arthur) Joy Division The Scientists Wire Tony Joe White Killing Joke Echo and the Bunnymen the Replacements Big Star The Faces Butthole Surfers The Yardbirds The Easybeats Lords OF Wong Wild Cherries Monks The Masters Apprentices Buffallo X(australia) Cold Chisel etc etc etc etc etc......
Ever scraped your feet down the sun-bleached summer streets and wondered what hell you were sent here for? Ever spent your nights propped against the wall of some dive bar, struggling with another drink, another night of heartbreak, and the slow deflation of your hollow hopes? Ever wished someone could come along and give it all back to you, let you slide back into the rapture of abandon?
Us too. Come nestle your head here, love.
HITS have been playing around Brisbane for a few years now... on and off between disasters, usually of their own making. Very compromising members of some defunct "seminal” (cheers Macka) Brisbane punk bands and some currently fabulous ones as well. Apart from our own shows we've played support to the likes of The Scientists, New Christs, Mustang, the Dirtbombs, The Drones and Lime Spiders as well some of the best of their city's heavy hitters such as Giants of Science, Sixfthick, Vegas Kings, Lords of Wong, New Jack Ruby’s, Horrortones, Dangermen etc.
(pic by Gerard Glynn)
Hits Heart Covers.
At the 2005 Very Stooges Xmas party Hits played "Funhouse" from start to finish ably assisted by Rockin' Rowly and Sexy Connor Sax. THAT was awesome fun. A "plum" spot at a past Ramone-a-thon saw us play a set of Devo covers to rapt acclaim (WE were rapt).
We've spilt interstate on the very odd occasion - we toured to Sydney to play with the legendary Kelpies and Tiger By The Tail and to Melbourne to be slaughtered by the ridiculously tough and loud Mustang, and swooned by Daddy Long Legs.
2009 suddenly rolled around, and we felt the depth of our own slackness in never having made a recording.... thus, with a distinct lack of urgency we decided to stop arsing around having heaps of fun and do some "work". Just for a while. So, we did it.. we MADE. THE. FUCKING. ALBUM.
Yes!
We did what most real bands do all the time and a lot, not usually taking four fucking years to either! After all those years of tease... we have decided to open up and give you our flower. DECEMBER bringeth the offerance from Hits to you: "Living With You Is Killing Me" (which if any of you have dated one of Hits understands to be quite aptly titled). Get down. Ahem.
Here's us on Rumpus TV doing 'Never Sing a Song Again' and being interviewed. We start a few minutes into it. It's dumb. We are. XX
THIS SONG IS AMAZING !!!!! RAW & HEAVY SOUND FOR THE GUITARS..... I LOVE IT... BRISBANE SEEMS TO BE A GREAT TOWN FOR ROCK AND ROLL... I SAW ON STAGE TOO THE JIM ROCKFORDS, THE 6 FTHICK, THE MIDNIGHT WOOLF, THE DOUBLE AGENTS, THE DRONES, THE BLACKLIST, PENNY IKINGER, TEXAS TEA, JULIAN POULSON FROM THE GREEN MIST.....AND MANY MORE DUDE...
SYMPATHY FOR ALL THE ROCK AND ROLL GANGS FROM AUSTRALIA !!! AUSTRALIA REALLY ROCKS HARD !!! THERE IS A FEW MONTH, I SAW ON STAGE DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS (old friends of mine), JOHNNY CASINO AND THE SECRETS (real cool fuckin'man in my heart !!!), THE SPOILS (amazing sound & great people too...) !!!
Thank's for the Add !!!!!! and for your words, I'm glad that you like my MySpace, I love your Music !!!!!! I live in SPAIN ¿ How can I buy your Album ? It would be great if you come On Tour to Spain !!!!! many greetings from Spain and keep in touch !!!!!
dudes! got the album in the mail...thanx fuckin' heaps for that..the disc is fuckin' rad boys & girls....it's been in the car ever since....cant get enough..very cool sounding & the songs are classics!!! now all i want is you's down south so's we can party!!! love and shit stoney xxxx
Still waiting on my letterbox love in the form of a Hits album. Merenoise seem to be taking their time! Flying to Bris tomorrow for the weekend any gigs worth checking out besides lime spiders and sixfthick on sat? Kisses
dear Rich and Tam, thanks for everything again, yous are the best! i had such a fun time at your place. i just looked up meatbeaters on myspace.. holy shit they are so fucking good! anyways if the show got reviewed the other night send us a copy via myspace or some shit.
hope all went great last nite!! fuckin' spewin' i couldnt of been there on such a joyous occasion!! love all'a'ya!! come to melbs soon babies!! love & all that other shit stoney xxxx
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