Rough Trade the label were the only ones to show any interest in the band back in the day though sadly we lacked the necessary dance element.
The single is only legendary? They’ve forgotten to put iconic and seminal.
結局
The 2014 Retrospeculative of Gits (UK) tracks, 'Eventually'.
There She Blows!
Coming Soon From Indie Dinosaurs The Gits (insert geographical disambiguation here)
Previously Unseen Live Footage!
Because we cocked the song up so much at the gig that we can’t use it whole.
The first clip, and dodgy performance, is from a Collyers gig in October 1988 organised by Mark Crane of This Idiot Glitter who also played along with Loveless, Spiralhead and, of course, The Happy Potato band. The other video is from Champagnes nightclub in February 1989.
Further Adventures In Advertising
So We Got Around To It In The End…
<
p style=”margin-top: 2em;”>Just twenty four years too late.
In The End
As the Gits (UK) Retrospeculative looks like it will come out in the not too distant future here’s the epnoymous and indeed first track from it.
The 日本語 is partly an attempt to distinguish us from the confusion of having the same name as the ill fated American band of the same era.
And all the best indie* bands these days are Japanese of course.
*in the 80s UK sense not the Japanese division of record labels.
Have Another Drink It’ll Make You Feel Better…
A rare writing credit for Matt on one the tracks that will be on the upcoming compilation, 結局。
More ギツ here.
And if you wondered what the Katakana is about it’s an attempt to distinguish us from the better known American Gits of the same era and to avoid having to come up with a logo. That seemed to naturally lead to more Japanese for consistency of style.