We finished the 2 song recording in true Gamits fashion, at the very last minute and we are stoked! Can’t wait to have a new slab of vinyl in our collection! Not sure about the release details yet but it should be soon!
Free show at Illegal Pete’s this Saturday night! Come sing some songs with us before we leave on a European Vacation.

Yes! All the dates are confirmed and we are ready to role. Real life has been so crazy busy that sitting on a plane for 15 hours is actually starting to sound enjoyable. Check the shows page if you are lucky enough to live in any of the rad countries we will be playing. Highlights include 2 shows with Face to Face, a big outdoor fest in Switzerland and a “mansion on the beach” party thing in Italy. Bummer!

Quick update just for you buddy. This Saturday we are doing a show in Tempe AZ with some good friends in good bands. Can’t wait! Check out the upcoming shows page for details.

Next week we have a few days blocked off for recording. We’re doing 2 songs for a split with Red City Radio. I’m not sure I was supposed to tell anybody about that but I already let the cat out of the bag. Very unprofessional. Each band is doing a cover song and a new song. I already heard RCR’s songs and they are too good.

The big news is we are tying up loose ends for the 2011 European tour which begins August 25th! There are some details still coming in for some of these shows so hopefully everything will work itself out! It makes me a bit nervous to not have everything confirmed this late in the game but if it were any other way it wouldn’t be a proper Gamits tour! Check the dates on the shows page! All shows are with our Swiss buddies Goodbye Fairbanks.

The bass player thing worked itself out a while ago when our good buddy Dave Barker said he would do it. Even though this went down months ago we have hardly practiced because we are all so damn busy with everything! In 5 days we open a great show at the Summit Music Hall with Smoking Popes and Alkaline Trio. This will be Dave’s first show with the band. Then we go on a mini tour of Colorado for 4 shows with Bad Karma Kings, our buddies from GJ who decided to play ska punk. Then we go to Europe for 3 weeks on August 25th. Those dates will be posted soon! Fin.

Hey, WE NEED A BASS PLAYER! Again! For real! After the TBR show in April we are going to have to find somebody to replace Weigel. It sucks and we are bummed but Mr Weigel has actual real life important stuff to do and we have to let him do it. He is going to be nearly impossible to replace and we are not stoked! All that said we have to do it because we have tours in the works and want to do another album. Without getting into too much detail we need a bass player that most importantly can sing harmony! We can’t stress this enough. There are plenty of dudes we know that can play the bass but these harmonies are not easy! Don’t get hold of us if you don’t have a seriously natural knack for harmony! May I add that you will have to be able to tour. That is the whole point in us getting a new person. To “try out” simply film yourself playing bass and singing the harmonies to any song on the new album and send it to thegamits@gmail.com
Preferably we would like to hear one of the tougher tunes that has lots of backing vocals. If we dig it we will get in touch with you and invite you over for beers and rock and go from there. thanks

Here is what Weigel had to say on our facebook page about all this.

“I highly recommend that everybody spread the word to their friends who can sing and play as this is a great opportunity to actually be in a great band! Say this to them –> “Being in the Gamits is incredibly fun, the music is killer, Chris and Forrest are the best guys on the planet, and you will get way more opportunities to tour, see the world and play rad shows than you will ever get with your crappy band.” Honestly, it really is the best, but I don’t want to tour anymore as I have a 1 year-old baby and it just doesn’t work for me. To have to keep turning down cool offers blows (who turns down an Italian tour and two shows at SXSW?!?!?). The music of the Gamits must be heard by all! ”

Our good friends over at Legwork Studio did this amazing new video for us! Click here!
Thanks so much guys! We hope that your work will bring us great fame and fortune.

Hey friends. We made it back in one piece from Japan, Ukraine and Russia. Tour was great and the best place to check out photos and stay in touch is on our facebook page. Thanks to all of our new friends and fans way over in far away places and we hope to go back soon! We’re playing a show on Dec 4th at Larimer Lounge with our good friends Eolian and High Horse. Each band including the Gamits will be playing their new albums from start to finish for one night only! get tickets cheap right here!
Our CD’s are finally in and vinyl should ship next week! Party!

Hi. We had a great time at the SHR 15 year show! Well, Forrest and I and most of the people in attendance did! Scott on the other hand had a real rough night thanks to the food poisoning he had from eating at Steubens earlier that day. He was a real trooper and made it through all but one song ( bloodstains pictureframes ) during which he was puking all over the place! I missed it as I was trying to hold my shit together but Forrest and the people on the side of the stage got quite a show I guess! Scott continued to hate life well into the next morning but is feeling better now. Thanks to everyone for showing up and going pretty nuts. It was super fun.
That’s gonna be it for state side shows until November probably. We leave for Japan on the 25th and hang out for a few days before tour starts. Then 2 shows in Tokyo before we head off to the Ukraine. I think we have 3 shows there and the rest are in Russia. Forrest and I will head home on the 17th, or is it the 18th? Scott will go on to Spain to hang out there with his family until early November. When we are all back our plan is to play a local show where we only do the Parts album from start to finish. We think it would be fun we just have to figure out the best place to do it. Ok that’s it for now! Be sure to head over to our bandcamp page for sweet deals that support the band directly. We will be adding some shirts and package deals real soon. Also check back here for tour updates, shows, stories from the road, all that.
Cheers!
Chris

So we had the CD release show at the Gothic which rocked and was a lot of fun. We also filmed for a video that day that should be out soon. It’s for Falling Apart. The album has been streaming on Punk News for a couple of days now and is getting some great feedback! I’m back in the studio working with Ume, the band from Austin that played at the release show. Great band, very nice people. BTW check out www.blackinbluhm.com for info on my little studio if you want. We have a show this weekend at 3 Kings in Denver for the 15 year anniversary of Suburban Home Records. Damn, has it really been that long? We play Saturday night around 1030 or 11 I think. We were selling limited edition CD’s at the show that had a jewel case and a simple insert. We should have the full on digipack this weekend at the show so come by and check it out! Also pre order for vinyl went up yesterday. We have 4 different colors to choose from! All very cool. Go to www.paperandplastick.com or www.suburbanhomerecords.com or buy stuff from us at www.thegamits.bandcamp.com or just hit the links on this site. Ok! Gotta run friends. Jefe ( my dog ) is howling at the fire engines.

You can stream “Falling Apart” for a week over at Paper and Plastick Records starting now!

Hello friends. It has been a while hasn’t it? We, the Gamits, decided in November or something of 2009 to get back together, write a new album, and play some shows. Now it is August of 2010 and we are happy to say that all has gone according to plan and we just played our reunion show to a packed house here in Denver, ( thanks to everyone who made it even though the Warlock Pinchers were playing that night! )and we are gearing up for the “Parts” album release show on Sep 4th at the Gothic Theater! We have made a new friend and label partner over at Paper and Plastick Records , thanks Vinnie!
“Parts” will be released on both P&P and Suburban Home Records. Good deal!
So….yeah, we have some big shows coming up and then we leave on a very exciting tour that takes us to Tokyo, then to the Ukraine and on to Russia. As soon as we have all those dates we will post them for ya. Can’t wait for the release show! See you there!