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(Clicka qua per la versione Italiana)
(Translated from my original Italian text by ChatGPT and Piero Scaruffi)
A project of singer and guitarist Mikey Dees Nelson, Fitz Of Depression came to attention in 1993 with their self-titled mini-album (on Meat Records) and bubblegum-speed punk songs like Raw Sewage and Punk-A-Rooni (as well as the instrumental Mighty Moe, which inaugurated their own personal tradition). The leaders guitar twists H and Raw Sewage into Blue Cheer-like aberrations. The instrumental Think Of Words even shows a hint of virtuosity. Bolstered by the singles Pissbutt (Blatant) and The Awakening (Meat), and countless covers, their reputation led to the album Lets Give It A Twist (K, 1994), one of the best examples of melodic punk rock of the year, though it went largely unnoticed amid the deluge of Green Day and Offspring. Here and there, the menacing, brazen step of the Dead Kennedys can be heard (Sitting In A Room), the epic, angry shout of the Clash (Lie), but it is above all Tommy Tutone-style power pop that dominates the album and their repertoire in general (Young & Free). Slip Shot is the instrumental of the moment.
(Original English text by Piero Scaruffi)
Pigs Are People Too (Negative Feedback, 1994) and
Swing (K, 1996), that includes
My Good Name and Time To Leave,
are not particularly successful.
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