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Sean "Spike" Slawson (born April 9, 1970) is an Americanpunk rock musician, a member ofMe First and the Gimme Gimmes,Swingin' Utters,Filthy Thievin' Bastards,Re-Volts,Uke-Hunt, and Los Nuevos Bajos.
Having grown up inPittsburgh,[1] Slawson worked in the mail order department of the record labelFat Wreck Chords (which is the subject of a song byThe Aquabats titled "Dear Spike").[2]
He later was inMe First and the Gimme Gimmes (acover band/'supergroup' consisting mainly of members of Fat Wreck bands) formed in1995. Slawson is the lead singer for the group. From 1997 to 2012, he was thebassist forSwingin' Utters. He also plays bass inFilthy Thieving Bastards, sings and plays bass for theRe-Volts, sings and plays ukulele forUke-Hunt, and sings for Los Nuevos Bajos, a Latin Post-Punk outfit that cover mostly classic Boleros, started by Slawson and a group of Panamanian musicians in 2018.