Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – Have Another Ball

One of my alltime favorite Graspop Metal Meeting moments has to be when Me First And The Gimme Gimmes played there between all the black, death and hasbeen metal acts. Especially when they pulled out the ukelele and went into “I Believe I Can Fly”.

It shows what kinda band the Gimme Gimmes are. The problem with a joke that gets out of hand though is that it isn’t funny anymore. Up til now these guys avoided that pitfall by having fun concepts where they fooled around with everything from showtunes to country. But would it still work with “Have Another Ball”, a new album with not so new songs recorded back in 1997 during the sessions for their debut, “Have A Ball” ?

The answer is yes because I caught myself smiling when I heard The Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop” being used as the intro for “You’ve Got A Friend” and “Only The Good Die Young” is probably one of the best covers the Gimme Gimmes ever laid down on tape.

If you bought the now out-of-print 7” series, you’ve pretty much heard all these songs before. But it should be a treat for everyone else, provided by one of the longest running gimmick bands in punk.
Score: 7 out of 10
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