This way: Hick in the Movie
Should we still like an old 80s band called the Nip Drivers? I give humor a pass, but this is also a hearty embrace of bad taste all around which was a hall mark for the band. So says the white guy. I saw them play a few times out in LA. And they were the perfect blend of car-crash rock. Could hardly get thru the set. The first time I saw them the bass player took her bass and put it back in the case and left midway thru the 3rd song. Band did not blink. The Nip Drivers were an American punk rock band formed in 1980 in Torrance, California. The band was the brainchild of lead singer Mike Webber, and for a time included guitarist Kurt Schellenbach, Janus Jones on bass, and Nick Passiglia on drums, though the lineup at any given time was fluid. They played fast hardcore punk, often infused with humor and a total lack of political correctness. In addition to their own compositions, they recorded sometimes improbable covers of pop hits such as Olivia Newton-John’s “Have You Never Been Mellow,” Duran Duran's "Rio," and Sweet’s “Fox on the Run”. The last is heard on the soundtrack of the 1984 film Desperate Teenage Lovedolls. The band also made a cameo appearance in the 1985 film Echo Park starring Susan Dey.
In 2001 Mike emerged with the last Nip Drivers line up. He used his other band Marc Spitz Freestyle, as his back up band. The other members included Jula Bell on bass and b.u.vox, Greg Cameron (SWA, October Faction) on drums, and Dave Wakefield (Sukia) on guitar. Mike Webber died on November 11, 2006.
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