The Snivelling Shits Release Live Album “Shit’s Alve!”

Shit’s Alive! is a limited-edition colour vinyl LP put together by The Snivelling Shits‘ original founder member Pete Makowski and Damaged Goods Records to celebrate the band’s reunion gigs in late 2018 and 2019. The original album by The Snivelling Shits, I Can’t Come, was released back in 1989 with original frontman Giovanni Dadamo supplying the tapes and helping with the artwork. The reunion featured two original Shits, Pete Makowski and Dave Fudger, along with Tom Crossley (Famous Monsters) on vocals, James Sherry (Done Lying Down / Desperate Measures) who took over the drums and Richard Leeds (Du Bellows) and Moyni (The Phobics) on bass duties. After a few rehearsals they did a low-key warm up gig billed as Arthur Comix, then their first proper gig at the Damaged Goods Records 30th anniversary gigs at The Lexington on the 15th December 2018, swiftly followed by another gig at The Pelton Arms in Greenwich on the 16th February 2019.

Both gigs were recorded by Lee McFadden and at Makowski’s suggestion they decided to make a live album up to “celebrate” the events. The Snivelling Shits went onto play a gloriously unhinged and chaotic set in front of a huge crowd at the Opera House at the Rebellion Festival in August 2019. That was the last gig as soon after the pandemic hit and very sadly and tragically Pete Makowski died in late 2021. The album is a fitting tribute to Pete and the band’s comeback gigs, it also includes two demos from the original line-up that appeared as a very limited 7″ for sale at the Rebellion Festival show in 2019. Shit’s Alive is dedicated to the memory of Pete Makowski, 1956-2021.

Shit’s Alive is now available via Damaged Goods Records