current_members associated_acts years_active label image_size article_title landscape background genre image origin name
spike raun slawson joey cape chris shiflett fat mike dave lagwagon utters , no use for a name , nofx , foo fighters , swingin ' 1995 -- present fat wreck chords 250 me first and the gim me gimmes
 yes group_or_band punk rock , pop punk me academy.jpg first and the gim me gimmes at newcastle san francisco , california me first and the gim me gimmes
me first and the gim me gimmes

me first and the gim me gimmes -lrb- often shortened to just `` me first '' or `` the gimmes '' -rrb- are a punk rock supergroup and cover band that formed in san francisco in 1995 .
the gimmes work exclusively as a cover band .
the band is named after a children 's book of the same name by gerald g. jampolsky and diane v. cirincione .
