Hey everybody. Chris here. The Gamits are calling it quits. Yes, it’s true. There are many reasons for this happening. Mainly it is just time to move on. As many of you know there have been a few different people in this band over the years and I am the only original member. Here is a list of everyone who has played in this band; Matt Vanleuven ( bass mostly and drums at one point ) Matt Martinez ( bass ) Forrest Bartosh ( drums ) Scott Weigel ( bass ) Luke Mathers (bass ) Brian Pentagram ( drums ) Scott Swarers ( bass ) and Jason Walker ( drums ). I would like to thank every one of you for being in the band even if it was just for a couple weeks or a couple years. I will hold back from thanking anyone specifically except band members because if I thank one person I have to thank about 500. Ok, I will make one exception and thank Virgil Dickerson because he was always been my right hand man and has supported the Gamits through thick and thin.

The current line up worked very hard and helped to put out what I believe to be the best album we ever did. (Antidote) It received overwhelmingly good reviews and has hopefully left its own little mark on this music scene. For that I am very proud. This band, all line ups included, afforded me and everyone involved to travel all over Europe, Japan, Canada and the United States many times. I’ll never forget these experiences, good and bad, for as long as I live. There is no way to thank everyone in every country for every meal, bed, show, tour, or beer but if we could we would let you all crash at our houses and buy you about 50,000 drinks. Being in a band like ours can take its toll on you after awhile. I’m sure many of you can relate, as almost everyone I know is in a band. We started in 1995 on a tiny label and stayed on an independent label to this day. The Gamits were never the punkest band in the world but we were extremely DIY when it came to our music. It was written, produced, and recorded by us in the studio that we built from scratch. (8 Houses Down) For all of this I am very proud as well. Who knows what could have happened to the Gamits if we would have taken a different approach. I don’t want to turn this into a whole speech about the current state of punk rock, but let’s just say that nobody in this band ever sat around and talked about how we were going to make it big or sign to a major label. It seems like that’s all anybody cares about anymore. Kids these days sometimes look down on you if you aren’t on a major label. They think you must suck or something. This is very backwards and it’s in a scene like this that bands like ours get eaten up. Not only that, but lots of good bands who don’t know any better sign to a major and they get screwed. Music in general suffers. The state of this scene really has nothing to do with the Gamits demise. I just wanted to get in my two cents about "punk rock" today because I know a lot of people will be reading this. For the most part the scene is anything but "punk." Most of the bands seem to sound the same and it’s more trendy and corporate than I ever thought it could be. I hope that it turns around soon. It has to.
With all that said we will continue to play music in other bands / projects that you will hopefully be hearing about soon.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and if you have never bought a Gamits record, do yourself and us a favor and go get "Antidote" and see what you were missing!

The Gamits will be playing a number of shows in December with their friends from Japan, Link. We will have the dates posted on our website and on the Gamits website soon, but these will be their final shows.