Candy Snatchers formed 1990? in
Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Punk band. Known for drunken, violent gigs. The band is to bass players what
Spinal Tap is to drummers. Tours incessantly, drinks even more. The house band, of sorts, at the
Beach Grille in Virginia Beach and at the
Colley Cantina in
Norfolk, where the guitarist washed dishes until he got fired.
The singer and guitarist grew up together and often get into fistfights. The drummer once nearly got into a fight with
Scott Asheton of
The Stooges, after Asheton complained about having to use his piece-of-shit drumkit.
On the whole, more likely to implode or kill each other than any band alive, including
Exile On Main Street-era
Stones.
Personnel:
When Johns is on the outs with the other band members (or in
rehab,) his replacements have been:
Labels:
Discography:
(cover versions are linked to the artists who wrote the songs)
"Gold Digger" b/w "Pain Stains" and "Motion" 7" EP
Sounds Like Shit Records
Released: 1993
"Pinto Pony" and "Deadbeat" on "Several Dead Presidents Are Buried In Our Backyard: Richmond Music Cooperative Volume 2" CD
Released: 1993
"Pinto Pony" b/w "Buzzsaw" and "My Sleaze" 7" EP
Sounds Like Shit Records
Released: 1993
"Fuck My Family" b/w "Now Who's Cryin" 7"
Ultra Under Records
Released: 1994
"Lil Lolita" on "One Nation Underground" CD
Monkeyland Records
Released: 1994
Candy Snatchers/Gimcrack split 7" EP
includes "Lil' Lolita," "Deadbeat," and "Loner"
Stiff Pole Records
Released: 1994
"She Goes Down" b/w "Dirty Thang" 7"
Bowling Donuts Records
Released: 1995
"Why Ya That Way?" on "R.A.F.R." CD
Flipside Records
Released: 1995
"The Candy Snatchers" LP, CD, Cass.
includes "She's Gettin' Loose," "Yeah You," "Well I...," "Motion" (different version from 7"), "Nightcrawler," "Fed Up with You," "This Town," "Sympathy Trip," "Haunted Road," "Turnin' Blue," "Matty's Room," "Sauced Again," "It's Too Late," "Why I Drink," Whisperin' Wind," "Tomato Man"
Safehouse Records
Released: 1996
Candy Snatchers/Screaming Bloody Marys split 7"
includes "Church Police" and "Action Woman"
Frisbee Records
Released: 1996
"Live on a Five" 5"
includes "Gold Digger" b/w "
Cock in my Pocket" both live
Headache Records
Released: 1996
"Do Me a Favor and Die" b/w "Cock in My Pocket" 7"
Black Lung Records
Released: 1996
"Bum Me Out" b/w "Lost and Found" 7"
American Punk Records
Released: 1997
"Hooligan" on "Blasts From the Basement" 7"
Centsless Productions
Released: 1997
"Sympathy Trip" on "Half-assed, Will Travel" LP
Perenium Records (Eric
New Bomb Turk)
Released: 1997
"Treda Douche" on "Smells Like Spring" LP
Intensive Scare Records
Released: 1997
"Fuck My Family" on "Son of Slam Chops" CD
Triple X Records
Released: 1997
"Pissed Off, Ripped Off, Screwed" CD
includes "Loner," "She Goes Down," "Pinto Pony," "Deadbeat," "Lost and Found," "Fuck My Family," "Lil' Lolita," "Now Who's Cryin'," "My Sleaze," "Buzzsaw," "Pain Stains," "Gold Digger," "Motion" (different version from 7" and self-titled CD), "Why Ya That Way? (different version from "R.A.F.R." CD), "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"
Go-Kart Records
Released: 1997
"Dead and Alive" and "Sounds Like Shit" b/w "We Never Learn" 7" EP
Centsless Productions
Released: 1997
"Nice and Sleazy" on "No More Heroes: A Tribute to
the Stranglers" CD
Elevator Records
Released: 1998
"Shut Your Mouth" b/w "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" 7"
Junk Records
Released: 1998
"30 Grams to Life" b/w "
Fresh Rag" 7"
Safety Pin Records
Released: 1998
"Bum" b/w "You Want What" 7"
Solamente Records
Released: 1998
"
Do You Wanna Know?" on "Drunk on Rock Volume One" CD
I-94 Recordings
Released: 1998
"Moronic Pleasures" b/w "I'm So Cool" 7"
Black Lung Records
Released: 1998
Candy Snatchers/
Adam West split 7"
includes "
Picture My Face"
Fandango Records
Released: 1998
"Human Zoo" CD
includes "No Time To Waste," "Color Me Blood Red," "If You Can't Have Fun, You Ain't No Fun," "Burn It To The Ground," "Treda Douche" (different version from compilation), "Hard Up," "30 Grams To Life" (different version from 7"), "Hooligan" (different version from 7"), "Real Thick Head," "Drunken Blur," "Gone For Good," "Killin' My Buzz," "Pain In The Ass," "Such A Fool," Pissed Off, Ripped Off, Screwed," "Moronic Pleasures" (different version from 7")
Go-Kart Records
Released: 1999
"Ugly On The Inside" b/w "
Cocaine County" & "Party Girl" 7" EP
Get Hip Records
Released: 1999
"Murder City Nights" on "Flattery--A Tribute to
Radio Birdman" Volume #1 CD
Nomad/Fandango Records
Released: 1999
"Halloween" on "Graveyard Drag Race" double 7"
Reptilian Records
Released: 1999
"Survival Of The Fittest" b/w "
Suffragette City" 7"
Cold Front Records
Released: 2000
"Color Me Blood Red" LP, CD
includes "No Time To Waste" (live), "Damned If I Don't Or Do" (live), "Treda Douche" (live), "If You Can't Have Fun, You Ain't No Fun" (live), "I'm A Bastard" (live), "Burn It To The Ground" (live), "Killin' My Buzz" (live), "Hard Up" (live), "Drunken Blur" (live), "Pain In The Ass" (live), "Color Me Blood Red" (different version from "Human Zoo"), "Burn It To The Ground" (different version from "Human Zoo"), "You Make It Hard," "I'm So Cool," "30 Grams To Life" (7" version), "Fresh Rag," "Dead And Alive," "Sounds Like Shit," "We Never Learn," "Do You Wanna Know?"
Black Lung Records Records
Released: 2000
"Takin' A Ride" CD EP
includes "
Takin' A Ride," "(I'm A) Bastard," "Ass, Grass, Or Crack," "Outta My Mind," "Black Betty," "Shit City"
Cold Front Records
Released: 2001
"This is Rock N Roll" CD (split with Cheap Dates)
includes "This Is Rock N Roll," "Give It Up," "You Make It Hard" (different version from "Color Me Blood Red"), "Baby's No Good," "House Of Skag," "You're Over It," "Shortcut To Disaster," "Ass Casserole," "Run You Down"
Man's Ruin Records
Released: 2001
Candy Snatchers/
Nashville Pussy split 7"
includes "Run You Down"
Black Lung Records
Released: 2001