DJ Spinshits comes from one of the great masters of rock, Josh Taylor (aka. Old Man Taylor, aka. Grandfather Time, aka. Showtime Hollywood Josh Taylor, aka. “featuring Josh Taylor”). He’s been in several great bands and a million other side projects, mostly in Denver, but now he’s in LA. He is a factory of loud and often annoying rock music. He is my hero.

He was the bassist in one of the Greatest Bands Of All Time, Friends Forever. I really shouldn’t have to go on, but I love this man. When Friends Forever dissolved a few sad years ago, he recast the band with blond ladies in bikinis, who could rock just as hard with fireworks strapped to their helmets while playing out of a van in the middle of a parking lot. He called it Josh Taylor’s Friends Forever and several US tours ensued. Pure genius.

He is now in a handful of LA bands, most notably Smooth Grooves and Foot Village. In Smooth Grooves, when he’s on drums, there are two drummers. When he’s on bass, there are two bassists. Either way, it’s fucking awesome. I’m recording their debut record in the coming weeks. Color me excited. In Foot Village, he drums alongside three other crazy people, myself included, and screams his head off. Very loud. Very great. Like I said, this man is a rock monster. Unstoppable.

I’ve been a fan of this man for quite some time, probably all of my life as The World’s Greatest American Rock DJ, and this record I post is one of my favorites.

It has nothing to do with his domination of the bass or drums or trumpet or screaming or coordinating a firework display. In fact, it’s almost completely off-topic.

As he once explained it to me, DJ Spinshits seeks out to make the absolute worst mixes imaginable. Two turntables and a microphone are his tools, and he destroys each one with amazing force. So he made two records as DJ Spinshits and sent them to all the turntablism magazines that review submissions. As I recall, he only got one printed review in which the reviewer was just horrified that someone took the time to make this horrible, horrible record.

I couldn’t disagree more. I’m happy this was made. It’s fucking great to listen to. He cuts off a shitty 80’s pop song with machine gun fire and then goes right into screaming rock. Then he starts scratching. Badly. And then he’ll yell, “Alriiiiiiight! DJ SPIIIIIIIIINS HITS!” Then he starts singing “Come Sail Away.”

Fuck this record is great. Perhaps I’ll post the follow-up record “Yo! Tip Yip Yall!” in a few weeks.