The Stitches is a 1970s-style punk rock band formed in 1994 in Orange County

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. The Stitches record on independent labels such as Disaster, Gold Standard Laboratories

Gold Standard Laboratories

Gold Standard Laboratories or GSL was an independent record label which was founded in 1993 in Boulder, Colorado by Sonny Kay. In 2000, it was relocated to San Diego, California, USA, and two years later, to Los Angeles. It was headquartered in L.A...

, Vinyl Dog, Suburbia, TKO, and Kapow

Kapow Records

Kapow Records is a record label that was founded in 2000 in Orange County, California. It later relocated to Los Angeles in early 2005.-Discography:* Kapow #1 The Starvations Church Of The Double Cross 7"* Kapow #2 Throw Rag Bag Of Glue 7"...

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Current band members are Mike Lohrman on vocals, Johnny Witmer on guitar, Pete Archer on bass, and Craig Barker on drums. Former members include drummer Johnny Sleeper and guitarist Logan Graham.

In 2008, Witmer co-founded The Crazy Squeeze with Sleeper, Graham and Tara Belle of Long Beach

Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

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Albums

• 8x12
  8x12
  8x12 is an album released by the Orange County, CA punk rock band The Stitches.-Track listing:#"Nowhere"#"I Can't Do Anything"#"Throw It Away"#"Better off Dead"#"My Baby Hates Me"#"True Stories"#"Amphetamine Girl"#"That Woman's Got Me Drinking"...
  
  (1995)
• 12 Imaginary Inches (2002)
• You Better Shut Up and Listen (2002)

EPs

• 4 More Songs from the Stitches
• 5 More Songs from the Stitches

Singles

• "V/A You Know It's a Product..." (1994)
• "Sixteen" / "Something New" (1994)
• "Two New Cuts" (1995)
• "Sixteen" / "Heaven" (1995)
• "Talk Sick" (1997)
• "2nd Chance" (1997)
• "Living' at 110" (1997)
• "You Tear Me Out" (1997)
• "Cars of Today" split w/Le Shok
  Le Shok
  Le Shok was a synthpunk band from Long Beach, California, USA. The band was made up of members of various other punk bands from the area and existed from 1997 until early 2001, releasing numerous 7" records, one full-length, and touring the US twice....
  
   (1999)
• "Automatic" (2002)
• "Monday Morning Ornaments" (2010)

Compilations

• It Smells Like Spring (1997)
• Old Skars And Upstarts (1998) (includes "Livin’ At 110")
• Viva la Vinyl Vol. #3 (1999) (includes "I Just Wanna Fuck")
• A Fistful Of Rock-N-Roll Vol. #3 (2000) (includes "My Baby Hates Me")
• Punch Drunk III (2001) (includes "Cars Of Today")
• Old Skars And Upstarts 2001 (2001) (includes "Pick Me Up")
• Old Skars And Upstarts 2002 (2002) (includes "Electroshock Carol")
• The L.A. Shakedown (2003) (includes "Automatic")
• Punch Drunk V (includes "Better Looks (When You're Dead)") (2004)
• A Tale Of Rotten Orange (2010)

External links

• The Stitches interview Thrasher Magazine - June 2002