Die Spitz and Snooper brought punk bite to San Diego
The Rolling Stone Rock Tour hit House of Blues San Diego on July 16 with Austin’s Die Spitz and Nashville’s Snooper sharing the bill.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Two sharp-edged punk acts took over House of Blues San Diego on July 16 as the Rolling Stone Rock Tour rolled into town with Die Spitz and Snooper on the same bill.
The tour, presented by Miller High Life in partnership with Sonesta International Hotels, brought together a pair of bands with very different live identities, according to Rolling Stone. Die Spitz, an Austin, Texas, punk quartet, arrived with a growing reputation, while Snooper came in from Nashville with its own oddball charge.
Rolling Stone described Die Spitz as a band with major critical momentum and fans beyond the United States. The San Diego date added another stop to what the magazine said has already been a busy year for the group.
Snooper, meanwhile, was billed by Rolling Stone as an “egg-punk” act influenced by Devo. The Nashville group’s stage show also includes oversized papier-mâché puppets, giving the night a visual jolt as well as a noisy one.
Die Spitz keeps stacking big stages
The San Diego show followed a run of high-profile bookings for Die Spitz. Rolling Stone said the band has played Coachella and opened for Foo Fighters at a large soccer stadium in Liverpool, England.
The group’s schedule, according to Rolling Stone, also included upcoming appearances at Outside Lands, Lollapalooza and Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields festival.
Earlier this year, Die Spitz guitarist Eleanor Livingston told Rolling Stone that the rush of performing for large crowds is hard to match.
“The beauty of playing for so many people is an energy that not many people experience,” Livingston told the magazine, “especially when they know your lyrics and whatnot. It’s like you climbed to the top of a mountain. It’s freakin’ better than sex. It’s a crazy feeling.”
Backstage, onstage and in the crowd
Rolling Stone published a 15-photo gallery from the San Diego stop, showing the performance from multiple angles. The magazine said its photographer captured moments from the stage, the audience and backstage, including candid shots of both bands away from the spotlight.
The House of Blues date was part of the broader Rolling Stone Rock Tour, a series built around live rock shows in different cities. For this stop, the focus was on two bands pushing fast, strange and loud sounds from different corners of the punk map.
For Die Spitz, the night fit into a run that has already included festival crowds and stadium exposure. For Snooper, the San Diego show brought its Devo-inspired chaos and puppet-filled stagecraft to the same room, making the double bill a compact snapshot of where unruly guitar music is headed right now, as presented by Rolling Stone.
This story draws on original reporting from Rolling Stone.