Tim Fite

Tim Fite
Tim Fite performing at the Canopy Club in Urbana, Illinois on October 16th, 2008
Background information
Birth name	Timothy Sullivan
Origin	Knowlton, New Jersey, United States
Genres	Folk, hip hop, indie
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, sampling, guitar, bass
Years active	2000–present
Labels	ANTI-
Associated acts	Little-T and One Track Mike The Water Island DeLeon

Tim Fite (born Timothy Sullivan)^[1] is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, living and working in Brooklyn. His past releases have run the gamut from indie to alternative to country to hip hop.

History

Fite was born and raised in rural New Jersey, where he developed a certain fascination with guns and social value systems that can be found in his music, art and the illustrated stories he also creates.^[2]

Fite is known for using samples from long-forgotten records to amplify his mixed-genre approach to music.^{[citation needed]} On his Anti Records debut Gone Ain't Gone he set the self-imposed limit of using only samples from records bought for less than a dollar.^[3]

During the early 2000s, Fite was one half of hip hop duo Little-T and One Track Mike,^[1] who are mostly remembered for their only hit "Shaniqua", which was popular on music channels such as MTV. After that group went on an indefinite hiatus, Fite signed to the ANTI- Records label and started releasing solo albums.

In 2006, Fite released a full-length, web-only, free hip hop record, Over the Counter Culture, which was a critique of modern culture of consumerism and greed. Critics from the Los Angeles Times to the Chicago Tribune to the Chicago Sun Times placed it in their top 10 for 2007, yet in deference to the subject matter, Fite decided not to release it commercially.^[4] Fite has continued to release albums free of charge through his website, most recently 2010's Under the Table Tennis.

Fite's Fair Ain't Fair was released May 6, 2008,^[5] which was followed by a tour with Philadelphia's Man Man.^[6]

Tim released Ain't Ain't Aint, the final installment of his "Ain't" album trilogy, on March 6, 2012. ^[7]

He often collaborates with Ryan Foregger for his music videos.

Discography

Albums

• Gone Ain't Gone (2005)
• 2 Minute Blues (2006)
• Over the Counter Culture (2007)
• It's Only Ketchup (2007)
• Fair Ain't Fair (2008)
• Ding-Dong DITCH!!! (2008)
• Change of Heart (2009)
• Watch Your Mouth (2009)
• Under the Table Tennis (2010)
• Ain't Ain't Ain't (2012)

Collaborations

• See Little-T and One Track Mike for his previous band efforts
• The Water Island with Danielle Stech-Homsy (2006)
• "Black and Costaud (Tim Fite Redux)" with My Brightest Diamond, released on Inside a Boy (2008)
• Just for You with Dr. Leisure (2008)
• "Not Today" with The Grates, released on Teeth Lost, Hearts Won (2008)
• "Porke Yorach" with DeLeon (2008)
• Produced The Low Hanging Fruit by The Wailing Wall (2010)
• "What to Do" with Diwon (2013)

Filmography

Music videos

• "Away from the Snakes" (2005)
• "Camouflage" (2007)
• Fair Ain't Fair teasers
  • "Yesterday's Garden" (2008)
  • "Piece of Cake" (2008)
  • "Rats and Rags" (2008)
  • "Thought I Was a Gun" (2008)
• "Big Mistake" (2008)
• "Hold Me All Night" (2013)

Short films

• "The Day I First Seen Tim Fite" (2006)
• GunShow episodes:^[8]
  • "Teaser" (April 30, 2007)
  • "Living with Tim Fite" (Part 1) (May 22, 2007)
  • "Where's Your Beard" (May 29, 2007)
  • "Wrong Side" (June 5, 2007)
  • "Penny Candy Taste Test" (June 12, 2007)
  • "Living with Tim Fite" (Part 2) (June 19, 2007)
  • "Good Cop Bad Cop" (June 27, 2007)
  • "Shame On You" (July 3, 2007)
  • "Wrecking Ball" (July 10, 2007)

References

External links

• Tim Fite official website
• Tim Fite on Myspace
• Tim Fite on YouTube
• Tim Fite on ANTI-Records