Die Spitz and Snooper Blitz San Diego on the Rolling Stone Rock Tour

Die Spitz guitarist Ellie Livingston wanders into the crowd at the San Diego House of Blues. From their earliest days on the Austin DIY punk scene, the group has done whatever they can to break down barriers between the band and their fans. 

The five members of Snooper, and one of their signature puppets. 

Like Die Spitz, Snooper are signed to Jack White’s Third Man Records. They released their second LP, Worldwide, in October 2025. 

Die Spitz have spent the last few years playing gigs all over the world, but only recently did they start making enough money to leave their day jobs. 

Snooper are at the forefront of the “egg punk” subscene. To the uninitiated, that means they favor low-fi recordings and music drenched in social satire. Devo basically invented this decades before others groups latched on. 

The San Diego show fell in the middle of an extremely busy month for Snooper, who rarely have even a single day off right now.

After years of road work and a couple of acclaimed EPs, Die Spitz released their debut LP, Something to Consume, in September 2025. 

Despite the endless proclamations that “rock is dead,” Die Spitz play to overwhelmingly energetic, young crowds anywhere they tour. 

Die Spitz’s Ava Schrobilgen salutes her bandmate. Like many of her bandmates, Schrobilgen often switches instruments throughout the show. 

It’s not uncommon for things to get a little chippy in a Die Spitz mosh pit, but these fans seem ready for it. 

Die Spitz’s Kate Halter on bass. She met her bandmates in high school back in 2022. 

In the early days of Die Spitz, they could only dream of playing a venue like the San Diego House of Blues, with mobs of fans pressed against the rail. The band used to sleep in their van at highway rest stops. “We’d feel like we were going to die, because that’s where a lot of murders happen,” Eleanor Livingston told Rolling Stone. “But it was also the best time of my life.”

Die Spitz drummer Chloe de St. Aubin is thrilled that the group has been able to play larger venues recently, meaning they can all stop cramming into one hotel room. “We’re moving up,” she recently told Rolling Stone. “We might even get our own beds.”

After taking a bow, Die Spitz were on to the next show. They’re booked solid through May 2027, including a run of European dates opening for Olivia Rodrigo.