Direct Hit!

A Milwaukee-based pop-punk unit that specializes in tight, fist-pumping anti-anthems in the vein of Sum 41 and the Vandals, Direct Hit! was founded in 2007 by singer/guitarist Nick Woods. Prior to the project's formation, Woods was handling guitar duties for Madison-based indie rockers the Box Social. The impetus of Direct Hit! was to forgo the usual rigamarole of releasing an album every couple of years and just concentrate on singles and EPs, comic book style, which the band did vigorously between 2008 and 2010. In 2011, they issued their first full-length, Domesplitter, whi...