Fuck (band)
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Fuck is an American indie rock
band, formed in Oakland, California
in 1993. The band consists of Timothy Prudhomme, Geoff Soule, Kyle Statham, and Theodore Ellison. They have recorded for a number of labels including Matador Records
and Homesleep Records of Italy
.
in 1993. The members met while stuck in a police holding cell over the weekend, and wrote a few songs while in jail. They released a self-titled cassette called Fuck
, and a single, MonkeyBeautyShotgun on their own imprint, Rhesus Records, in 1994. (The songs from the cassette would eventually find their way onto later releases.) They released their second full-length album Pretty...Slow
in 1996. The album was ultimately released on three different labels. Their third album, Baby Loves a Funny Bunny
, was also released in 1996.
The band then signed to Matador Records, who released the albums Pardon My French
in 1997 and Conduct
in 1998. According to Timothy Prudhomme, the band were told by a Matador marketing director that they needed to change the name of the band. They refused to give in.
After Conduct, the band left Matador and drifted between labels. In 2001, they released two albums on two different labels: Cupid's Cactus
was released on Steve Shelley
's independent label, Smells Like Records
, and Gold Bricks
was released on Homesleep Records in 2001. Those Are Not My Bongos
was released in 2003 on both Homesleep and Future Farmer Records
; the latter rereleased Gold Bricks in the U.S. in 2004.
To date, Fuck has performed over 400 live shows and recorded on nine different labels. Prudhomme currently lives in Memphis and the rest of the band lives in the San Francisco Bay Area
. The band website reports that new material was recorded in January 2007 but it remains unreleased.
In November 2008, the band participated with other similarly named bands, including Holy Fuck, Fucked Up
and Fuck Buttons
in the Festival of the Fuck Bands music festival
in the village of Fucking, Austria
.
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band, formed in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
in 1993. The band consists of Timothy Prudhomme, Geoff Soule, Kyle Statham, and Theodore Ellison. They have recorded for a number of labels including Matador Records
Matador Records
Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...
and Homesleep Records of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
History
Fuck was formed in Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
in 1993. The members met while stuck in a police holding cell over the weekend, and wrote a few songs while in jail. They released a self-titled cassette called Fuck
Fuck (album)
Fuck is the first release from the indie rock band Fuck. The album was self-released and only available on cassette. All the songs on the album eventually appeared on later releases.-Track listing:# Beauty Remains# Monkey Does His Thing# Last Thing...
, and a single, MonkeyBeautyShotgun on their own imprint, Rhesus Records, in 1994. (The songs from the cassette would eventually find their way onto later releases.) They released their second full-length album Pretty...Slow
Pretty...Slow
Pretty...Slow is the second full-length album by indie rock band Fuck, and the first to see wide release. It was released by their own label, Rhesus Records, in 1996, and contains new material as well as songs originally released on their first album, the cassette Fuck.-Track listing:# Wrongy...
in 1996. The album was ultimately released on three different labels. Their third album, Baby Loves a Funny Bunny
Baby Loves a Funny Bunny
Baby Loves a Funny Bunny is the third album by the indie rock band Fuck. It was released by the vanity label Rhesus Records and combines new songs with songs previously used on their first cassette release Fuck.-Track listing:#Boy Meets Girl#Swinger...
, was also released in 1996.
The band then signed to Matador Records, who released the albums Pardon My French
Pardon My French (album)
Pardon My French is the fourth album by the indie rock band Fuck, and their first album for Matador Records.-Track listing:# Li'l Hilda# Fuck Motel# Le Serpent# Bestest Friend# Compromise# One lb. of IN# La Jolla# For Lori# Raggy Rag# Tether...
in 1997 and Conduct
Conduct (album)
Conduct is the fifth album by indie rock band Fuck, and was released by Matador Records in 1998. A version was released in Japan by Bandai Records...
in 1998. According to Timothy Prudhomme, the band were told by a Matador marketing director that they needed to change the name of the band. They refused to give in.
After Conduct, the band left Matador and drifted between labels. In 2001, they released two albums on two different labels: Cupid's Cactus
Cupid's Cactus
Cupid's Cactus is the sixth full-length album by the indie rock band Fuck, released on Smells Like Records in 2001.-Track listing:# Glass Charms# High# Someday Aisle# Dandelion Ditch# Melt# Panties Off# San Jacinto# Awright# It's Unbelievable...
was released on Steve Shelley
Steve Shelley
Steven Jay Shelley is an American drummer, best known as the drummer of alternative rock band Sonic Youth.-Biography:...
's independent label, Smells Like Records
Smells Like Records
Smells Like Records is an independent record label based in Hoboken, New Jersey formed by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley in 1993. Groups that have recorded under the label include Sonic Youth, Blonde Redhead, Cat Power, The Raincoats, Fuck, and The Rondelles....
, and Gold Bricks
Gold Bricks
Gold Bricks is the seventh album by the indie rock band Fuck, and their first for Homesleep Records. The album contains new material as well as live songs and rarities.-Track listing:#Diapers#Made Up Last Night#Beauty Remains#Flapper...
was released on Homesleep Records in 2001. Those Are Not My Bongos
Those Are Not My Bongos
Those Are Not My Bongos is the eighth studio album by the American indie rock band Fuck. The album was released in the United States by Future Farmer Records and internationally by Homesleep Records. It is their last studio album to date, although a ninth one was completed in January 2007, but no...
was released in 2003 on both Homesleep and Future Farmer Records
Future Farmer Records
Future Farmer Records is an independent record label based in San Francisco, California.Inspired by skateboarding culture Future Farmer was founded in 1996 by San Joaquin Valley natives Jeff Klindt and Dennis Mitchell.Former label member M...
; the latter rereleased Gold Bricks in the U.S. in 2004.
To date, Fuck has performed over 400 live shows and recorded on nine different labels. Prudhomme currently lives in Memphis and the rest of the band lives in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
. The band website reports that new material was recorded in January 2007 but it remains unreleased.
In November 2008, the band participated with other similarly named bands, including Holy Fuck, Fucked Up
Fucked Up
Fucked Up is a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Canada. The band won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for the album The Chemistry of Common Life.-History:The band formed and played their first shows in early 2001...
and Fuck Buttons
Fuck Buttons
Fuck Buttons are a two-piece electronic group formed in Bristol in 2004 by Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power.-Biography:Hung and Power grew up in Worcester. Hung was influenced by Aphex Twin, while Power was a fan of Mogwai. They developed a friendship in 2004 while attending art school in...
in the Festival of the Fuck Bands music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
in the village of Fucking, Austria
Fucking, Austria
Fucking is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. The village is north of Salzburg, east of the German border....
.
Albums
- FuckFuck (album)Fuck is the first release from the indie rock band Fuck. The album was self-released and only available on cassette. All the songs on the album eventually appeared on later releases.-Track listing:# Beauty Remains# Monkey Does His Thing# Last Thing...
(cassetteCompact CassetteThe Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
) - Rhesus - 1994 - Pretty...SlowPretty...SlowPretty...Slow is the second full-length album by indie rock band Fuck, and the first to see wide release. It was released by their own label, Rhesus Records, in 1996, and contains new material as well as songs originally released on their first album, the cassette Fuck.-Track listing:# Wrongy...
(CD) - Rhesus - 1996 - Baby Loves a Funny BunnyBaby Loves a Funny BunnyBaby Loves a Funny Bunny is the third album by the indie rock band Fuck. It was released by the vanity label Rhesus Records and combines new songs with songs previously used on their first cassette release Fuck.-Track listing:#Boy Meets Girl#Swinger...
(CD) - Rhesus - 1996 - Pardon My FrenchPardon My French (album)Pardon My French is the fourth album by the indie rock band Fuck, and their first album for Matador Records.-Track listing:# Li'l Hilda# Fuck Motel# Le Serpent# Bestest Friend# Compromise# One lb. of IN# La Jolla# For Lori# Raggy Rag# Tether...
(CD) - Matador - 1997 - ConductConduct (album)Conduct is the fifth album by indie rock band Fuck, and was released by Matador Records in 1998. A version was released in Japan by Bandai Records...
(CD) - Matador - 1998 - Cupid's CactusCupid's CactusCupid's Cactus is the sixth full-length album by the indie rock band Fuck, released on Smells Like Records in 2001.-Track listing:# Glass Charms# High# Someday Aisle# Dandelion Ditch# Melt# Panties Off# San Jacinto# Awright# It's Unbelievable...
(CD) - Smells Like RecordsSmells Like RecordsSmells Like Records is an independent record label based in Hoboken, New Jersey formed by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley in 1993. Groups that have recorded under the label include Sonic Youth, Blonde Redhead, Cat Power, The Raincoats, Fuck, and The Rondelles....
- 2001 - Gold BricksGold BricksGold Bricks is the seventh album by the indie rock band Fuck, and their first for Homesleep Records. The album contains new material as well as live songs and rarities.-Track listing:#Diapers#Made Up Last Night#Beauty Remains#Flapper...
(CD) - Homesleep Records - 2001 - Those Are Not My BongosThose Are Not My BongosThose Are Not My Bongos is the eighth studio album by the American indie rock band Fuck. The album was released in the United States by Future Farmer Records and internationally by Homesleep Records. It is their last studio album to date, although a ninth one was completed in January 2007, but no...
(CD) - Homesleep Records - 2003
Singles and EPs
- "MonkeyBeautyShotgun" (7") - Rhesus - 1994
- "LikeyouButterflySomewheres" (7") - Rhesus - 1995
- "Fish or Fry" (7") - Academy of Chess and Checkers - 1996
- "TetherFuckmotel" (7") - JagjaguwarJagjaguwarJagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...
- 1997 - "Tocotronic" (7") - Rhesus - 1998
- "Moxie" (7") - Rhesus - 1998
- "Yuppie Flu" (7") - Rhesus - 1999
- "BlindbeautyMadeup" (7") - Speakerphone Recordings - 1999
- "Mumble and Peg" (7") - Vaccination Records - 1999
- "Pee" (7") - Cool Beans Records - 2000
- "Homesleep Singles Club #4" (CD) - Homesleep Records - 2003
External links
- Official website
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1990s/1998/Aug11fk/Fuck's appearance on the John PeelJohn PeelJohn Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
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