I forget how I stumbled upon these dudes, but I played their albums incessantly. Still have the occasional 'fuck-fest', hence today's post and glorious return to blog-o-land...! I can vividly remember driving through New Mexico at dusk listening to 'Pretty....Slow'. Perfect laid back lo-fi soundtrack. Bi-polar as well, fuck. These guys played all over the map, but hit a sweet spot with super hushed countrified slow jams. One minute they sound Cobain-esque, the next maybe Jeff Tweedy, then David Byrne/Brian Eno... The name pretty much killed the band I would imagine. They refused to change their name while on Matador records. And left after two albums. They recorded two more LPs on multiple labels, then called it quits around 2003/4. They didn't play anything remotely hardcore, so the name probably fooled too many people.
(Above is a sticker that came inside their 'Baby Like A Funny Bunny' album. I had it on my motorcycle at the time. One night someone pushed the bike over and took the sticker... FUCK!)
Fuck
American indie rock band, Oakland, California in 1993. (Timothy Prudhomme, Geoff Soule, Kyle Statham, and Theodore Ellison.)
CD: PRETTY....SLOW (1996)
LP/CD: BABY LOVES A FUNNY BUNNY (1996)
LP/CD: PARDON MY FRENCH (1997)
LP/CD: CONDUCT (1998)
CD: CUPID'S CACTUS (2001)
CD: GOLD BRICK'S (2001)
CD: THOSE ARE NOT MY BONGOS (2003)
LISTEN TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF FUCK!
CD: GOLD BRICK'S (2001)
CD: THOSE ARE NOT MY BONGOS (2003)
LISTEN TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF FUCK!
Detail from Fuck coloring book/insert 'Pretty Slow'
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