WTF? A band called F+CK

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!

Detail from Fuck coloring book/insert 'Pretty Slow'

THANK GOD IT'S BIG STAR!

I bought my copy of Big Star's Radio City at Tropicalia Discos in Rio, Brazil. Dudes KNOW their sh@t. Deep seven inch knowledge of the most obscure + funky cuts from Brazil....

But, this is about the back cover. Big Star digs Fridays! The photo on the back the 1974 album was shot at Fridays restaurant. Was Fridays the hawt spot back in the day? Check the close-up. Probably accidental sponsorship. Nowadays the band could of gotten some corporate cheese.
Check out photographer William Eggleston's account of the shot of the iconic front cover. CLICK

Damn, I've listened to this record a lot...!

Close-up + back cover

Built to Spill: Chilton and the boys

Big Star#YeahYeah

supermarket the moon, a band of gypsies or mexican r & b?

The Untouchables vs. Repo Man

A two-fer, as I was looking to post something by The Untouchables and up pops a little video of them in Alex Cox's Repo Man. Cult classic LA cinema with the boys playing Vespa riding thugs; Rudy gangsters! They were a sick band with loads of energy and style. Check 'em out getting down with 'Free Yourself' originally released on their 1984 Live and Let Dance EP. Repo Man came out the same year.

Poster by Zach Hobbs (Check his gig posters!)

Album cover from: Album Cover Art Gallery

THREE O' CLOCK: JET FIGHTER

How no one has posted this on youtube is beyond me. Maybe it gets pulled or something. I've played this record over and over for years. And their first EP, Baroque Hoedown. Footage of them on MV3 floating around. Rodney on the Roq jam for sure.

The Three O' Clock: Jet Fighter by Clark Quente

THE TARGETS - UNITY BEAT

Pamona College students circa 1981. Was the number one seller at Rhino Records in Claremont. I remember my friend's older brother had this record, along with The Purple Hearts. Senses Working Overtime by XTC. The Jam, going to Moby Disc to buy the first Style Council EP. The Question, Merton Parkas, The Untouchables, The Specials... Going to The Key Club, Timbers, Green Door, Fenders. Seeing Dance Craze at The Rialto. The whole mod vs ska thing opened my eyes and ears musically because to me there was no difference what-so-ever as it was all great music.

The Targets: Unity Beat by Clark Quente

MOD WORLD (THE QUESTION-DADDY ROLLING STONE)

Picked this EP up way back when at Fender's Grand Ballroom after a scooter rally. I can't remember who else played that day, but I remember the Question killing the Yardbirds "For Your Love". The Question were one of the best bands out of the LA Mod revival scene in the early 80s. Like a lot of the LA bands from that scene, they sort of slipped through the cracks and never really got their due. This was the last track on the EP. Great cover version.



The question daddy rolling stone by Clark Quente

Yrz truly back in the diz (Big ups to Dave Maxwell)

Listen to some more mod chunes from the LA scene. From http://www.mistersuave.com/