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'

GOLD SOUNDZ: CALIFORNIA DREAMS IN STEREO

   

An all California mix with the exception of Little Joy, who named their group after the L.A. bar 'round the corner from where they recorded.

     Tunes range from olderly school to (pretty) new. The Electric Prunes get their Association on to kick things off all wistful and groovy. The Growlers skiffle thru the graveyard, while Kaleidoscope tastefully turn on. Pocahaunted drags dub into the garage and the Lions bring it back into Jah Selassie light. Jefferson Airplane's surrealistic swag or Dan the Automator's cine-o-scopic soundscape...? The Originals bust some hot tub funk and the aforementioned Little Joy go slightly Latin on a bitter sweet beach comber. A lost cut off the Red Hot Chile Peppers' '84 debut sounds like Berlin-period Eno. Fuck (the band)  do their best Echo and the Bunnymen riffs and the 3' O Clock's Day in Erotica gets stripped. Pastel Six finish off the ride with a swinging close-out.



the Electric Prunes - Big City
the Growlers - Graveyard is Full
Kaleidoscope - Keep Your Mind Open (edit)
Pocahaunted - Touch You (edit)
The Lions - Ethio-Steppers (Wilderstyle Dub) ((edit))
Jefferson Airplane - She Has Funny Cars (3 on the tree edit)
Dan The Automator - Sleep (edit)
the Originals - California Sunset
Little Joy - Next Time Around (edit)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Grandpappy DU Plenty
Fuck - Love Me 2 (dubfuck edit)
the 3 O' Clock - Day in Erotica (paisley chop shop edit)
Pastel Six - Bandido

THE GROWLERS: JETS TO BRASIL AND THE HOT TROPICS

Get ready to hear a lot more from The Growlers. Their next record is being produced by The Black Keys Dan Auerbach and should drop very soon and they play Coachella this year. Dig their already solid brew of surf, psychedelia, blues, Americana... I see the Morrison thing in the beach bum vibe. Didn't the Doors form in Santa Monica? Also in the west coast sunny doom sound sound ala The Doors, The Byrds. The tunes have some of the parlor music vibe Morrison and the Doors messed with. Love the Jack Coleman videos in that old school Super 8 style. They were down in Brazil for Rock in Rio and played with Los Hermanos Marcelo Camelo. Check the live footage and the mini-movie below.