The fugs

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The fugs
General information
origin New York City , United States
Genre (s) Garage rock , psychedelic rock , folk rock
founding 1964, 1984
resolution 1969
Website thefugs.com
Founding members
Ed Sanders
Tuli Kupferberg † (until 2010)
Steve Weber (until 1966)
Peter Stampfel (until 1966)
Ken Weaver (until 1968)
Current occupation
Ed Sanders
Steve Taylor (since 1984)
Scott Petito (since 1984)
Coby Batty (since 1984)

The Fugs are an American rock band formed in New York in late 1964 by Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg . The name comes from the novel The Naked and the Dead (1948) by Norman Mailer , where it is used as a euphemism for the similar-sounding curse.

history

The Fugs were more of a satirical-literary rock cabaret. With their revealing texts about sex, drugs and politics, they described the hippies' attitude to life and parodied the establishment . They are considered the forerunners of performers and bands such as Frank Zappa and Velvet Underground as well as punk rock .

The Beatnik -Poeten Tuli Kupferberg and Ed Sanders were 41 or 25 years old when she decided in December 1964 to form a rock band. Other members at the beginning were Ken Weaver (drums), Steve Weber and Peter Stampfel (both from the Holy Modal Rounders ). The band's first concert in February 1965 brought together the greats of the New York cultural and underground scene, including Andy Warhol , William S. Burroughs and James Michener .

In 1965 the Fugs recorded their first album. They appeared at protests against the Vietnam War across the States, often with well-known artists and groups such as Allen Ginsberg and the Mothers of Invention . Her most famous actions included large-scale expulsions of devils in front of the Pentagon in October 1967 and at the grave of Joseph McCarthy in February 1968. Guitarist Danny Kortchmar was also part of the formation at this time .

In New York, the Fugs played with the Blues Project , the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and Moby Grape, among others . Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa were among their fans and often came to their shows. The line-up of the group often changed, only Kupferberg, Sanders and Weaver were always there as a constant core. At times Stefan Grossman played guitar with the Fugs.

In the spring of 1968 the Fugs were on tour in Scandinavia with Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After . In September 1968, they were one of the most controversial attractions at the Essen Song Days , where they presented a pig as their American presidential candidate. In 1969 the band broke up, but gave their first reunion concert in 1984, but without Ken Weaver. From then on there were new albums, performances and tours by the Fugs.

In 1994, the Fugs organized a Real Woodstock Festival for the 25th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival . They had already given an anniversary concert in 1989, which they did again in 1999. In 2003 the album The Fugs Final CD (Part 1) was released . Tuli Kupferberg, meanwhile turned 80, described himself in this context as the "oldest rock star in the world".

In 2008 the Coen brothers used the Fugs song "CIA Man" as the quasi title track of their comedy " Burn After Reading ".

Discography

  • The Village Fugs (The Fugs First Album) (1965; reissued 1966)
  • The Fugs (Second Album) (1966)
  • Virgin Fugs ( Bootleg ) (1967)
  • Tenderness Junction (1968)
  • It Crawled into My Hand, Honest (1968)
  • Belle of Avenue A (1969)
  • Golden Filth: Live at the Fillmore East (1970)
  • Refuse to Be Burnt Out (Live reunion) (1984)
  • Baskets of Love (1984)
  • No More Slavery (1985)
  • Star Peace (one opera; double album) (1986)
  • Fugs Live in Woodstock (1989)
  • Songs from a Portable Forest (Best of 1980s reunions) (1992)
  • The Real Woodstock Festival (double CD) (1995)
  • The Fugs Final CD (Part 1) (2003)
  • Be Free: The Fugs Final CD (Part 2) (2010)

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