Threesome: Fuck
February 20, 2009
[image: Kayfabe Design]
A side effect of the rise of digital distribution on the Internet and the concomitant decrease in the influence of traditional media appears to be the rise of bands with ‘fuck’ in their names. Fucked Up, the Toronto-based punk band, got a head start (not surprisingly, given the genre) with their founding in 2001. Fellow Torontonians (and z=z faves) Holy Fuck and Bristol, UK-based Fuck Buttons were both formed in 2004. Even Yo La Tengo has gotten into the four-letter-word act, with a live performance March 2008 as Condo Fucks, and an upcoming album, Fuckbook, under the same pseudonym (although it’s not surprising that Canadian and British bands came first).
MP3: Holy Fuck – Lovely Allen [buy]
MP3: Fuck Buttons – Sweet Love for Planet Earth [buy]
MP3: Condo Fucks – What’cha Going to Do About It? [preorder]
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New (pseudo-)Yo La Tengo, excellent. A Scottish Fuck band are Fuck-Off Machete.
Thanks for the recommendation, Simon – I’ll check out Fuck-Off Machete.