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New York City (1965 – 1969)
The Fugs were a band formed in New York City in 1965 by Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, with Ken Weaver on drums. Later that year they were joined by Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber of the Holy Modal Rounders.
The band was named by Kupferberg who borrowed it from the euphemistic substitute for the word “fuck” famously used in Norman Mailer’s novel, The Naked and the Dead. Incidentally, the band is featured in a chapter of Mailer’s book, Armies of the Night as they play at the 1967 march on the Pentagon in protest of the Vietnam War (with Scott Rashap on upright bass).
The Fugs were a satirical and self-satirizing rock band that performed at protests against the Vietnam War nationwide. The band’s frank lyrics about sex, drugs, and politics aroused a hostile reaction in many quarters. One of their better known songs was an adaptation of Matthew Arnold’s poem, Dover Beach. Another was a William Blake poem.
The Fugs played their “final” concert of the 1960s in 1969 at the Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania with the Grateful Dead.
The Fugs, minus Weaver (plus Rashap), reunited in 1984 with several performances at the Bottom Line in New York.
A reunited Fugs toured in the fall of 2004, with Josh Lieberman on glass armonica in several Chicago performances.
The band was named by Kupferberg who borrowed it from the euphemistic substitute for the word “fuck” famously used in Norman Mailer’s novel, The Naked and the Dead. Incidentally, the band is featured in a chapter of Mailer’s book, Armies of the Night as they play at the 1967 march on the Pentagon in protest of the Vietnam War (with Scott Rashap on upright bass).
The Fugs were a satirical and self-satirizing rock band that performed at protests against the Vietnam War nationwide. The band’s frank lyrics about sex, drugs, and politics aroused a hostile reaction in many quarters. One of their better known songs was an adaptation of Matthew Arnold’s poem, Dover Beach. Another was a William Blake poem.
The Fugs played their “final” concert of the 1960s in 1969 at the Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania with the Grateful Dead.
The Fugs, minus Weaver (plus Rashap), reunited in 1984 with several performances at the Bottom Line in New York.
A reunited Fugs toured in the fall of 2004, with Josh Lieberman on glass armonica in several Chicago performances.
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catsinspace wrote:
what.
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jah_zoldat wrote:
Baby let's FUG!
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nancykitten wrote:
NADA.
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Kuksugaren wrote:
haha genius
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thekidwiththefa wrote:
I put up a picture I thought would make a great avatar...for a great band. http://www.last.fm/music/The+Fugs/+images/29207337
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imaginarypetbat wrote:
nope, nope, definitely not cheese toast.
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BarahSachman wrote:
this is exactly what I have always wanted
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IvanAugenwasser wrote:
pig for president
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coneill52 wrote:
I love this band so much.
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umtali wrote:
This is good shit!
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melodious_one wrote:
shoutbox, nothing.
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jitte wrote:
Get tough, get tall, get suave, get drunk, get smart, get hip, get hep, get pissed Johnny Pissoff.
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Jharod wrote:
this is music
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crinolineskies wrote:
Nothing.
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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
when i was a little boy, my mother defeated me
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Lurholm wrote:
skiftninger: it's on the album called "The Olufsen Years". It's on iTunes.
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mietpistole wrote:
fuckin' AMEN
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systemvertigo wrote:
Thanks man :)
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ImbecilinPlus wrote:
Here is mp3 ripped from the ending credits on DVD - tempfile.ru/file/835381
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systemvertigo wrote:
Yeah. Where can we get the Burn After Reading version? I read on youtube that's from some (live?) '85 album.
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