Formerly Fuck
Through my insatiable desire for more and more music I went to the Future Farmer website. This is the home of several artists that are near to my heart, namely M. Ward. After exhausting my initial interest in the site I was curious to see what the hubbub was about the band Fuck. The sample song that they had posted was intriguing enough, so I decided to look further into what they were about. Well, I'm smart enough to know not to google Fuck. So I tried Amazon. No luck. No Fuck. Well maybe, but I wasn't willing to sift through all the angry punks posting their anti-The-Man Lists. Then I tried CDBaby. Still no luck. Anyway, I lose patience with the internet pretty quick when it doesn't put out, so I gave up after a few more halfhearted attempts. Who the fuck names there band Fuck? It's like they are trying to fail. I'd say that is about as puck rock as you can get as a band. It's not even clever (fuct, fcuk, etc.) or veiled in anyway (Fugazi) so as to fly over the heads of WalMart morality police. Assholes like Eddie Vedder, Thom Yorke and the like can take a lesson from these guys in anti-commercialitude.
Then I decided, "What the fuck? I'll google Fuck" Well the band was number three on the list! (If you are reading this, click on the number two site.) So I guess that Fuck isn't such a bad name after all. But why not change the name? It's never too late to change your band name, especially if your not front page anyway. Take a lesson from Prince: call your self Formerly Fuck.
Then I decided, "What the fuck? I'll google Fuck" Well the band was number three on the list! (If you are reading this, click on the number two site.) So I guess that Fuck isn't such a bad name after all. But why not change the name? It's never too late to change your band name, especially if your not front page anyway. Take a lesson from Prince: call your self Formerly Fuck.
posted by Stephen "Steve" at 6/14/2004 09:19:00 PM
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I listened to an M. Ward acoustic show/interview today on KCRW's archive. Very pretty, but...what's up with that guy? He seems a little out of it. Is he that singer you like that's gay and dead? Oh, I guess he's not dead. Dying?
You mean Alejandro Escovedo? He isn't/wasn't gay, and might or might not be dead at this moment (from Hep C, I believe). Or perhaps you mean Oscar Wilde? No, he's not M.Ward. I listened to that KCRW broadcast as well, and you are right about his state. Listen to the lyrics, man, the lyrics.
this is mandy, is does it let you know when you have new comments? because this is an old post but is this the band fuck from san francisco? Because my old internet boyfriend jim shelley who I still email occasionally even though he is in china now sent me some of their stuff a long time ago that is pretty good. Like fuck motel. That's the only one I remember because it was on a tape that has long since vanished-am