Fuck is an American indie rock band, formed in Oakland, California in 1993. It consists of Timothy Prudhomme, Geoff Soule, Kyle Statham and Theodore Ellison. They have recorded for a number of labels including Matador Records and Homesleep Records of Italy.

History

Fuck was formed in Oakland, California in 1993. The members met while stuck in a police

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over the weekend, and wrote a few songs while in jail. They released a self-titled cassette called ''Fuck'', and a single, ''MonkeyBeautyShotgun'' on their own imprint, Rhesus Records, in 1994. (The songs from the cassette would eventually find their way onto later releases.) They released their second full-length album, ''Pretty...Slow,'' in 1996. It was subsequently released on three different labels. Their third album, ''Baby Loves a Funny Bunny'', was also released in 1996. Thet then signed to Matador Records, who released the albums ''Pardon My French'' in 1997 and ''Conduct'' in 1998. According to Timothy Prudhomme, a Matador marketing director told them that they needed to change the band's name, but they refused. After ''Conduct'', the band left Matador and drifted between labels. In 2001, they released two albums on two different labels: ''Cupid's Cactus,'' on

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's independent label Smells Like Records; and ''Gold Bricks,'' on Homesleep Records in 2001. ''Those Are Not My Bongos'' was released in 2003 on both Homesleep and Future Farmer Records; the latter rereleased it the U.S. in 2004. The track "Laundry Shop" (''Conduct'') was featured (uncredited) in a 2006 episode of the CBS sitcom ''

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''. In November 2008, the band participated with other similarly named bands, including Holy Fuck, Fucked Up and Fuck Buttons in the ''Festival of the Fuck Bands''

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in the village of

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, Austria. In 2018, Fuck released ''The Band'', their first LP in 14 years. To date, Fuck has performed over 400 live shows and recorded on nine labels. Prudhomme currently lives in Memphis and the rest of the band lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Discography

Albums

*''Fuck'' ( cassette) – Rhesus – 1994 *'' Pretty...Slow'' (CD) – Rhesus – 1996 *''Baby Loves a Funny Bunny'' (CD) – Rhesus – 1996 *''Pardon My French'' (CD) – Matador – 1997 *''Conduct'' (LP/CD) – Matador – 1998 *''Cupid's Cactus'' (CD) – Smells Like Records – 2001 *''Gold Bricks'' (CD) – Homesleep Records – 2001 *''Those Are Not My Bongos'' (CD) – Homesleep Records – 2003 *''The Band'' (LP/CD) - Vampire Blues - 2018

Singles and EPs

* "MonkeyBeautyShotgun" (7") – Rhesus – 1994 * "LikeyouButterflySomewheres" (7") – Rhesus – 1995 * "Fish or Fry" (7") – Academy of Chess and Checkers – 1996 * "TetherFuckmotel" (7") –

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– 1997 * "Tocotronic" (7") – Rhesus – 1998 * "Moxie" (7") – Rhesus – 1998 * "Yuppie Flu" (7") – Rhesus – 1999 * "BlindbeautyMadeup" (7") – Speakerphone Recordings – 1999 * "Mumble and Peg" (7") – Vaccination Records – 1999 * "Pee" (7") �
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– 2000 * "Homesleep Singles Club No. 4" (CD) – Homesleep Records – 2003

References

External links

Official website

Fuck's appearance
on the

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