Federation X or "FED X" is an American rock band, originally formed in

Bellingham, Washington Bellingham ( ) is the most populous city in, and county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies south of the U.S.–Canada border in between two major cities of the Pacific Northwest: Vancouver, British Columbia (locat ...

, founded by Ben Wildenhaus (guitar), Bill Badgley (guitar, vocals), and Beau Boyd (drums) in 1998.

Career

In 1999, the band released a self-titled LP on its own Molasses Manifesto Records, then followed it in 2001 with ''American Folk Horror'', recorded by Tim Green at Louder Studios in San Francisco and released by Bellingham's

Estrus Records Estrus Records is an independent record label from Bellingham, Washington that makes surf, garage and trash rock music. They have released such bands as Mono Men, The Drags, The Mummies, Supercharger, Impala, Man or Astro-man?, the Makers, ...

. In 2003, Estrus released ''X Patriot'', recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago. In 2005, Estrus released ''Rally Day'', recorded by Ryan Anderson at MARS Studio in Bellingham. Wantage USA released ''Rally Day'' on vinyl. In 2006, Josh Holland of Dog Shredder joined the band for a West Coast tour and at a recording session at MARS Studio, which produced the songs "Only Fool" and "Chinese Food and Vietnam," released as a 7-inch on Recess Records in 2012. In March 2013, Federation X recorded its fifth studio album with Deaf Nephews recording and producing at Entourage Studios in Los Angeles. Entitled ''We Do What We Must'', it was released in 2013 on

Recess Records Recess Records is an independent record label founded in 1988. Label founder Todd Congelliere (frontman for F.Y.P and Toys That Kill) initially made 100 cassettes of F.Y.P's songs and sold them at skateboard contests. Two years later, Congel ...

and the band's own Molasses Manifesto. Wildenhaus performs solo under the name Ben von Wildenhaus' while Boyd has a side project called Zorbatron. Badgley, under the name William E. Badgley, owns and operates Molasses Manifesto, a company that produces films, books, music, and art and is responsible for the film ''Kill All Redneck Pricks: A Documentary Film about a Band Called KARP''. Badgley also owns and operates The Documentary Center in Bellingham, Washington, and performs with the electronic band Part Wolf.

Discography

Albums

*''Fighting Words'' (1998) Cassette-Only, Molasses Manifesto *''Federation X'' (1999) *''American Folk Horror'' (2001) *''Z Montany +2'', Tour-Only CD, Self-Released with Irritant Records *''X Patriot (''2003) *''Rally Day (2''005) * ''We Do What We Must'' (2013)

Singles

*"Only Fool" / "Chinese Food and Vietnam" (2013)

References

External links

Estrus Records

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{{Authority control Rock music groups from Washington (state) Musical groups established in 1998