Fuzzy was an American indie pop band based in

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during the 1990s. The band was composed of singer-guitarists

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and Chris Toppin, and bassist Winston Braman. The drummer role was filled by David Ryan of Lemonheads for their first two records, and Nate Darden for ''Hurray For Everything''. The first Fuzzy release was the ''Fuzzy EP'', a CD of the band's demo recordings, released by Australian label Half a Cow. '''Flashlight, the lead single from their eponymous first album, narrowly missed an

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Single Of The Week award. In August 2016,

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named ''Flashlight'' as one of top 50 songs of the 1990s. In 1996 Fuzzy released their second album, ''

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''. Fuzzy supported ''Electric Juices'' by touring with

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and

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. In the months following the tour, Fuzzy was dropped by Atlantic Records. David Ryan left to attend grad school and was replaced by Nate Darden in 1997. 1999 saw the release of their final album, ''Hurray For Everything'' on the independent Catapult label.

Discography

Mini-album: *''Fuzzy EP'' (Half a Cow, 1993) Albums: *''Fuzzy'' (Seed, 1994) *''

'' (

TAG Recordings TAG Recordings was an imprint of Atlantic Records, created in 1994 to host Atlantic's stable of alternative rock artists and capitalize on the genre's popularity at that time. The roster consisted of artists already signed to Atlantic, such as T ...

, 1996) *''Hurray for Everything'' (Catapult, 1999)

References

External links

Babysue - Fuzzy
{{Authority control Indie pop groups from Massachusetts Musical groups from Boston