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History

The band, fronted by

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-raised Lias Kaci Saoudi, formed in 2011. Lead guitarist Saul Adamczewski was previously the frontman of

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, which also featured Fat White Family's bass player, Joe Pancucci. They released their debut album, ''Champagne Holocaust'', in 2013, on UK label Trashmouth Records. It was released in 2014 in the U.S. on

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. The band released ''Fat Whites/Taman Shud'', a split EP with Taman Shud, on 11 December 2013 on Trashmouth. On 10 March 2014, Fat White Family issued their first single, "Touch the Leather", on Hate Hate Hate Records. In early 2014, the band launched a

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campaign to fund their show at the

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festival, with a subsequent US tour. Pledgers were given the self-released EP ''Crippled B-Sides and Inconsequential Rarities''. Next was the single "I Am Mark E Smith" (referencing singer

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of the Fall), released 15 December 2014. Their second album, ''Songs for Our Mothers'', was released in 2016 by the Without Consent label. Lias Saoudi described the album as an attempt to “really to get at the shittiness lurking in the core of my own soul, and in everybody else's.” It was promoted with a single for "Whitest Boy on the Beach", which was later chosen for the closing credits of the 2017 film '' T2 Trainspotting''. Fat White Family's next single, "Breaking Into Aldi", was released on 16 August 2016. On 9 January 2019, Fat White Family announced that their third album, ''

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'', would be released on 19 April 2019 on Domino Records. This was followed by the singles "Feet" and "Tastes Good With The Money", the latter featuring spoken lyrics by

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. The album was described as "triumphant" and "transcendent" by

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'' said it “feels like a pop album you might slap on as the world is about to end or you’ve just learned Brexit has been pushed back to 2020.” ''Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure'', is a recent biography of Fat White Family co-written by Lias Saoudi and Adelle Stripe. Writing in the ''Observer'', Miranda Sawyer described it as 'the story of a band that’s always on the brink: of stardom, of madness, of brilliance, of disgrace.' It is published by White Rabbit Books.

Other projects

In 2015, Adamczewski and Lias Saoudi collaborated with Adrian Flanagan and Dean Honer of experimental band Eccentronic Research Council on their album ''Johnny Rocket, Narcissist & Music Machine... I'm Your Biggest Fan''. After its release, the partnership took concepts from the album to form a new band called

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. The act ended up touring together, as well as working with

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, Randy Jones and

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frontwoman Rebecca Taylor, resulting in the 2017 release of their debut album, ''

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''. In January 2017, Adamczewski formed the band Insecure Men with Lennon (guitar), Ben Romans-Hopcraft (bass), Jack Everett (drums), Jon Catfish de Lorene (keyboards) and Alex White (saxophone). Lennon co-produced their eponymous debut album, released in February 2018.

Members

Current members *Lias Kaci Saoudi – lead vocals *Saul Adamczewski – guitar, vocals *Nathan Saoudi – keyboards *Adam J. Harmer – guitar *Sam Toms – drums *Adam Brennan – bass *Alex White – saxophone Former members *Ciaran Hartnett – bass *Jack Everett – drums *Joseph Pancucci-Simpson – bass *Dan Lyons – drums *Jak Payne – bass *Taishi Nagasaka – bass *Severin Black – drums Temporary members *Chris O.C – drums *Dale Barclay – guitar (d. 2018) *Martin Dean – drums *Mike Brandon – guitar *Mairead O'Connor – guitar, bass *Chris Taylor – guitar *Rob Doyle – bongos

Discography

Studio albums

*'' Champagne Holocaust'' (Trashmouth/

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, 2013) *'' Songs for Our Mothers'' (Without Consent/Fat Possum, 2016) *''

'' (Domino, 2019)

EPs

*''Fat Whites/Taman Shud'' (Trashmouth, 2013) *''Crippled B-Sides and Inconsequential Rarities'' (self-released, 2014)

Singles

*"Touch the Leather" (Hate Hate Hate, 2014) *"I Am Mark E Smith" (Without Consent, 2014) *"Whitest Boy on the Beach" (Without Consent, 2016) *"Breaking Into Aldi" (Without Consent, 2016) *"Feet" (Domino, 2019) *"Tastes Good With The Money" (Domino, 2019)

References

External links

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