"The Fugs: Америкалық рок тобының тарихы"

American rock band

The Fugs are an American rock band formed in New York City in late 1964, The group is known for its comedic, even lewd, nature but also earned fame through its persistent anti Vietnam War sentiment during the 1960s. They have been derided for their scatological lyrics. But, Tom Robbins wrote of them in 1968, "Incongruously this trio of hairy gross ginch gropers is the most intellectual, sophisticated and literary ensemble in rock." The Fugs have been labeled avant rock noise music.

The band's original core members, Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg, and Ken Weaver, were joined at various times in the 1960s by a number of others, some of whom were noted session musicians or members of other bands. These included Weber and Stampfel, bassist John Anderson, guitarist Vinny Leary, guitarist Peter Kearney, keyboardist Lee Crabtree, guitarist Jon Kalb, guitarist Stefan Grossman, singer and guitarist Jake Jacobs, guitarist Eric Gale, bassist Chuck Rainey, keyboardist Robert Banks, bassist Charles Larkey, guitarist Ken Pine, guitarist Danny Kortchmar, clarinetist Perry Robinson, bassist Bill Wolf, and drummer Bob Mason. For most of their career, the Fugs were composed of the primary singer songwriters Sanders and, until his death, Kupferberg; the composer, songwriter, guitarist and long time Allen Ginsberg collaborator Steven Taylor; singer songwriter and percussionist Coby Batty; and Scott Petito, a musician and music producer. The band signed a record contract with ESP Disk in 1965. The Fugs said that "our royalty rate was less than 3%, one of the lower percentages in the history of western civilization". The owner of the label, Bernard Stollman, has frequently faced accusation of not paying royalties to artists. In February 1967, the group was signed to Atlantic Records and recorded one album, The Fugs Eat It, but it was never released.

The band can be seen performing in the cult film Chappaqua (1967) by Conrad Rooks. Tuli Kupferberg made appearances in W. R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) by Dušan Makavejev and played God in Voulez vous coucher avec God? (1972) by Michael Hirsh and Jack Christie. Their song, "CIA Man", can be heard during the closing credits of the 2008 Coen Brothers' film Burn After Reading, and during the closing credits of the fifth episode of the 2017 docudrama miniseries Wormwood.

Year Title Label Notes 1975 Fugs 4, Rounders Score ESP Disk Consists of recordings from first two albums plus two unreleased cuts from first album sessions. (Four unreleased tracks by The Holy Modal Rounders are included, and date from first album sessions as well.) 1982 The Fugs Greatest Hits Vol. 1 PVC Compilation drawing from the first three albums. 1990 Songs from a Portable Forest Gazell Chronicles the 1980s reunion albums. 1994 Live from The 60s Big Beat This album is made up of recordings from assorted (unprofessionally recorded) tapes of various shows, and home demos. 2001 Electromagnetic Steamboat: The Reprise Recordings Rhino Handmade Includes the four Reprise albums in their entirety plus special promo edits, mono mix of Tenderness Junction(except for Aphrodite Mass) and tracks from the unreleased Atlantic LP (in censored, mono form.) 2006 Greatest Hits 1984–2004 Fugs Records 2008 Don't Stop! Don't Stop! Big Beat Repackaging of the first two albums with various outtakes, demos and live recordings. 2010Tenderness Junction/It Crawled Into My Hand Honest Floating World Two fer combining the first two Reprise albums. Unlike the Rhino Handmade set which used tapes, this release is sourced from vinyl.