The Fugs Vinyl

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The fugs vinyl.

The band led the underground scene of the 1960s and. The fugs are an american band formed in new york city in late 1964 by the poets ed sanders and tuli kupferberg with ken weaver on drums. One of their better known songs is an adaptation of matthew arnold s poem dover beach. Owned this particular piece of home made on vinyl back in the day.

This copy also comes with the suprise package insert and fuqs want to thank you mad magazine style fold in poster as well as fugs flip flipbook. Shop vinyl and cds and complete your the fugs collection. Stick with some current high definition pop nonsense from the worst of the music industry s minions. Soon afterward they were joined by peter stampfel and steve weber of the holy modal rounders kupferberg named the band from a euphemism for fuck used in norman mailer s novel the naked and the dead.

Their low fi recordings on esp and broadside bare testament to the sloppy performances and less than kosher recording quality they eventually landed a contract with reprise records home of the rat pack unlikely label mates the fugs delivered a diverse selection of tunes about sex drugs rock and politics. The fugs have remained committed to literature and poetry with a socio political thrust and often mine the history of european and american literature as inspiration for song lyrics. Later that year they were joined by peter stampfel and steve weber of the holy modal rounders. This is the fabulous furry freak brothers in the flesh.

The fugs virgin fugs rare 1965 us 11 track vinyl lp on the grooved black white esp label the album that took the sensibilities of america and shook them by the throat pasted picture sleeve. Note to the squeamish easily offended fearful prudish self mutilating and uninformed. The band was named by kupferberg who borrowed it from the euphemistic substitute for the word fuck famously used in norman mailer s novel the naked and the dead. Discover releases reviews credits songs and more about the fugs the fugs at discogs.