Or, if all you wants the dirty stuff, the live recording golden filth. Bring me the horizon breaks down the meaning of mother tongue. The fugs were a band formed in new york city in 1965 by ed sanders and tuli kupferberg, with ken weaver on drums. The fugs biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Golden filth, recorded live at the fillmore east in 1968, recasts many of the bands bawdy esp songs like slum goddess and supergirl with fleshed out. Golden filth lp the fugs the fugs second album lp the fugs view more.
The fugs final cd part 2 was released on february 23, 2010. That same year, the fugs conducted an exorcism of the pentagon from a flatbed truck. Find the fugs discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Get all the lyrics to songs on golden filth and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. The album charted number 95 on billboards top pop albums chart. The reprise recordings cd the fugs refuse to be burntout cd.
The fugs slum goddess live at filmore east 1968 youtube. The fugs golden filth 1970 by the time of this recording on june 1, 1968 at the fillmore east, the fugs had evolved from their primitive beginnings into a pretty full and tight rock band. The fugs first gained notoriety with their cerebral marriage of lower east side beatnik philosophies to electric folk music in 1964. The fugs is a 1966 album by the fugs, described in their allmusic profile as arguably the first underground rock group of all time. Before the 60s saga of the fugs came to an end with a breakup in 1969, the band had recorded four more albums for reprise records including tenderness junction, it crawled into my hand, honest, the belle of avenue a, and golden filth. This culminated in a series of definitive underground recordings on the new york city based esp label. The album was rereleased on cd in 1993 as the fugs second album under the fantasy label with five additional tracks. The fugs golden filth live vinyl lp rare copy two tone. Find album release information for golden filth the fugs on allmusic.
The fugs, who were also working in the village then, tried to launch a protest against. Lyrically, many of the tracks on this album wouldnt be out of place on any dead kennedys record, but like the dead kennedys, the fugs weakness for crude. Listen free to the fugs golden filth slum goddess, ccd and more. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Golden filth cd the fugs tenderness junction it crawled into my hand, honest import cd the fugs dont stop. A benefit for kupferberg was held in brooklyn, new york, in february 2010, featuring all of the fugs minus kupferberg, as well as lou reed, sonic youth, patti smith group guitarist lenny kaye, and others. This is the fabulous furry freak brothers in the flesh. The catalog number on the front cover, back cover and spine is. This is a very nice copy of the fugs classic live lp golden filth. We have some excellent recordings tuli kupferberg made with the fugs in the months before he passed away, which will be utilized on a future recording. Slum goddess 2006 remasterthe fugs electromagnetic steamboat.
Golden filth cd the fugs tenderness junction cd the fugs tenderness junction it crawled into my hand, honest import cd the fugs dont stop. After their initial stint with esp records, they recorded four highly touted albums for reprise records. The wonderful torrent, previously unissued the beauty of nada. The band was named by kupferberg who borrowed it from the euphemistic substitute for the word fuck famously used in norman mailers novel, the naked and the. As i floated lonely down the street one day who did i see slippin my way. Well, i went to a party just the other night i wanted to feel my brain was light so i grabbed myself a bottle and i started drinking wine i thought pretty. Find the fugs discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Not for sale printed on white, but otherwise normal, labels. Get all the lyrics to songs by the fugs and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Only, the charm of the early fugs was the bands combination of subversive lyrics with ramshackle playing, which added a.
Tuli and i took part in the demonstrations in chicago in august. To relive the golden days of yesteryear he would, from time to time, force his. The cover is very good indeed, near excellent with just very minor signs of handling or storage. The fugs golden filth live at the fillmore east 1968 the fugs like those other east village outlaws, the amazing holy modal rounders played a.
Better you go for tenderness junction or it crawled into my hand, honest. Albums include the fugs, the village fugs sing ballads of contemporary protest, point of views, and general dissatisfaction, and virgin fugs. The fugs, retitled the fugs second album for a later reissue, finds them sounding more professional than on their debut, and still sounding very ahead of their time lyrically, expressing sentiments in ways that just hadnt been done before. The band was named by kupferberg who borrowed it from the euphemistic substitute for the word fuck famously used in norman mailers novel, the naked and the dead. Fugs live, offering up nonsensical tales of menstruating whales and lesbian dwarfs alongside professional takes of their classic tracks. All through the history of the fugs in the 60s, the war in vietnam throbbed like an everseething soul sore. The fugs, at last, alive at the fillmore east on june 1, 1968.
New yorks taboobusting fugs went from being the worlds first underground. Slum goddess from the lower east side slum goddess gonna make her my bride not a chick in the. In this simple discography of the fugs, ed sanders, and tuli kupferberg, i attempt to. Box set cd the fugs tenderness junction lp the fugs electromagnetic steamboat. Recorded live at new yorks fillmore east on 1st june 1968, at a time well advanced into their mission, with full orchestral strength sound such as it is by hanley, golden filth slurps up unique performance incarnations of earlier album tracks, made. It was after a somewhat acrimonious split that the fugs signed with the decidedly west coast reprise records. The fugs tenderness junction it crawled into my hand. Equipped with your sense of humor, picture yourself somewhat baked, sprawled on the grass, lounging around with a bunch of likely sweaty people and immerse yourself in the golden filth of the fugs.