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The Futz

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About Me

The afterbirth of two of southeast Missouri's favorite musical excretements, The Futz celebrates that snotty, overdriven 60's garage rock that has pissed off generations of neighbors!, Get your own background Layouts! , ,
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Member Since: 2/22/2007
Band Website: bannedpromotions.mfbiz.com/
Band Members: GRAF - Pressed wood electrophonic diddily diddiler & warbling DETROIT DAVE - Prewired big string fat bottom filler & secondary ambience COL. LUMP - Maple syrup layered pickled boom boom & incoherent yodeling, Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!
Influences: Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Duane Eddy, Link Wray, The Beach Boys, The Ventures, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Monks, The Count Five, The Who, The Kinks, The Sonics, The Seeds, The Electric Prunes, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Remains, The Move, The Pink Floyd, The Chocolate Watchband, Love, ? and The Mysterians, The Status Quo, Bubble Puppy, The Stooges, The MC5, The Velvet Underground, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, any kid that has the balls to plug in a guitar and break a noise ordinance
Sounds Like: The Zombies getting boofed by Moulty's hook
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Type of Label: None

My Blog

Getting it...

This is a post I made on www.recordingreview.com regarding the recent Don Imus firing... I am convinced that there is an entire industry based on race baiting. This goes beyond the good Reverends, who...
Posted by The Futz on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:02:00 PST

Not getting it...

..> I just don't understand what provokes stupid squabbles between local bands. Maybe it's because I've never been at the top of the heap and have depended on other bands to aquire and promote gigs...
Posted by The Futz on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:40:00 PST

Dy-no-mite

Was watching an old episode of Sight and Sounds on VHI Classic featuring AC/DC circa 1978. I've never been a quintessential AC/DC fan so to speak. By the time I rolled around they were waaay past the...
Posted by The Futz on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:26:00 PST

Busy doing nothing

We just learned some Monks and are working on original material. The Monks' song is quite interesting. It really couldn't get anymore primitive; the fact that they had electric guitars and bass on th...
Posted by The Futz on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:34:00 PST

I knew it all along

In my neverending quest to gather MySpace Friends, or as it is more formally referred to as "networking", I've come across more like minded individuals more easily than I've ever expected to. It's no...
Posted by The Futz on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:51:00 PST

Stop Children, (or how we did it)

A lot of folks have asked about how we recorded the tracks found here on The Futz' MySpace. The tracks were recorded on an old Sansui WS-X1 6 Track Recorder circa 1985. This is an analog cassette reco...
Posted by The Futz on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:24:00 PST

Schoolin'

I was fortunate enough to finally catch The Melroys this St. Patty's Day. Why this is my first time seeing The Melroys remains a mystery Charlie Brown because they are without a doubt one of the ...
Posted by The Futz on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:44:00 PST

Waxing poetic

I got to talking to a couple of younger friends last night (yeah, I got a couple of friends) about radio. I always heard that corporations bought up the majority of independent radio stations in...
Posted by The Futz on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:08:00 PST

Do you remember when you were with the Beatles...

Check out our oh so compelling interview with Righteous Randy at.. ( www.BANNEDPROMOTIONS.com/THEFUTZinterview )    ...
Posted by The Futz on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:27:00 PST

Playing the douche...

It's been an eventful, yet productive two and 1/2 weeks here at The Futz compound. Our practice room still smells like ass, but the toilet flushes now (as long as the Col. doesn't make a deposit). Our...
Posted by The Futz on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:23:00 PST