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Federation X

Federation X: "'tis ridiculous"

About Me

Fed X were fortunate enough to grow up in the corner of the US that birthed such punk rock acts as the Wipers, Karp, Mudhoney, Lice, Gas Huffer, Unwound, Godheadsilo, Bikini Kill, Built to Spill, The Rickets, Kicking Giant, Fitz Of Depression, Trumans Water, The Waydowns, Nirvana, Irving Klaw Trio, The Mukulteo Fairies and, perhaps most importantly, Nickleback. We started our band in a small town in the corner of this corner of the US. We thrived in a community that produced such acts as the Narrows, Candy and the Hotdice, USS Horsewhip, The Cheeps, Jayhawker, Monomen, Bar Tabac, Gus and Katie and the Mighty Ghosts of Heaven, Reeks and the Wrecks, B-18, Racetrack, Yogoman, Cicadas, BeNT, The Party Favorites, The Crying Shame, Chuckanut Drive, GNS, Sharpie, and, perhaps most notably, Korky Lenker. We left this corner often and found ourselves in no man’s land with the punk rock acts the Last of the Juanitas, Drunkhorse, 400 Blows, Fleshies, The Cherry Valence, The Whip, Stab City Slit Wrists, The Bananas, XBXRX, C Average, the Friendly Champs, Party Time, Outhud, Monotonix, Japanther, Toys That Kill, Fireballs of Freedom, Shellshag, Big Business, The Pope, Birds of Avalon, Triclops!, Comets of Fire, Juanita Family and Friends, Stars of the Dogon, Early Humans, Red Fang, Mountain High, and, who could forget, The Mooney Suzukis. We like to take this time to take this time off. Thank you. Federaton X.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/27/2005
Band Website: federationx.us, estrus.com, wantageusa.com
Band Members: Here is Josh Holland at his finest. One of my favorite videos ever
Influences: Hachetman video by Rural Route Film's Alan Webber (2005)
Sounds Like: 1999 - "Federation X" - Molasses Manifesto, 12" vinyl only full-length. Recorded by Erik Kingfisher at Fairhaven studios, Bellingham, WA /1999 - "Bellingham Likes to Party" - Molasses Manifesto, split 7" with ROX. Recorded by Erik Kingfisher at Fairhaven Studios, Bellingham, WA /2000 - "Split 7" with Fleshies" - Molasses Manifesto. Recorded by Orion Satushek at the Shack, Whatcom County, WA /2000 - "Tapes 7inch" - Tapes records, 7" single. Recorded by Devin Flynn at his studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY /2001 - "Fear of the Nothing" - Nothing Enterprises, CD Compilation. Recorded by Joe Demaree at his studio in San Jose, CA /2001 - "American Folk Horror" - Estrus Records, 12" full-length. Recorded by Tim Green at Louder Studios in San Francisco, CA /2003 - "X Patriot" - Estrus Records, 12" full-length. Recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, IL /2003 - "Budgie 7inch" - Wantage Records, 7" single. Recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, IL /2003 - "Wantage USA's Hits Omnibus" - Wantage Records, CD Compilation. Recorded by Ben Cody at Jay's Upstairs, Missoula, MT /2005 - "Rally Day" - Estrus Records, Wantage Records, 12" full-length. Recorded by Ryan Anderson at MARS studios in Bellingham, WA /2007 - "The Only Fool Is You" - unreleased, 12" single. Recorded by Ryan Anderson at MARS studios in Bellingham, WA /
Record Label: Estrus Records and Wantage USA Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The new shit, dude. The new "shit dude."

We are currently scattered around Bellingham, Portland and New York, so we decided to add the new guy, Josh. Check out the "amazing" footage of Josh playing with the recently reunited Bellingham outf...
Posted by Federation X on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:39:00 PST

Forth member blues

Tomorrow night at the Nightlight in Bellingham we're giving the new guy a shot. Josh Holland of Cicadas and BENt will be joining us on guitar. Bill's made the leap to "front man." He's still playin...
Posted by Federation X on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:30:00 PST

Karp Video

Maybe everybody's already seen this, but check out this Karp show from '96. The sound is actually pretty amazing.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P3BcghgGpY
Posted by Federation X on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 03:11:00 PST

1999's self-titled: side two

Side two of 1999's vinyl only "Federation X" can be found at www.purevolume.com/federationxsidetwoAgain, a shitty copy of an old vinyl.
Posted by Federation X on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:26:00 PST

1999's Self-Titled: download half of it.

Side one of 1999 vinyl only release, "Federation X," is available to download. The shitty transfer via an old record has been uploaded to purevolume.com/federationxI thought myspace was pretty lame. ...
Posted by Federation X on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 05:37:00 PST

Spanish TV ridiculoso

Booza speaking Spanish can be viewed on this Ponferrada Spanish internet television station. First go to www.bierzotv.com/html/rincon/.html ...
Posted by Federation X on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:45:00 PST

www.nickhaney.com

This is a great site of northwest photographer Nick Haney.www.nickhaney.com
Posted by Federation X on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 05:02:00 PST

www.federationx.us/blog1

Fuck all this my space bullshit. Keep in touch with your good friends FedX while they tour Europe and Israel.  We'll post every day or two and drop some photos.  And leaving comments is a go...
Posted by Federation X on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:21:00 PST

Israeli Punk and Art

So the group of people bringing us to Tel Aviv are really cool, and I thought that you'd like to check out the high quality shit coming out of Israel right now.Netalie did this poster for our shows. ...
Posted by Federation X on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:55:00 PST

Blog-Dongo!

Can't really think of too much to blog-dongo at this moment, just trying to keep it updated, right? Uh, our website should be good to go soon - if Bill can figure out how to work that thang. We're g...
Posted by Federation X on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:49:00 PST