URETHRA FRANKLIN AND THE GHETTO CHILDREN

Urethra Franklin and the Ghetto Children, or UFGC, came together in 1997 in an attempt to carve out some new territory for the younger punks in Chicago...and offend everyone we possibly could. We hit first with our demo "Better Than Your Mom In Bed" with our old drummer Antny. 1998's "Pimpin' Death" saw the addition of Izzy on drums and UFGC's sound would begin to incorporate more and more thrash into their garage-y punk. 2000 brought the recording (and never releasing) of "Fast Cars, Nudie Bars and Facial Scars" (recorded at Attica Studios by Chuck Uchida) with cover art by Stu Helm (formerly King Velveeta). The last tape of new material, with the addition of Rick from Rat Bastards on 2nd guitar, "Pave The Rainforest", was recorded in 2002, right before it all went to hell. 2004...UFGC got back together for one more dance. We did it...it's done. We've worked with some incredible artists through the years. Mike Diana, the convicted Florida artist of Boiled Angel) produced a "Christ-Ka-Bob" T-shirt design for us and Stu/King also did the lovely "Crackin' Heads For The Lord" T-shirt design for us. Lastly, Rob Syers, the asskicking punk rock cartoonist (Skingraft comics/records) did the "Pave The Rainforest cover" for us. If you're interested in any of this merch, we might be able to dig it up for ya'. Get in touch. You wanna see what became of the gents in UFGC? Check out the Myspace band profiles for Thin The Herd and Chronic Seizure (Pat), Rat Bastards (Pat and Rick), Disrobe (Josh, Rick, and Izzy) and Trifog (Justin).