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These boys function as a well oiled "rock locomotive" heading fast into deafening guitar amps, pounding drums, sex, alcoholism and certain drug addiction."CLASSIC--and a whole lot of other superlatives. Rise right on up the Top Of 2007, boys! So many great sounds going on here...with betwitchingly catchy songs, colorful, exciting hooks and nerve-center hitting melodies. For fans of Sloan, Velvet Crush, Zumpano, Arlo, New Pornographers, The Shins, The Figgs and Spoon. Stacks of 3 part harmonies, refreshing, slippery hooks, sugary subversive melodies all over the place, all wrapped up in a `could be huge playing in arenas in that alternate musical universe so many of us rhasodize over-a-few-beers.` Brimming with great, memorable song after song, blossoming into Technicolor view. These `frauds` are the real deal and about as authentic as it gets. Yes, Not Lame is over the top on this one. It`s pretty much perfect for these ears....Grade "A", Extremely Highly Recommended, Not To Be Missed, you name it. Walk with us on this one, okay?" -NOT LAME RECORDS
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Member Since: 7/20/2004
Band Website: thefrauds.com
Band Members: Eric Emerson -bass, vocals, piano
Rick Bowman -guitar, vocals, piano, organ
Ernie Emerson Jr. -drums, percussion, cigs
Jonny Watkins -guitars, disasters

Influences: The Beatles, Deerhoof, Superdrag, Guided by Voices, the Stooges, the Who, Tom Petty, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Teenage Fanclub, Sloan, the Pixies, Local H, Burning Brides, AC/DC, Foo Fighters, BIG STAR, the Posies, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Dinosaur Jr., Dave Grohl, Soundtrack of our Lives, Nada Surf, New Pornographers, Elliott Smith, Ween, The Zombies, Arctic Monkeys, Wolfmother, the Oranges Band, Elvis Costello, Mando Diao, Books about the Beatles, Wings, Eels, Bob Dylan, Basic Cigarettes, Guns n' Roses, Jim and Jesse McReynolds, Graham Coxon, anything with Taurine and Ginseng in it, John Davis, J Roddy Walston, Pretty Things, Grandaddy, Dios (malos), Liz Phair, My Morning Jacket, Old Crow Medicine Show, the Band, Redd Kross, Queens of the Stone Age, SQUAAKS, Liam Lynch, Raconteurs, Tokyo, Keith Richards, Blur, Death Cab for Cutie, Cingular (the new AT&T) Phones, Radiohead, Coheed and Cambria, Robert Pollard, the Police, Tegan and Sara, Beck, Television, Phantom Planet, Beachwood Sparks, Flaming Lips, Broken Guitar Strings, Ramones, Ian Hunter, Deerhunter, Jack Black movies, Loud speakers, Allman Brothers, Gary B and the Notions, Five O'Clock Heroes, Meices, Triple Fast Action, The Action, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerovons, American Minor, Tom Waits, Doug Gillard, Kurt Vonnegut and more...
Sounds Like: Superdrag, GBV, the Stooges, Triple Fast Action, Burning Brides, Foo Fighters, Zumpano, Sloan, Spoon, Thin Lizzy, The Frauds
Record Label: High Wire Music/Fontana
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

On Time, Off Time

I posted a new demo called On Time, Off Time. It's just something Eric and I threw together last week after our show in Baltimore. It was a one-take affair on the computer, so don't mind all of the of...
Posted by FRAUDS on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:58:00 PST

Beachcomber Interview

This is from a couple of months ago, but thought I would post it anyway.Baltimore alt-rock act is no FraudBy Katie Wais Turkey Day may have already come and gone, but this Saturday rock lovers will h...
Posted by FRAUDS on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:35:00 PST

US Tour Top 10

Tour Top 10:1 The big brawl in San Diego (think Black Flag)2 The assjockeys in Boulder who were clueless about giving us enough time to play3 Jonny's disappearance4 Golden Showers with the Mentors5 Pl...
Posted by FRAUDS on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:20:00 PST

Asphalt-Here we come!

Bloggity doggity doo-time to get filled in.Hiding Out Loud came out a couple weeks ago, as you know and as we beat it into your head at every possible juncture. And um...CDs are selling. That's good. ...
Posted by FRAUDS on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:22:00 PST

Thanks:Sorry

Hi everyone.First: Thanks! Second: Sorry!Our new CD "Hiding Out Loud" has already sold out at Not Lame. Thanks to everyone for flooding them with orders. We're doing the best we can to get more to the...
Posted by FRAUDS on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:59:00 PST

50 cent songs

FYI:We're selling some of our songs at IAC for 50 cents a pop! We're not offering full albums there, but at least you'll be able to get some songs for slightly less than iTunes. www.iacmusic.com/thefr...
Posted by FRAUDS on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:48:00 PST

Stranded In Stereo Review

What does one think of when you hear the phrase 'Hiding Out Loud': Muddled senses or perhaps a game of hide-n-seek gone awry? Well both of those would be wrong, sorry kid. Actually, Hiding Out Loud is...
Posted by FRAUDS on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:06:00 PST

don't buy cheap gas on tour / southern excursion

Good times for The Frauds on our two day southern excursion. We left friday night from Ocean City at around 5 pm, drove till Roanoake VA and we got a room. Rick suggested we get a good nights sleep ...
Posted by FRAUDS on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:31:00 PST

New Images

I'm posting some of our old flyers. I just dug up a few. Thought it would be a cool idea to show some. Let me know what you think of 'em.-RickRIP Kurt Vonnegut
Posted by FRAUDS on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:03:00 PST

The New Album

I'm sure a lot of our friends are wondering what is going on with the new album. The music is all done. We're trying to get the album art together. To be honest, I haven't heard from the Emersons abou...
Posted by FRAUDS on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:24:00 PST