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Graham Parker was a forgotten man at Capitol in the mid 1990s but he found kindred spirits in The Figgs. Their first of many collaborations is documented on Bloodshot Records “The Last Rock And Roll Tour.” Meanwhile, the band returned to the indie world to release 1998’s The Figgs Couldn’t Get High on Absolute A Go Go Records. Produced ...
A famous song of theirs was "Kill for Peace", [4] on their 1966 album The Fugs. Some 1969 correspondence, found inside an FBI file on the rock group The Doors, called The Fugs the "most vulgar thing the human mind could possibly conceive". [5] They have been derided for their scatological lyrics. [6]
Banda Macho is an album by the American band the Figgs, released in 1996. [2] [3] The Figgs supported the album by touring with Graham Parker, opening his shows and serving as the backing band for his set. [4] They also played Warped Tour 1996. [5] "Girl, Kill Your Boyfriend" was the album's first single. [6] Banda Macho is the Figgs' best ...
Slow Charm is the seventh studio album by the American rock band The Figgs.It was released on September 10, 2002 by Hearbox/Good Land. Slow Charm was recorded and mixed between May 2001 and March 2002 at Peligro Audio-NYC, Green St. House-NH, Bricktown-Norristown, PA, and The Amazing Barn-Conshaken, PA.
Songs of No Consequence was recorded with The Figgs in 2005. A show from the ensuing tour with the Figgs was broadcast on FM radio and released as an album in 2006. In March 2007, a new full-length album, Don't Tell Columbus, was released.
On the Slide, the 13th studio album by the American rock band The Figgs, was released on May 13, 2016 on Stomper, a year after their acclaimed Other Planes Of Here.It was recorded and mixed by Ducky Carlisle, Pete Donnelly, and Mike Gent at Ice Station Zebra, Soundcheck Republic, Moontower, and Westmont Station.
Mike Gent (born September 17, 1971 in New Jersey, United States) is an American songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist in The Figgs, in which he has performed since 1987.Gent grew up in Saratoga Springs, NY and attended Saratoga Springs High School.
The love song, which has been compared to the Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band, was released as a single. [1] The album also introduces Sanders' redneck character Johnny Pissoff, who represented a musical style described by Sanders as "beatnik country"; another example of the Fugs working in the genre is "We Don't Allow No Robots in Sunday School".