History Music / TheFugs

* CoolOldGuy: Tuli Kupferberg was already past 40 when the Fugs were formed, making him effectively the oldest rock singer in the world until his death at 86 in 2010.

* BuxomIsBetter: "Boobs A Lot", an ode to breasts.

* RefrainFromAssuming: "Wide, Wide River" from ''Music/ItCrawledIntoMyHandHonest'' is not called "River of Shit."

* CIAEvilFBIGood: "CIA Man"
** Even though the FBI officially spied upon them because of their anti-war activism.

** As the band was founded by published poets, several songs are based on poems. These include "[[Creator/WilliamBlake Ah, Sunflower]]" and "[[Literature/{{Howl}} I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Rock]]".

-> ''I'm never gonna go to Vietnam''
-> ''I prefer stay here and screw your mum''

-> '''Doin' All Right''', from ''Music/TheFugsSecondAlbum''

-> '''We're the Fugs''', from "Virgin Fugs".

The Fugs were the founders of AlternativeRock as we know it today. Starting off as a bunch of [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration beatnik poets]] and an early example of a GarageRock band they did for their genre what Creator/LennyBruce did to standup comedy: push the boundaries of what could be talked about in public and advocate freedom of speech. In some ways they are [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad more offensive today]] than it was in its own time, in part due to their own influence on public tastes and all the cult rock bands that followed in their wake. Together with Music/FrankZappa and Music/TheVelvetUnderground the Fugs are seen as the first ''underground rock band'', but [[FollowTheLeader they came before everybody else]].

The Fugs were the founders of AlternativeRock as we know it today. Starting off as a bunch of [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration beatnik poets]] and an early example of a GarageRock band they did for their genre what Creator/LennyBruce did to standup comedy: push the boundaries of what could be talked about in public and advocate freedom of speech. In some ways they are [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad more offensive today]] than it was in its own time, in part due to their own influence on public tastes and all the cult rock bands that followed in their wake. Together with Music/FrankZappa and Music/VelvetUnderground the Fugs are seen as the first ''underground rock band'', but [[FollowTheLeader they came before everybody else]].

* DirtyOldMan: "Dirty Old Man" about a dope selling old pervert.

* PrecisionFStrike: They were the first rock to openly swear and use vulgar language.

* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: Having a name that sounded so much like "the fucks" largely barred them from getting air on commercial radio (the fact that the word 'fug' was actually invented by Creator/NormanMailer as a less offensive substitute for the word 'fuck' [[CaptainObvious probably affected this as well]]).

The Fugs were the founders of AlternativeRock as we know it today. Starting off as a bunch of [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration beatnik poets]] and an early example of a GarageRock band they did for their genre what Creator/LennyBruce did to standup comedy: push the boundaries of what could be talked about in public and advocate freedom of speech. In some ways they are [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad more offensive today]] than it was in its own time, in part due to their own influence on public tastes and all the cult rock bands that followed in their wake. Together with Music/FrankZappa and Music/TheVelvetUnderground the Fugs are seen as the first ''underground rock band'', but [[FollowTheLeader they came before everybody else]].

* TakeThat: The title of the EP ''Thrown Off Atlantic'' is a reference to the contract dispute with the publisher of their first album, Atlantic Records. Some later releases of ''The Fug's First Album'' include a track consisting of a recording of the initial contract signing party for the album, under the title "In the Middle of Their First Recording Session the Fugs Sign the Worst Contract Since Leadbelly's" (a reference to the way {{Blues}} legend Huddy 'Music/Leadbelly' Ledbetter was forced to sign over all rights to his songs for a pittance).

* TakeThat: The title of the EP ''Thrown Off Atlantic'' is a reference to the contract dispute with the publisher of their first album, Atlantic Records. Some later releases of ''The Fug's First Album'' include a track consisting of a recording of the initial contract signing party for the album, under the title "In the Middle of Their First Recording Session the Fugs Sign the Worst Contract Since Leadbelly's" (a reference to the way {{Blues}} legend Huddy 'Leadbelly' Ledbetter was forced to sign over all rights to his songs for a pittance).

* TakeThat: The title of the EP ''Thrown Off Atlantic'' is a reference to the contract dispute with the publisher of their first album, Atlantic Records. That album also includes a track consisting of a recording of the initial contract signing party for the previous album, under the title "In the Middle of Their First Recording Session the Fugs Sign the Worst Contract Since Leadbelly's" (a reference to the way {{Blues}} legend Huddy 'Leadbelly' Ledbetter was forced to sign over all rights to his songs for a pittance).

* TakeThat: The original title of ''The Fugs Second Album'' was ''Thrown Off Atlantic'', in reference to the contract dispute with the publisher of their first album, Atlantic Records. That album also includes a track consisting of a recording of the initial contract signing party for the previous album, under the title "Thee Village Fugs Sign the Worst Recording Contract Since [[{{Blues}} Leadbelly]]" (a reference to the way Blues legend Huddy 'Leadbelly' Ledbetter was forced to sign over all rights to his songs for a pittance).

'''The Fugs''' were the founders of AlternativeRock as we know it today. Starting off as a bunch of [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration beatnik poets]] and an early example of a GarageRock band they did for their genre what Creator/LennyBruce did to standup comedy: push the boundaries of what could be talked about in public and advocate freedom of speech. In some ways they are [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad more offensive today]] than it was in its own time, in part due to their own influence on public tastes and all the cult rock bands that followed in their wake. Together with Music/FrankZappa and Music/TheVelvetUnderground the Fugs are seen as the first ''underground rock band'', but [[FollowTheLeader they came before everybody else]].

* FollowTheLeader: Between 1964 and 1966 they were certainly the freakiest and most outspoken rock band around. They played and said whatever they wanted without sugarcoating it. This spread to other rock bands of time, who were all in some way inspired by their pioneering role.

* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: Having a name that sounded so much like "the fucks" largely barred them from getting air on commercial radio.

* ''It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest'' (1968)

* RefrainFromAssuming: "Wide, Wide River" is not called "River of Shit."

One of the most influential, and least listened to, bands of the mid-1960s, The Village Fugs were to garage bands what Creator/LennyBruce was to standup comedy: a shock band whose work is in some ways [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad more offensive today]] than it was in its own time, in part due to its own influence on public tastes. The Fugs used a deliberately raw, crude recording style, and experimented with various kinds of performance art in their live appearances, pushing the boundaries of both artistic expression and good taste to the breaking point. Much of their work was political and social satire of the most caustic sort.

Despite most of their work being topical, and now badly dated, their albums and films, as well as the numerous poetry books of two of their founding members, Ed Sanders and the late Tuli Kupferberg, remain cult classics.

* BuxomIsBetter: "Boobs A Lot"

* ShoutOut: As the band was founded by published poets, several songs are based on poems. These include "[[Creator/WilliamBlake Ah, Sunflower]]" and "[[Literature/{{Howl}} I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Rock]]".

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!!Tropes associated with him include:

* ProtestSong: "Kill for Peace"

One of the most influential, and least listened to, bands of the mid-1960s, The Village Fugs were to garage bands what LennyBruce was to standup comedy: a shock band whose work is in some ways [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad more offensive today]] than it was in its own time, in part due to its own influence on public tastes. The Fugs used a deliberately raw, crude recording style, and experimented with various kinds of performance art in their live appearances, pushing the boundaries of both artistic expression and good taste to the breaking point. Much of their work was political and social satire of the most caustic sort.

* ShoutOut: As the band was founded by published poets, several songs are based on poems. These include "[[Creator/WilliamBlake Ah, Sunflower]]" and "[[{{Howl}} I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Rock]]".
* UnusualEuphemism: The band name was taken from a euphemism for "fuck" from ''Literature/TheNakedAndTheDead'' by Norman Mailer.

* UnusualEuphemism: The band name was taken from a euphemism for "fuck" from ''The Naked and the Dead'' by Norman Mailer.

* ShoutOut: As the band was founded by published poets, several songs are based on poems. These include "[[WilliamBlake Ah, Sunflower]]" and "[[{{Howl}} I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Rock]]".

* EverybodyMustGetStoned: "I Couldn't Get High," later covered by the staunchly pro-marijuana reggae band Slightly Stoopid.