The Beatles, Elvis Costello, The Clash, The Ramones, Britpop, Flamin' Groovies, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Wings, Supergrass, The Band, Television, The Kinks, The Smiths..... you get the picture
tim mccarthy: vocals/bass
nadir naqvi: vocals/guitar
fowzy butt: vocals/guitar
New York rockers Famous Letters (formerly known as Speedway) know how to put their trademark 70s-Beatle-rock sound to good use. Their seemingly unconscious avoidance of a particular song writing style, mixed with an unabashed nod to their influences, results in immediately familiar, instantly nostalgic pop songs.
Tim and Fowzy (rhymes with ozzy, and yes, that is his real name) met over a mutual love of all things Beatle. Locked up in a Vermont school, chance had Fowzy overhear Tim playing an obscure McCartney B-side on the piano and a long-term friendship and songwriting deal was struck.
Tims Nick Lowe/Flamin Groovies jangle, sat nicely next to Fowzy's Ramones/Britpop swagger on the school bus of rock, writing and recording what would eventually become some of Famous Letter's strongest songs. Only ever working in the privacy of each others company left little room for hiring a back up band. Luckily, as these things often go, the next stop saw them being joined by Nadirs Supergrass/Zeppelin attitude and rock solid skill. A peer and an equal in every way (sometimes more so), the 3-man rock machine Speedway, was born. In 2006, Speedway recorded their second EP and changed their name to Famous Letters.
Never afraid of a catchy tune, and with almost as many drummers as song styles (a waltzing lullaby here, a 3-chord punk romp there) the boys have been infecting the local New York crowd with live shows since the summer of 2003.
hey guys, hope u r all right there in that big ole city. the songs sound quiet to me, maybe its just my speakers or maybe u need to make a louder version of the lucky today song, its my favorite. luv ya!
i pawned your guitar so i could get a facial. sorry, but when you see my pores...oh, boy! when you see them pores. you'll be all like, guitar? what? i like pores now. sara's pores. guitar's are dumb.
you guys rock out...i feel lucky today because I heard that song...thanks. hope all is well in the arctic conditions of the NE, its nice here in hawaii except that my house almost washed away in the rain last night...luv you guys
The show at Mercury Lounge with Robbers on High Street and Grand Mal, was my favorite to date! Deeply impressed and now I'm jealous... Fuck you guys! Love, Clark
i heard an urban legend that you guys recorded the best record ever but the studio was totally haunted and the engineer was this weird goth, vampire dude, and the tapes, like, totally got erased?
Hey, heard of you guys when i watched the norwegian musicprogram "lydverket". They were interviewing The Hold Steady and they recommended you, so i checked it out and you're really, really good! Hope to see you in Norway some time in the future
