Diabolical Danny Shorago on vocals and mayhem, with...
LA: Righteous Ryan Brown on the drums, almighty Alex Budman on saxes, stunning Stephen Charouhas on bass and keyboards, and wicked Wes Styles on guitar. Plus occasional help from juicy Jesse Berent on guitar and killer Kevin Stevens on drums, and that's Kitty Karloff below as Froggy Mama.
And...
SF: Wallopin' Wes Anderson on drums, awe-inspiring Alex DeSoria on bass, mighty Matt Lebofsky on guitar and keyboards, and jumpin' Jamison Reed on saxes and toys.
Influences
Frank Zappa, John Zorn, Dead Kennedys, Tom Waits, the Residents, Burt Bacharach, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Mark Leyner, Bach, Steve Lew, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Andy Kaufman, Idiot Flesh.
Sounds Like
A demented, criminal pack of extraterrestrials sexually assaulting a game show host in a giant vat of goat spleen pudding, somewhere in the 11th dimension.
Photo/digital chicanery by Paul Zollo (on-stage at Safari Sam's, LA):
Live at Safari Sam's (photos by Josh Burian-Mohr):
THE FUXEDOS are America's favorite apocalyptic comedy - lounge - punk - jazz - storytelling - cinematic - what the hell? - art rock band, complete with costumes, props, and bizarrely humorous theatrics.
Their eponymous debut CD represents the unholy collision of Fuxed-up creativity and High Production Value, and features mixing by Steve "Steve B" Baughman, whose credits include 50 Cent, Michael Jackson, and Eminem, believe it or not; and mastering by Dylan "3-D" Dresdow, who's worked with everyone from the Black Eyed Peas to U2 to the Wu-Tang Clan. The striking 8-panel digipak features jaw-dropping photographic artwork by digital artist Mike Dunkley, and the disc is enhanced with the award-winning, surrealist, mini-musical comedy short video "Mimsy", featuring "The Jellybean Song."
Meanwhile, The Fuxedos have been gaining notice and blowing minds through the power of their unusual live performances. The band's sound and stage show are unique and defy easy categorization, but the result is an innovative, high-energy, theatrical, and hilarious show, underscored by creative, eclectic, and freakishly tight musicianship.
Members' touring credits include such bands and acts as Les Claypool, Stolen Babies, Faun Fables, Coheed & Cambria, Idiot Flesh, and Cirque du Soleil. They've individually recorded or performed with everyone from Erykah Badu to Eric Clapton and from the Silversun Pickups to The Game, and have appeared not only on the "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" game series, but also on Hans Zimmer's score to "The Dark Knight."
Performances include appearances on Comedy Central's new "Gong Show" and Dr. Demento's recently premiered web series, as well as live shows at Spaceland (where they held their sold-out CD release show) and the Echo in LA; the late Tonic in NYC; Toronto's Now Lounge; the Casbah in San Diego; and the DNA Lounge, Hemlock Tavern, and Elbo Room in San Francisco.
They've headlined the Silver Lake Film Festival's closing night gala in LA and Karla LaVey's Black X-Mass show in San Francisco, and have shared bills with acts as diverse as Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh, L7's Donita Sparks, industrial pioneers Nitzer Ebb, avant-metallers Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, and comedian Neil Hamburger.
Fuxingshitup on Comedy Central:
"One of the most amazing, entertaining, enthralling, unique, hilarious and inspirational bands I have ever seen...[vocalist] Danny was a musical maniac onstage, donning masks, using crazy props, dancing up an astounding storm, singing dynamically, stomping, prancing, being riotously funny and crazed and mindblowing."
-- Paul Zollo, Sr. Editor, "American Songwriter" magazine; author, "Conversations with Tom Petty" and "Songwriters on Songwriting"
“The band incorporates free jazz, comedy, lounge, freakout rock, punk and everything under the sun
in its hysterical live act.”
-- Los Angeles Times
"The best frontman I've ever seen."
-- Rob Schrock (Music Director, Burt Bacharach)
"...The tremendously talented and insane band, The Fuxedos...their live shows combine brilliance and chaos with almost hallucinatory visual stimulation...always an adventure..."
-- Keyboard Magazine
"A band that should appeal to Zappa fans everywhere (but has its own irreverent style)...many thanks for the great CD."
-- Dr. Demento
"Thank you for one of the most engaging and completely wrongly fantastic shows I can remember...You're my new favorite band in LA!"
-- Shana Nys Dambrot (Editor, Flavorpill LA)
"You guys were great! You brought the house down." -- Neil Hamburger
"The Fuxedos are out of this world and are unlike any other L.A. band. Ever. Go see them. You'll be happy you did."
-- Blue Railroad magazine
"They were STUNNING! Highest-class musicianship (think Frank Zappa band at its tightest) and insanely charismatic frontman Danny (and a great singer at that). I bought their CD and listened to it for several days in a row...they will blow ANY festival crowd away!"
-- Vlad Oboronko (Manager, Huun Huur Tu)
"If Bertolt Brecht had a jam session with John Philip Sousa, Einsturzende Neubaten, and Howdy Doody on 'Saturday Night Live' back in '75, it might sound like The Fuxedos' 'Jellybean.'"
-- East Bay Express (Oakland, CA)
"I loved the Fuxedos show...tight music, and you were really in fine form. Congratulations on a truly unforgettable show!
-- Myles Boisen, guitarist/producer/engineer (Tom Waits, John Zorn, David Lynch, Nina Hagen, Fred Frith)
“The freshest, craziest thing I've seen in ages.”
-- Reverend Al Ridenour (Founder, L.A. Cacophony Society)
"The Fuxedos combine theatrical insanity with wonderfully addictive melodies!" -- Rock N Roll TV
"I'm a huge fan of you guys!"
-- Jai Young Kim (Secret Chiefs 3)
"Stunning acrobatics...so much energy that I spent several hours contemplating just what specific proteins the man was chomping on...There was not a single part of his body that did not move...He undulated his ass in a way that even I, a male heterosexual, had to admire...filled me with such joie de vivre that I found myself running up to the stage, jumping up with a raised hand and a mighty roar..."
-- Ed Champion, the lit-blog co-op
Live at Safari Sam's, LA (shot/edited by GB Young):
Excerpt from "Mimsy", the new Fuxedos short (featuring "The Jellybean Song"):
Here is a video of my Amazing Miracle Oil pitch from the Pop Haydn Post-Modern Medicine Show:
Pop Haydn pitches the Amazing Miracle Oil.
In this first pitch, Pop explains the origins of this electric oil, and credits the medicine men of the Placebo Indians of Cucamonga with the discovery of the principles upon which the treatment is founded...
Pop Haydn's Post-Modern Medicine Show, High Street Theater, Moorpark, California. November, 2009.
The Amazing Miracle Oil and other products are available here:
I'm happy to announce that my new album "Songs From The Films Of David Lynch" is out now.
"Truly unsettling and perplexingly brilliant... testament to both the quality of Lynch’s soundtracks and Truax’s talents" - The Skinny
"Truax is paying homage to a kindred spirit with this album. It's the best kind of tribute – affectionate and respectful, but with its own quirks and imaginative leaps and its own distinct identity." -The Scotsman
I am sad I couldn't make it to your CD release party. I miss the Fuxedos - it's been too long! But hopefully perhaps there may get to be some Danny Shorago in my future soon!
So, wtf...if i dont live in california, how the hell can i get the album...are there mp3's available somewhere? How do you expect worldwide domination if a brotha cant even download your album?
