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...
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 (available June 2009) 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" by the band.
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 also 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 upcoming web series, as well as live shows at Spaceland and the Echo in LA; 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 Devil's Valentine's Ball in San Francisco, and have shared bills with acts as diverse as Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh, L7's grunge queen 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
"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
"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"):
DONT MISS THIS AWESOME ALL AGES SHOW THIS FRI JULY 3RD 7PM! ITS AT DEVILLES (BEHIND CADDY DADDYS TATTOOS IN REDDING) FEAT. DIRTNAP DELUXE RESIST THE FALLEN CHRISTENING EXCHANGE OF FIRE MAN UP! NANCY
CHECK THEM OUT ON MYSPACE AND COME ON OUT! ITS ONLY $5 @ THE DOOR AND LADIES ARE FREE! SO IF YOUR BORED AS HELL THIS FRI OR ARE DOWN WITH AWESOME LIVE MUSIC YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUESTED! WE GUARENTEE YOULL HAVE A BLAST! GEE WILIKERS!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FUSION PIT CADDY DADDYS TATTOOS SKY RIVER MUSIC AND DEAD MUFF PRODUCTIONZ
20 Dollar Doodle Sunday tomorrow and Sibling Rivalry in less than three weeks! Jump on to the excitement! Love to see you there at one of the events. The show with my sister will be pretty badass!
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?
Hey guys thanks for an awesome CD release party, we had a ton of fun thanks for the autographs and sorry we could not stay for the cake, hey come down to San Diego and have diner and drinks we will show you an awesome time in San Diego
Great show last night! Would have told you in person but you were simply swamped by adoring fans. (I guess you're going to have to hold off on that coffee table with stacks of CDs for legs...) Thanks for a great night!
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