Fucked Up



Fucked Up is a punk band from Toronto that formed in 2001. After releasing a slew of EPs, mixtapes, demos, splits and singles and their debut album Hidden World in 2006, they released the critically-acclaimed The Chemistry of Common Life in 2008. Chemistry won them the 2009 Polaris Music Prize as Canada's top album. They followed it up with the Concept Album David Comes To Life in 2011.

While labeled as a Hardcore Punk band by some, they are occasionally seen as more experimental due to their expansive sound and use of different song structures.

Members

 * Damian "Pink Eyes" Abraham - vocals
 * Mike "10,000 Marbles" Haliechuk - lead guitar
 * Sandy "Mustard Gas" Miranda - bass
 * Josh "Concentration Camp" Zucker - rhythm guitar
 * Ben "Young Governor" Cook - touring guitarist/backing vocals
 * Jonah "Guinea Beat" Falco - drums

Album Discography

 * Hidden World (2006)
 * The Chemistry of Common Life (2008)
 * David Comes To Life (2011)

Fucked Up provides examples of

 * Careful with That Axe: While Damian does this in many of his songs, the best example is in "Son The Father", which starts off with a flute solo, followed by rising guitars, and ending with a loud WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!
 * Concept Album: In David Comes To Life, the titular character meets and falls in love with a girl named Veronica. .  .  .  .  ..
 * Epic Rocking: The once a year "Zodiac Series" singles. The last one "Year of the Ox" in 2010, lasts more than 11 minutes.
 * Their 12-hour show in 2008.
 * Genius Bruiser: Lead singer Damian is actually very well-spoken, and has even appeared on Fox News.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Sebastien Grainger (Death From Above 1979), Dallas Green (Alexisonfire/City and Colour), Kate Stelmanis, and Vivian Girls make appearances on The Chemistry of Common Life.
 * Inaction Video: Done twice, for Magic Word and Black Albino Bones.
 * Once a Season: The Zodiac Series, where they release an Epic Rocking single and name it after that year in the Chinese Zodiac (i.e. "Year of the Rat" in 2009, "Year of the Ox" in 2010).
 * Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
 * Something Completely Different: Along with David Comes To Life, the band released David's Town, a companion album of a compilation of fictional first-wave punk bands from David's "hometown". It's better than it sounds and they even made a music video for one of the songs.
 * The band itself can count as this, since they incorporate instruments seldom used by other punk bands (i.e. bongos in "Magic Word").
 * Trash the Set: Their performance on MTV Live in 2008, where they trashed one of MTV's bathrooms, and got banned from MTV for it.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Earlier interviews painted them as this, but as of late, things are on friendlier terms.