Always loved this “6 Song Mini-LP” piece on the cover, cuz that’s what these EPs once were supposed to be – much music at little price!
San Francisco’s FUCK-UPS got a lot of shit for the first song on this 7″ (I can’t make out all of the lyrics and my copy didn’t have a lyric sheet; anybody cares for a transcription?). The controversy put aside, this babe smokes! Angry, pissed-off and obnoxious, they really came across with the full scale of punk-emotions. “Once I had a Brother” is just too great. Essential!
I know, this has been blogged before, but who cares. You get the rarer and better sleeve version here and I’ve added some digital vinyl crackling for the atmosphere. And yes, it’s the full 6 songs. The phone number on the sleeve was one of the “Fuckettes”, as the female background choir was named.
Peter – the singer called himself Bob Noxious, haha.
White Boy
Once I had a Brother
Get out
I think you’re Shit
Negative Reaction
I hate you
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I’m the first commentor of this post. And I have somethings to say about this record: great, amazing. Can I come up with something more to say? No sorry my comments end here. Thanks for reading my comment.
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I’ve always used LP and 12″ (a shorter LP time wise in my vocabulary) almost interchangeably. Now the Fuck-Ups have made me rethink everything with their LP 7″. My world view is shattered.
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Look who was playing yesteday…
Nimby, 26th Fang, No Alternative, Social Unrest (featuring Creetin Kaos), Verbal Abuse, Sick Pleasure, All Time Highs, Arnocorps, Stone Vengance, Proudflesh, Anti-Momb, Fuck Ups w/ Society Dog, Ribzy, M.D.C. (unplugged) & Campbell, Oakland a/a $20 6pm *** @ $ (Remembering Ruthie’s Inn – Documentary Filming)
Fuck Ups w/ Society Dog (Society Dog??? who???? but yeah)
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Wow – this sounds quite spectacular. Seems like every band is getting back together. So how was the gig?
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I was there. There were many many bands scheduled to play and there were problems getting the stage set up so each band had to stop just as they were getting warmed up.
I’m glad that I saw all of these bands 25 years ago when we were all much younger.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57166598@N00/254418264/
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oh,man. bad karma extraordinaire!
these guys were as bad as Fang.
**or as G00d as Fang, depending on your point of view**
hey, are the F.U.’s (from Boston) blogged anywhere?
{yes, I know it’s a different band, this just reminded me of…….that}
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Joe Dirt played guitar for Society Dog prior to Fuck-Ups. Jon Christ of Code of Honor sang. They were great, late 70′s early 80′s SF punk. Joe Dirt was/is one fucking gnarly guitarist. Vastly underrated.
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R.I.P. Bob Noxious.
Died on 12/24. One of the finest street punk frontmen ever is sadly gone.
Blast some Fuck Ups today.
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It appears that the link to the music of the Fuck-Ups is broken and I really would love to be able to download it. I used to live in S.F. in ’82 and used to go see them. It would be great to hear them again.
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hey Erich, can you please re-upload this? thanks =)
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I remember these guys used to play at the Tool & Die sometimes. I ran into Bob Noxious at this speed queens studio. He was tweaking along with everyone else, playing something on a beat up electric guitar with no amp. I was doing RAR with Mary Malice at the time, or the Mindless Thugs, or something like that, or maybe I was just tweaking too.
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just wondering?? i have this version with the yellow cover. everytime i see this it shows the “baby” cover. which is the real cover? this is the first time anywhere i have seen this yellow cover rather than the baby cover. any info would be awesome. i love this band. i bought this from a record shop in california around 1987 i think.
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