THE F**KING CHAMPS F**KING ROCK

Hailing from San Francisco, the syntactically-challenged Fucking Champs (are they the champs of having sex, or are they emphatically the champions?) superimpose a wide variety of classic rock influences onto a stoner rock shell that is a mix of the new (Queens of the Stone Age) and the old (Black Sabbath). There are elements of AC/DC three-chord blues rock, Iron Maiden twin-lead guitar harmonies, Zeppelin-esque riffage, Floydian spaciness, Allman Brothers Band good vibes… really The Fucking Champs draw from just about every classic rock band to precede them, and somehow infuse an element of stoner rock into the mix that makes it seem modern. It’s a sound that’s pretty hard to pin down, especially given that it’s a three piece with no vocals or bass. Whatever it fucking is it fucking rocks, and we’ll be seeing the Fucking Champs at the fucking Mercury Lounge on June fucking 4th.

-VN

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