THE F*CKING AM WAS F*CKING COOL
Take two (once) fringe underground “cool” bands, mix em up in a bowl with a few guest artists for good measure, add a whole lotta spaced-out arena-rock guitar-synth metallic retro-rockin-ness, and goddammit, you’ve got The Fucking Am.
This is a merging of two of old indie’s greats: dance-punk electro-rock originators (at least in its second coming) Trans Am, and defiantly bass-player-less twin lead mega-metal guitar heroes Fucking Champs. Taken as a supremely rocking experimental mixture of rock/metal subgenres in a rather classically rocked-out manner, the record is a pure success.
***mp3s (one featuring a Mars Volta member) after le jump***
All at once stony and rawkin, wonderfully 70s, micro-prog…taken with a fat one, this eclectic group of songs could perhaps help one find Jeebus in the right atmosphere. If I could trip out for exactly 41.1 minutes, I would strongly consider doing it to the many moods of this record.
Case in point: take the below track “Powerpoint”. Guest powerhaüs drummer Jon Theodore (from The Mars Volta early recordings) should be enough to win over anyone, but then there’s that heavy riffage again!! This cut makes me wanna steel-cage match with Grimlock.
And then the ying to the yan, “Talking Liberties” offers a peppy, rompin’ good time of a classic rock down-home throedoune…this one’s got some spirit, boy!
THE FUCKING AM – “Taking Liberties”
(both from Gold, Drag City, 2004)
-KW
