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The Fugs

The Fugs are an American rock band formed in New York City in late 1964, by the poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, with Ken Weaver on drums. Soon afterward, they were joined by Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber of The Holy Modal Rounders. Kupferberg named the band from a euphemism for fuck used in Norman Mailer's novel The Naked and the Dead.

The band was one of the leaders of the underground scen…

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Type
Group
Area
United States
Founded
1963
Genres
Labels
ESP-Disk’
New Rose Records
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Artemis Records
Big Beat
Last updated: December 11th, 2014·MusicBrainz

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