The Yummy Fur
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- See also Yummy Fur (comic) by Chester Brown.
| The Yummy Fur | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Years active | 1992-1999; 2010 |
| Labels | Vesuvius, Guided Missile |
| Associated acts | 1990s, Franz Ferdinand, Country Teasers |
| Members | |
| John McKeown Paul Thomson |
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| Former members | |
| Alex Kapranos Lawrence Worthington Mark Gibbons (deceased) Clare Gorman |
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The Yummy Fur were an indie rock band from Glasgow, formed in 1992, and disbanded 1999. The band was centered around lead singer and guitarist John McKeown, with a regularly changing lineup of other musicians.[1] McKeown has since gone on to form the band 1990s. Their name was taken from the comic book Yummy Fur by Chester Brown.
After leaving the band in 1997, Lawrence Worthington would drum for both The Male Nurse and The Fall-influenced art punk band The Country Teasers.
Two future members of internationally successful Glasgow indie band Franz Ferdinand played in The Yummy Fur - drummer Paul Thomson who joined the band in 1997, and multi-instrumentalist Alex Kapranos, who joined in 1998.
Keyboard player Mark Gibbons committed suicide in 1999.[2]
The band were lauded by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel recording two Peel Sessions [3] in 1995 and 1998.
On November 23, 2009, it was announced that McKeown and Thomson would reunite The Yummy Fur for a brief tour of the United States in January 2010 to support a greatest hits compilation due in late January[4].
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Night Club (Slampt LP/Guided Missile CD, 1996)
- Kinky Cinema (Guided Missile CD, 1997)
- Male Shadow At 3 O'Clock ( Vesuvius Records CD/10", 1998)
- Sexy World (Guided Missile CD/LP, 1998)
[edit] Singles and EPs
- Music By Walt Disney But Played By Yuri Gagarin (Slampt 7", 1995)
- Kodak Nancy Europe EP (Guided Missile 7", 1995)
- Plastic Cowboy (Guided Missile 7", 1996)
- Supermarket (Vesuvius 7", 1996)
- Policeman (Guided Missile 7", 1996)
- Stereo Girls (Roxy 7", 1997)
- Shoot The Ridiculant (Guided Missile 7", 1998)[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "The Yummy Fur". Personnel. http://www.mylegendarygirlfriend.co.uk/yummyfur/lineup.htm. Retrieved February 17 2005.
- ^ "1990s (the band, not the decade)". Obscure Sound blog. http://obscuresound.com/?p=1134. Retrieved September 17 2008.
- ^ "The Yummy fur Peel sessions on 'Keeping it Peel', a BBC hosted resource and tribute site for DJ John Peel", 'Keeping it Peel', a BBC hosted resource and tribute site for DJ John Peel, http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/y/yummyfur/, retrieved March 11 2009
- ^ http://pitchfork.com/news/37190-yummy-fur-reunite-for-first-us-tour/
- ^ "The Yummy Fur". Albums. http://www.mylegendarygirlfriend.co.uk/yummyfur/albums.htm. Retrieved February 17 2005.
