The Fugs

The Fugs are a band who formed in New York City in 1965 by Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, and who were joined later that year by Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber of the Holy Modal Rounders.

Related Topics:
Band - New York City - 1965 - Ed Sanders - Tuli Kupferberg - Peter Stampfel - Steve Weber - Holy Modal Rounders

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The band was named by Kupferberg who borrowed it from the euphemism in Norman Mailer's novel, The Naked and the Dead.

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The Fugs were a satirical and self-satirizing rock band which performed at Vietnam War protests nationwide. The band's frank lyrics about sex, drugs, and politics aroused a hostile reaction in many quarters. One of their better known songs was an adaptation of Matthew Arnold's poem, Dover Beach. Another was a William Blake poem.

Related Topics:
Matthew Arnold - Poem - Dover Beach - William Blake

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The Fugs played their "final" concert of the 1960s in 1969 at the Hershey Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania with the Grateful Dead.

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1960s - 1969 - Hershey, Pennsylvania - Grateful Dead

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The Fugs reunited in 1984 with several performances at the Bottom Line in NYC.

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A reunited Fugs toured in the fall of 2004.

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