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Fucked Up

Fucked Up formed in Toronto around 2001 with Damian Abraham as frontman. Their music pulls from punk and hardcore but doesn't settle there, often stretching...

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Fucked Up, Toronto's noisy punk experiment.

A hardcore band that layers melody into the noise and never stays in one lane.

For a quick sense of their approach, try 'Lights Go Up' or 'A Little Death.' They frame the band's mix of noise and melody pretty well.

They formed in Toronto around 2001 and quickly drew pushback for confrontational shows. Their 2006 album 'Hidden World' got wider notice in experimental rock, with cover art that faced censorship attempts. Songs like 'Lights Go Up' show how they mix aggression with unexpected melody.

Early on, their music pulled from punk and hardcore but stretched into experimental noise. They followed 'Hidden World' with records like 'The Chemistry of Common Life' in 2008 and the concept album 'David Comes to Life' in 2011. Through lineup shifts, Damian Abraham's raw delivery and their layered sound have stayed constant.

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Fucked Up formed in Toronto around 2001 with Damian Abraham as frontman. Their music pulls from punk and hardcore but doesn't settle there, often stretching into experimental noise territory. Early on, their shows drew some pushback from local authorities who found them too confrontational.

In 2006, they put out 'Hidden World,' an album that got them wider notice in experimental rock circles. The cover art, a woman giving birth, caused enough of a stir that it faced censorship attempts. They followed that with records like 'The Chemistry of Common Life' in 2008 and the concept album 'David Comes to Life' in 2011. Songs like 'Year of the Dog' and 'Baiting the Public' give a fair sense of their sound: aggressive, melodic in unexpected ways, and never quite where you expect it to go next.

They kept putting out music through the 2010s, including 'Dose Your Dreams' in 2018. The band's lineup has shifted at times, but Abraham's raw delivery and their willingness to layer noise with melody have remained constants.

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