The F**king Champs
Biography
A heavy metal trio that rarely performs in front of real metal audiences, the F**king Champs are a peculiar outfit from San Francisco who hang with the indie rock crowd, while spitting out vile, perturbed hesher music. Former Nation of Ulysses guitarist Tim Green moved to San Francisco in 1995 and quickly hooked up with drummer Tim Soete and guitarist Josh Smith. With no bass and barely any vocals, the three of them formed the Champs The sound was pure, brutal riffage, with galloping power chords à la Judas Priest and occasional wanky bits. They released several homemade tapes with names like Triumph of the Air Elementals and Music for Films About Rock and a couple 7"s, all of which were difficult to find but available at their shows.
In 1997, they came out with their magnum opus, III (released under the name C4AM95 for God knows what reason), a double album that raged most furiously. In addition to the relentless riffs spewing forth from III, the F**king Champs came up with some fine, short electronic pieces with titles like "Now Is the Winter of Our Discoteque" and "Silent Night, Friendly Night." Their fondness for heavy rock and atmospheric electronics was shared by Trans Am, which sparked an ongoing friendship and collaboration.
liked these guys for years and never knew the guitarist was from nation of ulysses.. one of my all-time favorites. f**king champs!
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Am I the only one that feels that these guys are kinda incorrectly classified as metal? Great band tho
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F**KING CHAMMMPPPPPP P S S S S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
feed me these riffs endlessly i will never tire... all y'all haters are sorely lacking in co**nes. |
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More bands just need a jam album or two or three lol what is wrong with jamming out who needs vocals and a set rhythm really?
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awesome they don't bleep out the name on the player but everywhere else they do f**king just trying it out damn censors
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This is one instance where I really need to say, if you dont like it, dont listen to it and shut the f**k up.
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The f**king chumps lawlz0rz. Sorry couldn't resist, yah talented guys, but the s**t goes nowhere. They need to find a melody, not just playin for the hell of it.
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I went to school with Joshua, Adam Cantwell (everyone say who ?!). and Tim, and hated to miss a show anywhere, whether Bob's place in the trees next to the library, at the Red Room, etc., and much later, Live Soup, in Santa Cruz. Nine string Dan Electros with lipstick pickups, with Tim occasionally donning the Gibson Flying V! His vocals on Music For Films About Rock on their brilliant cover of Motley Crue's Merry Go Round, in addition to their never recorded (at least released) Johnny Bravo (wh
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The Fstarstarkin g Champs rule! Well, if you like that sort of thing. Which I don't really.
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