Active from 1981 | Genres Alternative/Indie, Rock | |
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Albums Because We Hate You, The Men Who Loved Music, Electric Bird Digest, Tiempo De Lujo, The Fabulous Sounds o | ||
The young fresh fellows amy grant
The Young Fresh Fellows are an American alternative rock group that was formed in 1981 in Seattle, Washington, by Scott McCaughey and Chuck Carroll; Tad Hutchison, Chuck Carroll's first cousin, joined for the recording of the group's debut album in 1983.
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- The young fresh fellows amy grant
- History
- LPs
- EPs
- Official Bootlegs
- Fans Only Cassettes
- Compilations and lives
- Tribute Albums
- Songs
- References
History
Their first album was The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest (1984) after which Jim Sangster joined the group on bass and McCaughey switched from bass to guitar. Carroll left the group in 1988, and was replaced by Kurt Bloch from The Fastbacks.
The song "Amy Grant", a comical song about Contemporary Christian music and pop music artist Amy Grant, from the album The Men Who Loved Music, was a huge success on college radio and arguably their biggest hit.
The band are still together, although after 1996's A Tribute To Music they released no new material until Because We Hate You (2001), a split release with McCaughey's other band, the Minus 5. McCaughey has given more attention to the Minus 5 since then, while Bloch and Sangster have formed the band Sgt. Major, and Hutchison is working more on visual art and design, as well as performing/recording as Chris & Tad with Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America. However, the Fellows released I Think This Is in 2009 and embarked on a tour of Spain that October.
From 1994 to 2011, McCaughey was a sort of "fifth member" of R.E.M., working with the band both onstage and in the studio.
The band was mentioned in the They Might Be Giants song "Twisting", and in "Big Salty Tears" by The Ziggens, which was later covered by Bradley Nowell of Sublime on the album Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends.
The tribute album This One's for the Fellows (2004) features twenty covers of Young Fresh Fellows songs by artists including The Presidents of the United States of America, Robyn Hitchcock, and The Makers. The Presidents' cover was featured in "Benderama," an episode of Futurama.
LPs
EPs
Official Bootlegs
"Fans Only" Cassettes
Compilations and lives
Tribute Albums
Songs
Rock 'n' Roll Pest ControlThe Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest · 1984
Young Fresh Fellows ThemeThe Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest · 1984
Still There's HopeThis One's for the Ladies · 1989