Plenty could be written about FUCT because of their longevity, which saw them out-live many of their early contemporaries (UPS, Blood Spasm, Opinion Zero, Civil Order etc.), but also because they went through a sonic transformation from a hardcore-punk band to a band that took a hardcore-punk influence and mixed it with more progressive influences like Jimi Hendrix and Nomeansno. They also maintained the same line up for over a decade, minus their brief existence with Leo as 2nd guitarist, which is rare. This recording finds them in their early years when they were more juiced on RKL and Raw Power (who they toured with) then the straighter rock sounds they would eventually incorporate. This recording has its own interesting history. It was recorded (I believe) by one of the members of What Went Wrong who died after the session. Seven or eight years later me and my friend Dan (who took the above photo) were hanging out in Toxic Ranch when John (gtr player) worked there. He told us that somebody had recently gone through the sound engineer’s stuff and found this recording and gave him a copy. He then taped it for us and I’ve been listening to it ever since. I think I like this era of FUCT their best, when they were playing fast and young and taking drugs and drinking a lot. The recording and playing is a little rough, but it does a good job of capturing the punk-hardcore sound of Tucson in the late 80s.
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