Album Notes

THE FUXEDOS are America's favorite surreally comedic, theatrical, punky art rock band, complete with costumes, props, and bizarrely humorous theatrics.

"This is music both visionary and visceral, both hilarious and very serious, and it’s welcome now more than ever...Here’s an album that is the evident consequence of vast and inspired studio hours, the kind of exhaustive craft pored into Beatles records as well as those by Brian Wilson, Steely Dan and Frank Zappa. A spirit of wildness permeates the proceedings, but it’s underpinned by a richly dimensional musical complexity. Yes. This is about passion...This is an album designed to last."
-- "American Songwriter" magazine

The Fuxedos' eponymous debut CD represents the unholy collision of Fuxed-up creativity and High Production Value, and features mixing by Steve "Steve B" Baughman, whose credits include 50 Cent, Michael Jackson, and Eminem; and mastering by Dylan "3-D" Dresdow, who's worked with everyone from the Black Eyed Peas to U2 to the Wu-Tang Clan. The striking 8-panel digipak features jaw-dropping photographic artwork by digital artist Mike Dunkley, and the disc is enhanced with the award-winning, surrealist - musical - comedy - short video "Mimsy", featuring "The Jellybean Song" by the band.

Meanwhile, The Fuxedos have been gaining notice and blowing minds through the power of their unusual live performances. The band's sound and stage show are unique and defy easy categorization, but the result is an innovative, high-energy, theatrical, and hilarious show, underscored by creative, eclectic, and freakishly tight musicianship.

Members' touring credits include such bands and acts as Les Claypool, Stolen Babies, Faun Fables, Coheed & Cambria, Idiot Flesh, and Cirque du Soleil. They've also individually recorded or performed with everyone from Erykah Badu to Eric Clapton and from the Silversun Pickups to The Game, and have appeared not only on the "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" game series, but also on Hans Zimmer's score to "The Dark Knight."

Performances include appearances on Comedy Central's new "Gong Show" and Dr. Demento's recent web series, as well as live shows at Spaceland and the Echo in LA; Tonic in NYC; Toronto's Now Lounge; the Casbah in San Diego; and the DNA Lounge and Elbo Room in San Francisco.

They've headlined the Silver Lake Film Festival's closing night gala in LA and Karla LaVey's Devil's Valentine's Ball in San Francisco, and have shared bills with acts as diverse as Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh, L7's Donita Sparks, industrial pioneers Nitzer Ebb, avant-metallers Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, and comedian Neil Hamburger.

"One of the most amazing, entertaining, enthralling, unique, hilarious and inspirational bands I have ever seen...[vocalist] Danny was a musical maniac onstage, donning masks, using crazy props, dancing up an astounding storm, singing dynamically, stomping, prancing, being riotously funny and crazed and mindblowing."
-- Paul Zollo, Sr. Editor, "American Songwriter" magazine; author, "Conversations with Tom Petty" and "Songwriters on Songwriting"

"If Bertolt Brecht had a jam session with John Philip Sousa, Einsturzende Neubaten, and Howdy Doody on 'Saturday Night Live' back in '75, it might sound like The Fuxedos' 'Jellybean.'"
-- East Bay Express (Oakland, CA)

"The Fuxedos combine theatrical insanity with wonderfully addictive melodies!"
-- Rock N Roll TV

"A band that should appeal to Zappa fans everywhere (but has its own irreverent style)...many thanks for the great CD."
-- Dr. Demento