Playlouder - Music is the Network

Swearily-monickered Canadian prog hardcore band Fucked Up have (fairly) recently utilised the powers of the Internet to hit back at their detractors, or one of them at least.

The Guardian's Alexis Petridis, (probably my favourite broadsheet music journalist, not that he's got a lot of decent competition), writing on The Guardian's website, guardian.co.uk, argued that the current crop of bands with "fuck" in their name (Fuck Buttons, Fucked Up, Holy Fuck) might want to look elsewhere for that striking, startling, shocking band name.

Well, I don't know - the PR folk still find it worth c*****ing, to my never-ending amusement, which might suggest Mr. Petridis' claim that "It's just an everyday word" and "It's not big, it's not clever and it's no longer original" are overstating the point somewhat.

I mean, is it really fucking okay to just say fuck all the time? Does a band name with 'fuck' in it continue to have the same fucking emphasis every fucking time you read it? Who knows? Who the fuck cares? I just like to see bands engaging in constructive criticism with critics. 

Hey! Maybe next time I'm at a fucking rubbish gig I might climb onstage and try to help Johnny Fuckwit play his fucking keyboard properly, eh? 

Fucked Up, who are good, are on tour:

8-Jul Abraxas, Benidorm (ES)

9-Jul Nitsa, Barcelona (ES)

10-Jul Gaztetxe, Getaria (ES)

11-Jul Sal El Sol, Madrid (ES)

12-Jul T In The Park Festival, Scotland

13-Jul Supersonic Festival, Birmingham

14-Jul Water Rats, London 

17-Aug Lowlands Festival, Lelystad (NL)

20-Aug Limelight, Belfast

21-Aug Whelans, Dublin

22-Aug Ieper Fest, Ghent (BE)

23-Aug Reading Festival, Reading

24-Aug Leeds Festival, Leeds

25-Aug 1 In 12 Club, Bradford