The Yummy Fur
- See also Yummy Fur (comic) by Chester Brown.
| The Yummy Fur | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Years active | 1992–1999; 2010 |
| Labels | Vesuvius, Guided Missile |
| Associated acts | 1990s, Franz Ferdinand, Country Teasers, The Male Nurse, Correcto |
| Members |
John McKeown Paul Thomson Brian McDougall Dino Bardot |
| Past members |
Alex Kapranos Huntley Lawrence Worthington Mark Gibbons (deceased) Clare Gorman Jamie McMorrow Mark Leighton Marcus McNichol Steve Dunbar Alec Prentice Charlie Milne Paul Guided Missile |
The Yummy Fur were an indie rock band from Glasgow, formed in 1992, and disbanded 1999. The band consisted of lead singer and guitarist John McKeown and a regularly changing line-up of other musicians.[1] McKeown has since gone on to form the band 1990s. Their name was taken from the comic book Yummy Fur by Chester Brown.
After leaving the band in 1997, Lawrence Worthington would drum for both The Male Nurse and The Fall-influenced art punk band The Country Teasers.
Two future members of internationally successful Glasgow indie band Franz Ferdinand played in The Yummy Fur – drummer Paul Thomson who joined the band in 1997, and multi-instrumentalist Alex Kapranos (who was going by his birth name of Alex Kapranos Huntley at the time), who joined in 1998.
Keyboard player Mark Gibbons committed suicide in 1999.[2]
The band were lauded by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel recording two Peel Sessions[3] in 1995 and 1998.
On 23 November 2009, it was announced that McKeown and Thomson would reunite The Yummy Fur for a brief tour of the United States in January 2010 to support a greatest hits compilation due in late January.[4] A further report from NME confirmed the involvement of long-time Yummy Fur guitarist Brian McDougal.[5]
Discography
LPs
- Night Club (Slampt LP/Guided Missile CD, 1996)
- Sexy World (Guided Missile CD/LP, 1998)
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- Male Shadow At Three O'Clock (Vesuvius Records CD/10", 1998)
Compilations
- Kinky Cinema (Guided Missile CD, 1997)
Singles and EPs
- Music By Walt Disney But Played By Yuri Gagarin Thus A Political Record (Slampt 7", 1995)
- Kodak Nancy Europe EP (Guided Missile 7", 1995)
- Plastic Cowboy (Guided Missile 7", 1996)
- Supermarket (Vesuvius 7", 1996)
- Policeman (Guided Missile 7", 1996)
- Stereo Girls (Roxy 7", 1997)
- Shoot The Ridiculant (Guided Missile 7", 1998)[6]
References
- ↑ "The Yummy Fur". Personnel. Retrieved 17 February 2005.
- ↑ "1990s (the band, not the decade)". Obscure Sound blog. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
- ↑ "The Yummy fur Peel sessions on 'Keeping it Peel', a BBC hosted resource and tribute site for DJ John Peel". 'Keeping it Peel', a BBC hosted resource and tribute site for DJ John Peel. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ↑ http://pitchfork.com/news/37190-yummy-fur-reunite-for-first-us-tour/
- ↑ http://www.nme.com/news/yummy-fur/48545
- ↑ "The Yummy Fur". Albums. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2005.