The Fugs

The Profile

American counterculture band formed in New York City in 1964 by poet Ed Sanders and writer Tuli Kupferberg, joined by Ken Weaver and aided early on by the Holy Modal Rounders. Known for satirical, explicit protest songs and experimental folk-rock that helped seed proto-punk and psychedelia.

Formed in 1964 in Greenwich Village by Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg; early releases on ESP-Disk and later on Reprise. Associated with the Holy Modal Rounders. Noted songs and pieces referenced in reviews include Kill for Peace, Morning Morning, Virgin Forest, Boobs A Lot, CIA Man, Slum Goddess, and Supergirl.

Three DeBaser reviews chart The Fugs from Greenwich Village provocateurs to underground rock pioneers. Their folk-rock, comedy, and noise experiments fuel proto-punk and psychedelia, with anti-war and satirical broadsides like Kill for Peace. Early sessions with the Holy Modal Rounders loom large. Key touchstones: The Fugs First Album, The Fugs Second Album, and the archival Rounders Score.