The History of the Fucked up Toes - Part I
Fucked up Toes, a punk band from Memphis, TN, was formed roughly 15 years ago
in a red neck named zeke's garage. Armed with nothing more than a cheap
guitar and a few cardboard boxes, Brant and Bryan (founding members)
decided on the name: Fucked up Toes. As it was the most stupid and most offensive
name they could come up with at age 14. After finding out they
couldn’t do it alone, the guys teamed up with Bryan’s cousin “FISH” using
his throat, and neighborhood friend Jason, pounding out the bass.
They made a few DIY tapes (Johnny’s a potato head and Am I F.U.T.) before
parting ways. A few short years later Brant and Bryan, a little
older and a little better equipped, decided to give it another shot. They
found a vocalist among friends, Gary and an exguitarist turned bass
player, Paul. That was the first real line up for F.U.T. Garyvocals,
Paulbass, Bryandrums, and Brantguitar. Things didn't go to well at first, but after saying goodbye to Gary and hello
to new vocalist, Molly, things started looking brighter. F.U.T. released two demos with Molly fronting (Vol. 1 & 2).
They added Brad (16 fl. oz.) on the 2nd guitar for demo #2. Shortly after the release of #2 Molly
left the band to pursue a career in drug addiction. That left: Brant,
Bryan, Paul, and Brad. the line up stayed this way for the next two demos
(Vol. 3 & 4) with the guys taking turns on vocals. The next change F.U.T.
would make would alter the band forever.
Upon Paul and Brad moving to California (separately) they decided again to pull
members from the ranks of their friends. This time choosing younger
and more raw talent, more specifically, Jerm and Kelly... on bass
and vocals respectively. It was the dawning of a new age and the release of
the next demo (Vol. 5) was soon to follow. It was obvious that F.U.T. had
left pop/punk behind altogether and went straight to punk/metal. The
songs
were no longer about skinny girls and dropping out of school.
The topics would be less P.C. and when I say “less P.C.” I mean down right
offensive. Ranging anywhere from sex-crazed blood hungry “scat” aliens to
crack fueled acts of extortion/vandalism on any given Halloween, the new
material appealed to a much younger, angst driven crowd. Making sure that
almost every show was a bad scene. Most of the time resulting in
confrontation, sometimes even physical violence, imagine that.