The Young Fresh Fellows
The Young Fresh Fellows are an American alternative rock group that was formed in 1981 in Seattle, Washington, United States, by Scott McCaughey and Chuck Carroll. Tad Hutchison, Chuck Carroll's first cousin, joined for the recording of the group's debut album in 1983.
History
Their first album was The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest after which Jim Sangster joined the group on bass and McCaughey switched from bass to guitar. Carroll left the group in 1988 and was replaced by Kurt Bloch from The Fastbacks.The song "Amy Grant", a comical song about Contemporary Christian music and pop music artist Amy Grant, from the album The Men Who Loved Music, was a success on college radio.
The band is still together, although after 1996's A Tribute to Music, they released no new material until Because We Hate You, a split release with McCaughey's other band, the Minus 5. McCaughey has given more attention to the Minus 5 since then, while Bloch and Sangster have formed the band Thee Sgt. Major III, and Hutchison is working more on visual art and design, as well as performing/recording as Chris & Tad with Chris Ballew of The [Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]. The Fellows released I Think This Is in 2009 and embarked on a tour of Spain that October.
From 1994 to 2011, McCaughey was a "fifth member" of R.E.M., playing guitar with the band both onstage and in the studio.
The band was mentioned in the They [Might Be Giants] song "Twisting", and in "Big Salty Tears" by the Ziggens, which was later covered by Bradley Nowell of Sublime on the album Sublime Acoustic: [Bradley Nowell & Friends].
The tribute album This One's for the Fellows features twenty covers of Young Fresh Fellows songs by artists including The Presidents of [the United States of America (band)|the Presidents of the United States of America], Robyn Hitchcock, and the Makers. The Presidents' cover was featured in "Benderama", an episode of Futurama.
Discography
Albums
The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest Topsy Turvy The Men Who Loved Music Totally Lost Beans and Tolerance This One's For the Ladies Electric Bird Digest It's Low Beat Time A Tribute to Music Because We Hate You – double CD split with The Minus 5I Think This Is I Don't Think This Is – four different tracks from the above, and different artworkTiempo de Lujo Exit Ramp- ''Toxic Youth''
EPs
Temptation on a Saturday – PopLlama/Munster – 1995Official bootlegs
- ''Beans and Tolerance''