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FUDGE WHO ARE YOU? We are FUDGE. Arguably the best heavy and alt-rock band in the north (cough) and the UK (cough). As Tom Robinson said on BBC 6 Music, “They’re absolutely on fire; the wildest, most on-point guitar band I’ve seen since IDLES”. We’ve got a live show that will absolutely blow your socks off. We aren’t a band, we’re an experience. I don’t know how to describe something to you that you’ve never experienced, so come to a show, you’ll see what we mean.
WHY DO YOU DO IT? Because we love it. Amongst spreading the word about the nonsensical system we’ve been born into, we love it. Whether it be loud, soft, sharp or smooth ... music is something that cannot be explained by science or politics or maths. It’s something innate. The adrenaline rush you get from playing a sold-out gig to a room that is literally bursting at the seams is unreal. It’s a rush. We want the ultimate rush, one day it will be Glastonbury. But, above all, WHAT DO YOU DO? we want to inspire people to We LOVE what we do. We have pursue their dreams, to live a fucking great time playing their lives to the absolute gigs to anyone that will listen. fullest, and to be as happy We entertain. We graft our as they can ever be. We’re arses off playing music for this trying to inspire a break in the band as an escape. An escape endless nine-to-five cycle. from the corrupt, twisted, capitalist world that we live in WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? today. But don’t be confused Jeeez. I think everyone knows or put off by the genre hard that: the old pandemic. We’ve rock. We spread love. We not done a gig since we played spread kindness. with Kid Kapichi in March AND Words by Otto / FUDGE
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IT IS KILLING US. However, that being said, we’re currently in the process of releasing a new EP. It was recorded and filmed completely live at Leeds Town Hall and we think it’s fucking ace. There are videos to watch, songs to hear, prints to hang up on your wall. Come get on board. WHAT'S THE HOT TOPIC? Oooft, it’s a difficult time for music right now. You know, I'd say the hot topic of music right now is that live music is not happening right now. But it will, and it will be a direct consequence of what’s going on right now. Some of the best music ever written was during some of the shittiest times in history, just look at blues, punk, rock. I think the hottest topic right now is the amazing music and stories that will come as a product of the clusterfuck that we’re currently living in.
