Latest Update:
GO VOTE>>>

hey all... it's been awhile since we've sent one of these mailing list things out but i'm bored and it is now officially halloween so what better time to do this... here's what we've been up to...

RECORDING
we spent some time recording as most of you know at Studio Academy in Rochester... we've given a few different rough mix demos out to people at shows and whatnot but we still don't have a finished product... i take responsibility for that... i've been busy up in minneapolis and haven't really had time to go down and finish my vocals... we will have something finished for the holidays though... i promise... it will be a free cd and free download type thing... we haven't had a recording that is indicative of our sound in well over a year and we want to thank all of our fans and friends by giving out something for free... in case you didn't know here are the songs we recorded:
Intro
Come On
Jameson Waterfront
Rock Dance Fuck
Dead Man's Hand
Let's Get High
At The End Of This Rope
Devil May Care
TFA TCB
Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys Cover)
Kick Out The Jams (MC5 Cover)
out of those 11 tracks, 8 will probably go on the cd...

UPCOMING SHOWS
we are playing a Pop For Charity show in St. Paul on November 4... it's at Big V's and is with Wild Honey, Off With Thier Heads and [spacebar]... for more info. go to our website or www.tcshowslist.com... after that we have a few tentative shows for December including our giant 3 year anniversary blowout and then that's it for the year...

THE FUCKING AMERICANS VIDEO VOL. 2
we've been tossing around the idea of doing another video EP... we have amassed a great deal of footage since we released the last one and want people to see it... it is still in the very infant stages but we'll keep you updated...

THE FUTURE OF TFA
stay tuned for major news concerning the future of The Fucking
Americans...

that's it for this edition... have a great halloween...

Richie Dagger

6/20/04
well... it's 11:18 a.m and i'm nursing a bit of a hangover as well as listening to mike savage snore on my couch... what better time than now to update the news section of the site... first of all i want to thank everyone for coming out to the show last night... it's awsome to see so many people come out and support us... it is apreciated... i'd also like to thank billy from the black halos for singing sonic reducer with us and letting me sing where eagles dare with them... also to the shocker for putting on a killer rock set... a rowdy drunken good time was had by all and if you missed it, you missed one of the rowdiest shows i've ever witnessed... some video was shot so hopefully we can put some of the craziness up on the site... we are also in the midst of recording some new songs... we don't know exactly what will be done with the recordings but we'll have some sound clips up on the site in the near future... i guess that's about it for now... i'll do a more thorough update when we're done recording... in the meantime check out the show section... there's some good shows coming up... and also our myspace account at www.myspace.com/thefuckingamericans... see you kids later...

4/20/04
it seems ironic that i should write a news update on the stoner-est day of the year, what with me being the sober-est member of the band, but in the news today... the last hit song written by tfa contains the lyrics 'come on, let's all get high.' (not to be confused with the already carved into stone classic early tfa song, 'come on.') at the triple rock show, it was dedicated to 'all the weed heads,' or 'ganga(sp?) heads' or something. it is a hit, as most tfa songs are, and the instrumental version rolled out of our practice space today, just prior to matt and jesse and chad's 'sparking a bowl.' jesse was even greeted by a friend today with 'happy 4/20.' it was awesome. speaking of that one show, the bleeding hickeys rock well and i would like to play with them again. 25 suaves should be allowed to play their 3 or 4 hour sets without interruption from opening bands. they've earned it with hard work and stickin' it to 'em.
the fucking americans have yet to quit their day jobs. as a matter of fact, this is the first time in a long time that each member has been employed. breakdown: chad is a pizza delivery specialist, matt is a junkyard dog, j. bradley is a post bulletin delivery specialist, rich works for three for the gallows, and i am a chinese waiter/deli worker. it is difficult being chinese during the week, and not chinese on the weekend.
our dear friend alyce made it to new orleans safely, and she still admits to knowing us. this information should potentially be kept from her family.
i went to chicago last week, and didn't see any good shows. all i heard was 'there's a deathcab show on thursday.' blah blah. i hope i didn't miss a cougars show. i would also like to see a band called hayward riot. anyone know that band? me either, but i want to. if you like the rappers, and we're still talking about chicago, check out typical cats, they just released something. i haven't heard it. i got a book called 'trout fishing in america.' look it up, readers. kirstin got a book called 'vineland' by thomas pynchon.
i should have left behind, or dropped, enough names by now, to have left everyone with research and reference material for a couple weeks, because 4/20 is now official 'look into something i've never heard of' day.
zoogerfest is our next engagement, hosted by our friends the studio academy, a wonderful venture in highschool-the-less-conventional-way, at the acclaimed playmor ballroom of rochester.
celebrate death like a samurai, the fucking americans.

1/18/2004
happy new year to everyone. tonight we get to play our third show this weekend, at our own Loveugly Cabaret in Rochester, MN. We kicked off the weekend by kicking off a kick ass line-up at the Triple Rock on Thursday. Start Destruct, The Voltz, and Cardinal Sin played after us, which is a rough gig for them, considering our raw rock powers. Those bands are full of members of accomplished deceased bands. their experience shows. on friday night we played at studio academy, and just to keep it consistent, none of us changed clothes from the previous night's show (or maybe all week). somebody knocked a beer and a rum and coke into our merch bin at the triple rock. now all the t-shirts are frozen together in chad's van. tonight we'll play with end transmission and clair de lune. i'm taking this night as a great opportunity to take notes on stage presence, since i've been told to 'move around a little.' i usually respond with something like 'i am a steadfast chariot of rhythm,' but no one goes for it. There is talk of us being at the LaCrosse tattoo convention in early february, presumably playing with local tattoo artist psychobilly favorites kustom occult. our van is currently uninsured, any benefactors can contact us through e-mail. since vace cooper got batteries for his pedal, all he needs is new cables and a bigger amp. everyone else is set for equipment, so your contributions will go to the general band fund, which we promise to use not on recording or anything, but on custom beer coolies and embroidered wrist bands and stickers. laura dean was very impressed with j. bradley's drumming on thursday. we trust laura's judgement, and he can stay. there has been some concern that because our news is never updated, we are not doing anything. to the contrary, we cook food and practice at chad's all the time. our top secret practice space is almost finished, having 2 of 4 walls insulated. our band has a kind of endurance not found in those bands that practice in cushy, well heated spaces. this week i have listened to: drive like jehu, les savvy fav, cougars, and themselves. this has been a news update regarding the fucking americans, posted by our diligent web guy brian, and written by the wordy mars dangerously, grateful to have another show tonight, in spite of this dismal fucking tundra wasteland our ancestors settled in.


June 22, 2003
okay... so it's been many many months with no updates but finally we're ready to let you know what's up with The Fucking Americans... our full length album that we recorded was cut down to a 4 song 7 inch and then again cut down to a 2 song split 7 inch with a band from Minneapolis called Three For The Gallows... the good news is that this is finally happening... the master has been shipped off to the pressing plant and we should have the records by mid july... in celebration of this we are going on a week long midwest tour also with Three For The Gallows... you can find out all the info. about that on our brand new redesigned webpage... make sure to thank brian for all his hardwork on that... we'd also like to welcome 2 new members to the band... our tour mom / booking agent / lady who does all the shit we're too lazy to do kat swenson and our brand new van "johnny thunder"... we'll have pictures and bios of them up on the webpage in the next week before we leave for tour... that's about all i have for right now... i hope to see alot of you at all our upcoming shows... keep supporting the rock... oh yeah... we have a message board now... feel free to talk all the mad shit about me that you want on it instead of annonymously emailing us or doing it on our journal... peace, Rich

7 December 2002
alright kids.... it's been awhile and i apologize but my computer crashed a while ago so i have not been able to update anything or send out any emails... but, big news... we are recording our first full length album this weekind and you all are going to have a chance to pick the songs that will apear on it and also pick the name... we are going to record about 19 or 20 songs but only 10 will appear on the album so if you send us your mailing address, we might siend you a cd-r of the 20 songs... pick the 10 that you think should go on the album and email us back... only a handful of people will get this oppurtunity so the first 10 will get the chance... all of you can have a chance to pick the title of the album though.... we have no idea what to call it so we are asking you , our faithfull mailing list kids, for help... just email us back with what you think would be the best title for the fucking americans album.... each one of us will pick a favorite and then we'll email you our favorites and you all get to pick... sorry if this makes little sense but i am short on time and drunk as hell at the lovugly as i just got done dj'ing... so yeah there are your tasks if you wish to accept them... we'lll have more news this weekend as recording gets done... also me and chad got haircuts from Kat at the loveugly... she rules at cutting hair....

11 November 2002
First of all, we successfully spread The Fucking Americans rock n' roll gospel to lacrosse, WI and sioux falls, SD. We'd like to thank all the kids that came out to those shows, steve from the warehouse and jayson from sioux falls for getting us on those shows and especially our good friends billy music and army of ponch for rocking with us. a good time was had by all and we look forward to returning to both places very soon. sorry to the girl in sioux falls who bought the case without a cd in it. i promise i will have it sent out by monday. we also played a day of the dead show at the LoVEuGLY with Lazy ike and the daredevils that was an incredible amount of fun. there are pictures of that show on both our website and also at www.loveugly.com . hopefully we will have some video from that up on our website very soon.
the next month is i guess what you call "the calm before the storm." we are kinda taking some time off this month to write and fine tune our set. we have one possible show lined up but it is not for sure yet. we'll let you know the exact date when we find out. december 7 & 8 we will be recording a bunch of songs with our good friend and sound man Mark Cutshall. we're not exactly sure how many songs we'll do or what we're gonna do with the recording but we will at least have samples on the website for you all to listen to. we have some shows that month but we can't really talk about them right yet. it's a surprise. we'll let you know. we are also now booking dates for a short week long southeast U.S. tour in january. stay tuned to the website for more details on that. that's about all we have for now. remember to check out www.livejournal.com/users/oddsagainstme for (mostly) daily updates as to the goings on of our band and our lives. it's a pretty interesting read from time to time. hope everyone has a good thanksgiving and we'll see you soon. peace out

5 October 2002
Hey kids... it's been awhile since we've checked in to let you know what's up in The Fucking Americans camp so I figured we were due for an update... First of all, I want to thank everyone who has come out to any of our shows in the last month and to the all the bands we've played with... we've gotten to play some really good shows lately and gotten to hang out with old friends like Billy Music and Cesto and make some new friends like Ultimate Fakebook, Burning Radios and Digger... all of them are not only great people but great bands as well... check out their music if you haven't already... the links are on the links page... now onto what we have in store for you in the coming weeks and months ahead...
VIDEO - we are currently filming a video for the song come on! off of our demo... it is being done by our very good friend and videographer darrin limvere (spelling may be wrong, sorry darrin)... darrin has worked on some rock climbing videos in the past and is also working on making a zombie movie right now.... we are all very excited and happy that darrin has taken time out of his busy schedule to do this for us... when we are finished it will be on the website for download and also on our full length (whenever the fuck that comes out)
RECORDING - in the next month or so we are hoping to go in and do a super low budget demo recording with one of our very good friends... this is not gonna be for any release... we are gonna attempt to record and mix all of our songs (13 or 14 in all) in one take with no over dubs... we may put some of these up on the website depending on how they turn out... after that, we will pick the best 5 or so and hopefully record with Jeremy Tappero of Attention who did our first recording again... these songs will be used for a couple 7 inches that we have planned in the future... we'll let you know more about that later... hopefully soon after that we will finally record our full length... look for that in the spring maybe...
SHOWS - we have no shows scheduled for now... we do have some potential shows coming up but no dates yet... very soon we will start booking dates for our march of 2003 east coast tour... if you know anyone who could help us out, email us and let us know...that's about it for now... in closing we want to thank everyone who has voted for us so far on the epitaph demo-lition page... as of yesterday we were number 9 out of the top 114... we appreciate that so much...peace,Richman VA

31 August 2002
well kids we leave for our little "tour" in 2 days... all the dates are not yet set but you can check out what we have so far in the shows section... i added 3 more today... if you are only able to make it to one of them, try to get to the board to death show on september 6... we are planning on a few surprise for that one... plus book of dead names is playing and they will blow you away if you've never seen them... we will have copies of our demo for sale at all the shows as well as brand new t-shirt and patch designs... i'll be trying to update the livejournal as sort of a tour journal from the road... you can find that at www.livejournal.com/users/oddsagainstme...
hope to see you all at some of the shows...

24 August 2002:
New web site design
Tour dates! check the shows section
Member profiles!

UPDATED 7-23-02
So here it is, the first update in like 3 months. Sorry for the long delay but there hasn't been a whole lot going on. I was on tour with Cadillac Blindside (R.I.P.) for a month and a half, then Chad went on vacation for awhile, then I went on vacation for awhile. But we're all back now and ready to rock. Here's what's going on now. Before I left we actually recorded something. We spent a day in St. Paul recording 4 songs with Jeremy Tappero formerly of The Stereo and now of Attention:. The songs we did were: Come On, Zombies Live, One Whiskey Down, and Anthem. Eventually we are going to master it and put it on 7 inch. Don't even expect it to be ready though until at least October if not later. Also we are booking a week long tour for the first week of September. We will be going out with a kick ass band from Arizona called Burning Radios. Expect some exact dates and locations within the next week. Finally we are looking for a new person to do the webpage for us. If you know anyone who is good at that sort of thing and willing to work for free, let us know.