The Femurs are a semi-acoustic duo influenced by the likes of the Ramones, the Minutemen, the Velvet Underground, Sebadoh, the Silver Jews, clash, klark kent, adam ant, monochrome set, screeching weasel, the queers, teenage bottlerockets, lillingtons, woody guthrie, doc boggs, lou reed, xtc, gang of four, fugazi, mike watt, they might be giants, coltrane, sonny rollins, art blakey, this bike is a pipe bomb, bob dylan, carter family, charles river valley boys, john hartford, modern lovers, jonathan richman, weakerthans, devo, funky pastries, dead boys, dead milkmen, dead kennedy's, aphex twin, schneider tm, husker du, replacements, richard hell, television, ny dolls, johnny thunders, mtx, riverdales, iggy and the stooges, sugar, and lots of other music that some people like.
Sounds Like
sometimes ramones, lou reed, sebadoh, violent femmes, frank black, the queers, mixed with a homespun blend of acoustic punk rock......
and sometimes not....
The Femurs are from New York City and currently live in Seattle.
The Femurs are Rob Femur and he is sometimes joined by others. Rob is most recently playing as a one man punk rock/ doo wop band with guitar and drums.
.The femurs sound is Ramones-like but play their own homespun blend of acoustic folk-punk.
Femurs have 3 records:
The first record is a self titled 16 song rawk and rowl opus of lost love and dreams of having enough money to buy a car
The second album from The Femurs is called: Jack Cafferty Vs. Chuck Scarborough. (named after their favorite NYC news anchormen) put out on Seattle’s Homespun Records. The album is a six song ep that remains true to their upbeat acoustic folk-punk sound.
The Third CD just came out in 2007 called "Modern Mexico"
which can be found and ordered by going to: www.cdbaby.com
Femurs are working on a new album that will be out early 2009
The Femurs really love you and want to be your friend.....so keep that in mind.....GABBA GABBA HEY
hope nuthouse went great-whats the haps??? love your new pict! he he send me a copy of your new stuff???? I will send you a pine cone from the island. :)
I am diggin on your CDs. I had a blast at the Nuthouse Film thing. I hope your finger is OK. I look forward to playing with you at the Conor Byrne in Ballard on Oct 3 with Mama Tried. Keepa Rockin'!
After the dust, smoke and destruction from the night before has settled, come out and see this show at the Comet Tavern on Capitol Hill on Sat July 5th!
Whisky Galore Rob Femur Howlin' Houndog The Fuzz Oscar's Mad
05 Jul 2008, 09:00 PM 222 E. Pike St., Seattle, Washington 98122 Cost : $6
We’ll be playing at the ledgendary Comet Tavern on Sat July 5th 2008 with Rob Femur, The Fuzz, Whiskey Galore and Oscar's Mad! We’ll be all Electric this time too! Come and get Cuckoo!
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