The Yummy Fur

The Yummy Fur
The Yummy Fur
Origin	Glasgow, Scotland
Genres	Indie rock; art punk;
Years active	1992–1999; 2010
Labels	Vesuvius, Guided Missile
Members	John McKeown; Paul Thomson; Brian MacDougall; Dino Bardot
Past members	Alex Kapranos; Lawrence Worthington; Mark Gibbons (deceased); Clare Gorman; Jamie McMorrow; Mark Leighton; Marcus McNichol; Steve Dunbar; Alec Prentice; Charlie Milne; Paul Guided Missile

See also
Yummy Fur (comic) by Chester Brown
..

The Yummy Fur were a Scottish

Yummy Fur by Chester Brown

.

After leaving the band in 1997, Lawrence Worthington would drum for both The Male Nurse and The Fall-influenced art punk band Country Teasers.

Three future members of internationally successful

indie band Franz Ferdinand played in The Yummy Fur. Drummer Paul Thomson who joined the band in 1997, and multi-instrumentalist Alex Kapranos Huntley

, who joined in 1998, were founder members of Franz Ferdinand, and Dino Bardot would join Franz Ferdinand as guitarist in 2017 to replace Nick McCarthy.

Keyboard player Mark Gibbons committed suicide in 1999.[3]

The band were lauded by

Peel Sessions^[4]

in 1995 and 1998.

On 23 November 2009, it was announced that McKeown and Thomson would reunite The Yummy Fur for a brief tour of the United States in January 2010 to support a greatest hits compilation due in late January.

NME confirmed the involvement of long-time Yummy Fur guitarist Brian MacDougall.^[6]

Discography

Albums

Night Club (Slampt LP/Guided Missile CD, 1996)
Sexy World (Guided Missile CD/LP, 1998)

Mini albums

Male Shadow at Three O'Clock (
Vesuvius Records
CD/10", 1998)

Compilation albums

Kinky Cinema (Guided Missile CD, 1997)
Piggy Wings (Rock Action Records LP/CD, 2019)

Split albums

Prole Life : A Souvenir From Glasgow - tracks 1 to 7 (Cherry Red Records, CD, 1995)

Singles and EPs

"Music By Walt Disney But Played By Yuri Gagarin Thus a Political Record" (Slampt 7", 1995)
"Kodak Nancy Europe EP" (Guided Missile 7", 1995)
"Plastic Cowboy" (Guided Missile 7", 1996)
"Supermarket" (Vesuvius 7", 1996)
"Policeman" (Guided Missile 7", 1996)
"Stereo Girls" (Roxy 7", 1997)
"Shoot the Ridiculant" (Guided Missile 7", 1998)^[7]

Cassettes (demo)

"The Edith Massey Eggsplosion" (not on label, 1994) https://www.discogs.com/release/16044665-The-Yummy-Fur-The-Edith-Massey-Eggsplosion

References

^ "Yummy Fur Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
^ "The Yummy Fur". Personnel. Archived from the original on 22 May 2003. Retrieved 17 February 2005.
^ "1990s (the band, not the decade)". Obscure Sound blog. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
^ "The Yummy fur Peel sessions on 'Keeping it Peel', a BBC hosted resource and tribute site for DJ John Peel". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
^ "Yummy Fur Reunite for First U.S. Tour". Pitchfork. 23 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ Wilkinson, Matt (24 November 2009). "Franz Ferdinand-featuring The Yummy Fur reuniting". NME. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "The Yummy Fur". Albums. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2005.

External links

[1] "Yummy Fur Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.

[2] "The Yummy Fur". Personnel. Archived from the original on 22 May 2003. Retrieved 17 February 2005.

[3] "1990s (the band, not the decade)". Obscure Sound blog. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2008.

[4] "The Yummy fur Peel sessions on 'Keeping it Peel', a BBC hosted resource and tribute site for DJ John Peel". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2009.

[5] "Yummy Fur Reunite for First U.S. Tour". Pitchfork. 23 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

[6] Wilkinson, Matt (24 November 2009). "Franz Ferdinand-featuring The Yummy Fur reuniting". NME. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

[7] "The Yummy Fur". Albums. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2005.

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