III

Fucking Champs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Frenetic Records
• ASIN: B00005V8DF
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,255 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Andres Segovia Interests Me

2. Valkyrie Is Dying

3. Don the Atmosphere

4. Heart To Heart

5. The Trees

6. Silent Night, Friendly Night

7. Some Swords

8. Lee Tom

9. Now Is The Winter Of Our Discoteque

10. You're Feelings

11. Dale Bozzio

12. Sad Segovia

13. Amanda

14. '84

15. Flawless Victory

16. The Golden Pipes Trilogy (The Golden Pipes, On Seas of Sorrow Sail Death's Ships, Starlight On the Barrow Downs)

17. Some Swords Reprise

18. ROM

19. Atop the Pyramid That Is You

20. Guns In Our Schools

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Editorial Reviews

Alternative Press

"Voivod only wish they’d thought of these riffs first."

Product Description

There’s nothing conventional about the metal yet melodic onslaught of the Fucking Champs debut full length. Careening time signatures and dynamic arrangements make sure the boundaries of instrumental rock are being stretched at all times. Recorded by Tim Green this album lays the blueprint for other instrumental acts attempting to synthesize classic guitar rock and more avant-garde styles into one coherent sound that rocks your body and brain equally. The Champs varied approach to songwriting and performance makes them one of the most vital instrumental rock bands to emerge in the last ten years. Their first release for Frenetic is a tour-de-force that will amaze fans of heavy, heady music.

"The defining moment was III (Frenetic, 1997), a 25-track double album released under the moniker C4AM95. The style of the guitar duo had solidified in a forceful fusion of heavy-metal and math-rock, that did not eschew melodic progressions but only if grafted on convoluted structures. Sometimes reminiscent of Voivod , the Champs romp through rock and roll numbers such as Amanda and Valkyrie Is Dying and linger on the complex scaffolding of Dale Bozzio, Flawless Victory and The Golden Pipes Trilogy. The album is embellished with several short electronic ditties in the vein of Brian Eno (Now Is The Winter Of Our Discoteque, Andres Segovia Interests Me). " Piero Scaruffi

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost smokin, June 9, 2006

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Benjamin Reid "broken bits" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: III (Audio CD)

On this debut release the Fn Champs mix it up with the Kraftwerk and the metalizations. The synthy Kraftwerk stuff doesn't really do it for me (though I am a fan of Kraftwerk) but the metal stuff is definitely rocking. The sound is so thick and rectified and the playing is really tight overall. This is very guitar-driven - drums are less prominently featured. The production follows the overall sound and while the guitars are certainly metal, the recording is much more indie and ambient than a standard metal close-mic'd and compressed CD.

Last note: the melodies on this are great!! A very solid start for the champs.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A weird band, September 18, 2005

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J. Holmes "blood+whiskey" (yokohama, japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: III (Audio CD)

The Champs, The F*cking Champs, and C4AM95. a metal joke band? or jokey metal band? hmm...perhaps neither. hard to get a handle on these Portland rockers. their musical approach seems to be churning out hard rocking metal riffs with a smirk and a wink. oh gee...aren't we ironic. i think they have a genuine love of hard rock and metal, but this is not for the average heavy metal listener. the lack of vocals works well for this sort of thing, considering when they are included here (on a few select tracks) they sound forced and just plain amateur. there are some wicked riffs within this album, but there's also some god awful keyboard stuff that just does not fit the album. this is not bad...but just a really weird record.