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43-423: To date, the band has released nine studio albums, alongside numerous EPs, singles, and companion releases. The band won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for their second studio album, The Chemistry of Common Life . The band are known for releasing concept albums , with often feature recurring themes and characters. In 2023, the band began releasing a series of albums in which each member recorded their parts within

86-663: A 49 percent stake in Matador, which Lombardi and Cosloy bought back in 1999. Beggars Group purchased 50% of Matador in 2002 and took over the label's worldwide marketing. Over the years, the label has moved to larger and larger premises, and it now operates in both London and New York. Matador Europe supervises the promotion, sales and marketing of Matador titles in Europe. The London-based office has also licensed recordings from some North American artists, such as M. Ward , Sleater-Kinney , Modest Mouse , and Superchunk. The roster has grown with

129-418: A better world." The album predominately features lead vocals from guitarist and primary songwriter Mike Haliechuk, with guest appearances from Tuka Mohammed and Julianna Roilino. In January 2008, Fucked Up, along with Xiu Xiu , filed a lawsuit against Rolling Stone and Camel Cigarettes for an advertisement that included both bands in an Indie Rock Universe special. The advertisement apparently portrayed

172-634: A cover of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas , featuring Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend , the members of Yo La Tengo , David Cross (again), Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene , Tegan & Sara , Andrew W.K. , Bob Mould , Kyp Malone of TV On The Radio , and GZA . Proceeds from the single go to benefit three charitable organizations working to publicize the high disappearance rate of Aboriginal women in Canada. For Record Store Day in April 2011 Fucked Up released

215-625: A cut on Damian's forehead), resulting in a sum of $ 2,000 in damages. This performance sparked controversy and resulted in MTV Canada banning moshing from future MTV Live performances. In November 2007, the band played a show in New York that was filmed for the movie Burn , directed by Richard Roepnack. The performance was positively reviewed in The New York Times , although the Times chose not to print

258-488: A great deal of acclaim when it was released in October 2008. The prize's 10-album shortlist was announced on July 7, 2009. The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 15, 2009. Sirius Satellite Radio , which had been a supporting sponsor and broadcaster of the awards since their inception, became a primary presenting sponsor of the awards in 2009. In addition to being broadcast live on CBC Radio 3 ,

301-524: A hidden track. It was self-released by the band in 2004 in two limited runs of 300 and 400 copies. The title track was 16 minutes long, used 18 guitar tracks, had a three-minute drum solo and contained 5 minutes of whistling . In the summer of 2004, the band released the Generation 7-inch and 12-inch EPs. After touring for most of 2005 the band took on David Eliade as a quasi-full-time manager/promoter. In early 2006 Eliade began shopping demos of songs from

344-524: A special exclusive LP entitled David's Town . It is not billed to Fucked Up, and instead pretends to be a compilation album documenting the scene in the fictitious UK city of Byrdesdale Spa, the late '70s setting for the band's upcoming "rock opera" David's Come To Life . Each song featured a guest singer (one was sung by the band's vocalist Abraham, three were sung by other band members), including Danko Jones , Wesley Patrick Gonzalez, Dan Romano, Simone Schmidt , Cee Kay, A.C. Newman and Dylan Baldi . This

387-474: Is an independent record label , with a roster of mainly indie rock , but also punk rock , experimental rock , alternative rock , and electronic acts. Matador was created in 1989 by Chris Lombardi in his New York City apartment. Lombardi had brought the Austrian duo H.P. Zinker into Wharton Tiers ’ Fun City studio to record Matador's first release, "...and there was light". Lombardi continued to add artists to

430-472: Is the list of all known appearances of Fucked Up or their songs on mainstream television. Current touring musicians Former touring musicians (Note: Hotel California from the 2010 Metal Hard Rock Covers 353 CD is credited to Fucked Up, but is by a different band entirely unrelated to this one) 2009 Polaris Music Prize The 2009 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize

473-402: The 2006 shortlist , while Joel Plaskett , Chad VanGaalen and Patrick Watson were all part of the 2007 award , which Watson won. It was the first time in the award's four-year history that any artist was named to the shortlist for a second time. Toronto hardcore punk band Fucked Up won with their second album, The Chemistry of Common Life , which despite being controversial, received

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516-630: The 2009 Polaris Music Prize . The band toured the Eastern US in October, including a much-covered 12-hour long show on the Bowery in New York on October 14. They were joined by musical guests including Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend , Moby , John Joseph of the Cro-Mags , members of Endless Boogie , Les Savy Fav , Dinosaur Jr. , and others. In November 2008, the band participated with other similarly named bands, including Holy Fuck , Fuck , and Fuck Buttons in

559-796: The Festival of the Fuck Bands music festival in the village of Fucking , Austria. In 2009 Fucked Up took part in an interactive documentary series called City Sonic . The series, which featured 20 Toronto artists, had lead singer Damian Abraham inside Rotate This talking about his love of vinyl and punk music. Fucked Up played the ATP New York 2010 music festival in Monticello, New York in September 2010 as well as an annual Halloween gig in Toronto. In February 2011,

602-660: The Metallica -curated Orion Music + More Festival in Atlantic City, New Jersey , and went on to play Fun Fun Fun Fest in November, 2012, in Austin, Texas. Fucked Up's fourth LP, named Glass Boys , was released by Matador Records on June 3, 2014. Avatars of the band and their songs "Paper the House" and "Queen of Hearts" were featured in the 2016 video game " Loud on Planet X ". In 2016

645-560: The 2009 ceremony was also webcast on MuchMusic 's website, as well as produced for later broadcast on MuchMusic. The Polaris Music Prize blog began announcing the 2009 jurors one by one in late June 2009. Announced jurors included Corus Entertainment radio programmer Alan Cross , music blogger Bryan Acker (Herohill) and newspaper music critics Sue Carter Flinn ( The Coast ), Peter Hemminger ( FFWD ), Serge Paradis ( Ici ), Stuart Derdeyn ( Vancouver Province ) and Brendan Murphy ( Hour ). Matador Records Matador Records

688-548: The Dog 12-inch were released, before the band went on the European tour, visiting England, Germany, and Spain, among other places. January 16, 2007, marked the band's live television debut on MTV Live , where they were introduced as "Effed Up". During their performance of their song "Baiting the Public", the majority of the audience were moshing and causing damage to the set (also visible was

731-472: The Matador blog, stated that True Panther Sounds "will continue to be managed by label founder Dean Bein." And that the reason Matador acquired True Panther Sounds was simply, "As Victor Kiam once explained his decision to purchase the Remington Shaver operation, “I liked it so much, I bought the company.” The first joint venture by the two labels was Girls ’ debut critically acclaimed release ‘ Album ’ and

774-528: The North American release of Teenage Fanclub ’s debut record, A Catholic Education in 1990. Other early releases that bolstered the label included Pavement 's debut studio album Slanted and Enchanted in 1992 and Liz Phair 's debut album, Exile in Guyville in 1993. 1993 also saw Matador enter into a partnership with Atlantic Records which lasted for several years. In 1996, Capitol Records purchased

817-546: The Pig was written in part with Max Mccabe-Locos of The Deadly Snakes , who plays piano and organ on the record, and a lead vocal by Jennifer Castle of Castlemusic. In late 2007, the holiday charity single David Christmas featured guest vocals from Nelly Furtado , Davey Havok , David Cross , Shenae Grimes of Degrassi: The Next Generation and Faris Badwan of The Horrors , among others. Circle Jerks singer Keith Morris has performed live with Fucked Up, singing Backed Against

860-516: The Time & A Half? , was released on BandCamp for twenty-four hours only at the end of the livestream . The band's eighth studio album, Another Day , was released on August 9, 2024. The album is a direct sequel to One Day , and was recorded with the same parameters of each band member having only twenty-four hours to record their parts. Each track on Another Day corresponds to its parallel track on One Day , with guitarist Mike Haliechuk noting that

903-969: The Wall, Beverly Hills , and the Black Flag song Nervous Breakdown in March 2008, at the Mess With Texas Fest in Austin, Texas , and again on Nervous Breakdown in February 2009, at the Echoplex in Los Angeles . The band were joined by former Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra , for their encore of the Ramones ' Blitzkrieg Bop at the same Los Angeles gig. Fucked Up released a second all-star Christmas single in December 2009, this time

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946-439: The alias 10,000 Marbles), vocalist Josh Zucker (alias Concentration Camp), bassist Sandy Miranda (alias Mustard Gas) and drummer Chris Colohan of Left For Dead/The Swarm fame and Cursed . Just prior to recording their demo tape, vocal duties were taken over by Pink Eyes (Damian Abraham, also known as Mr. Damian) while Zucker moved to guitar. Drums were played by Mr. Jo (Jonah Falco, also credited as G. Beat or J. Falco). Following

989-427: The band plans on releasing four interconnected albums all recorded in the space of one day. The band surprise-released the third album in the series, Someday , on November 1, 2024. Upon the album's release, the band stated: "This record is about how far our actions and our ideas can travel, and how we can plant consequences in the lives of other people without even realizing it and how we can use our lives to make this

1032-489: The band self-released Zanzibar, a soundtrack, recorded in 2011, to Tod Browning 's silent movie from 1928 West of Zanzibar starring Lon Chaney . Their fifth studio album, Dose Your Dreams was released in October 2018 by Merge Records . Driven by guitarist Haliechuk, it is a concept album focusing on the band's recurring character David, and featuring several guest lead vocalists, alongside Abraham, Falco, and Haliechuk. The band released their sixth studio album and

1075-634: The band toured Australia for the first time, as a part of the Soundwave Festival , along with side-shows from the festival with artists as diverse as the Bronx , Terror , H 2 O , Trash Talk and Polar Bear Club . The band's third studio album, David Comes to Life , was released in June 2011. A self-professed "rock opera" set in Thatcherite Britain , it tells a story of love, loss and redemption, with

1118-416: The band's name, referring to them instead as a string of asterisks. On October 9, 2008, the band returned to MTV Live , this time performing in the men's washroom. Once again, the band (and their fans) caused a large amount of damage, destroying the ceiling, spray painting walls and knocking over amps and a motorcycle which was brought into the washroom as a prop. Fans, who were told beforehand to stay out of

1161-776: The bands as supporters of Camel . On January 28, 2010, The Court of Appeal of the State of California for the First Appellate District reversed the lower court's ruling, saying constitutional principles of freedom of speech and the press require that the lawsuit be dismissed. Fucked Up has collaborated extensively with other artists on record and during live performances. Hidden World features guest instrumentation from Final Fantasy , as well as guest vocals by Ben Cook of No Warning , two years before he joined Fucked Up, George Pettit and Dallas Green , formerly of Alexisonfire , Chris Colohan of Cursed , and Heidi Hazelton. Year of

1204-554: The bathroom performance was "f**king out of control terrifying." The band signed to Matador Records in Spring of 2008. That summer, Matador reissued the "Year Of The Pig" 12-inch single. This time it came out with additional formats including a series of three 7-inches, for the US, UK and Japan respectively, each with a different edit of the A-side and a new B-side. A CDEP compiled all the versions from

1247-625: The group's website of Matador as an RIAA member was removed. After several attempts, the name of the independent label was removed from the membership list. Despite Matador's removal from the RIAA list, four of the label's albums have been certified Gold for sales of at least 500,000 units by the association: Exile in Guyville and Whip-Smart by Liz Phair and Turn on the Bright Lights and Antics by Interpol . Matador acquired True Panther Sounds as an imprint in 2009. Cosloy, speaking through

1290-502: The label's roster, with bands like the Dustdevils , Railroad Jerk and Superchunk , before being joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy in 1990. Lombardi and Cosloy have continued to run Matador Records together with Patrick Amory coming on as Matador's label manager in 1994, later becoming label president as well as a partner of Lombardi and Cosloy. Matador first drew mainstream media attention and larger sales with

1333-573: The label, and Matador has helped artists such as Yo La Tengo , Cat Power , Cornelius , Solex, Pizzicato Five , Helium and the Arsonists reach audiences worldwide. In the early 2000s, Matador had to sidestep unwanted involvement in the Recording Industry Association of America dispute over peer-to-peer file sharing networks. Matador's Patrick Amory contacted the RIAA multiple times in order to ensure that an erroneous listing on

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1376-628: The ninth installment in the Zodiac series, Year of the Horse , in full on May 7, 2021. It was ranked number eleven on Decibel magazine's list of the "Top 40 Albums of 2021" and seventh on the "10 best albums of 2021" list of The Plain Dealer . In November 2021, it was revealed that longtime guitarist Ben Cook had left the band, with Haliechuk revealing that Robin Hatch would be replacing him during live performances for

1419-415: The planned Hidden World album to labels, ending with the band signing to Jade Tree Records for an early fall 2006 release of the album. Jade Tree is distributed by Touch & Go which in turn has a distribution agreement with ADA (Warner Music Group). Jade Tree licensed the vinyl version to Deranged Records , which released it as a double album in November 2006. Several other records, such as Year of

1462-472: The previous release, this album was also nominated for the Polaris Music Prize , the nomination describing the record as "Excessive? Sure. Ridiculous? At times. Brilliant? Sounds pretty damn close to it." They did not win for a second time, being beaten by Feist 's album Metals . In late 2011 the year the band went on hiatus to allow Abraham to raise his family, but they returned in June 2012 to play

1505-579: The release of the demo, the band embarked on a long series of 7-inch records. The band released the " No Pasaran " 7-inch in May 2002. The Police 7-inch was released in March 2003, quickly followed the Baiting the Public 7-inch in May 2003. Two more 7-inches followed in 2004, the single Dance of Death , and the 4-song EP Litany . The vinyl releases to this point were collected on 2004s Epics in Minutes CD. The band

1548-485: The span of one day. Alongside their regular studio albums and EPs, the band has an ongoing series of releases based on the Chinese Zodiac , which often take the form of full albums and EPs. To date, there have been nine instalments of the Zodiac series, released between 2006 and 2021. The band formed and played their first shows in early 2001. The initial practicing lineup consisted of lead guitarist Mike Haliechuk (using

1591-456: The story complicated by misdirection and unreliable narrators. The record debuted at No. 83 on the Billboard 200 in the US and received wide critical acclaim. Spin magazine named David Comes to Life its No. 1 Album of 2011, and put the band on the cover, writing "Fucked Up have synthesized 40 years of rock into what's ostensibly a hardcore record, and in doing so created its own logic." Like

1634-510: The tour that followed. On January 27, 2023, the band released their sixth studio album, One Day . The album was recorded between 2019 and 2022, which each band member recording their parts remotely within a strict 24-hour timeframe across the COVID-19 pandemic . Between August 6 and August 7, 2024 the band livestreamed themselves as they wrote, recorded, mixed and released a full studio album in twenty-four hours. The resulting album, Who's Got

1677-559: The various vinyl versions. The band toured extensively in the UK behind this release, following it with a trip up the West Coast. On October 7, 2008, Matador released Fucked Up's second album, The Chemistry Of Common Life . The album received near-universal critical acclaim from publications such as the NME, The New York Times, Blender, Pitchfork, Alternative Press, Q Magazine, and would later go on to win

1720-469: The washroom and to watch from outside the door, rushed the doors and joined in the destruction the band had already started. The band was supposed to play three songs but were stopped after the first song as MTV was not aware of the destruction the band had planned and were concerned about the safety of the band, audience and crew. On October 10 Abraham blogged about the performance on the MTV Live website, saying

1763-999: Was "worked through Matador’s fearsome promotional & marketing machinery." In October 2010, Matador celebrated the label's 21st anniversary with a series of concerts at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Included amongst the performers were Pavement , Yo La Tengo , the New Pornographers , Spoon , Ted Leo & the Pharmacists , Guided By Voices , Kurt Vile , Cold Cave , Fucked Up , Liz Phair , Shearwater , Superchunk , Come , Times New Viking , Belle & Sebastian , Cat Power , Chavez , Perfume Genius , Harlem , and Guitar Wolf . Matador has continued to sign bands of various genres including Iceage , Lower, Algiers , Majical Cloudz , Car Seat Headrest and Snail Mail . As of April 2024, Matador's roster consists of

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1806-508: Was presented on September 21, 2009 in Toronto at the Masonic Temple and broadcast live online for the first time in its short history. The award's eligibility period for 2009 covered albums released between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009. Initial coverage of the award's shortlist noted that six of the ten finalists were repeat nominees. K'naan , Malajube and Metric were all finalists in

1849-581: Was the subject of a two-minute 16 mm film showing its links to the Toronto hardcore scene, a local infoshop and punk radio show. The band's use of imagery and symbolism (notable the use of Sigils ) took a decided turn after the release of Epics in Minutes, as it was followed by two limited 12-inches, the Looking for Gold 12-inch, and the live Let Likes be Cured by Likes 12-inch. The Looking for Gold 12-inch contained no liner notes or credits, no song titles, and

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