Fat Tuesday was an American

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band formed in

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in 1988. Initially founded by front man Andrew Crowley, the band comprised Crowley as a guitarist and vocalist, guitarist Michael Provence, bass guitarist Scott Kapp, and drummer Scott Anderson. The band's first album, ''So Much More'', was popular in the Twin Cities in Minnesota and attracted the attention of record labels leading the band to be signed by Red Decibel Records and

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Albums on Columbia Records

The band recorded and released their first major label album, '' Califuneral'', in 1992. The Buffalo News described the album as "a fierce assault of instruments and vocals". Crowley described the song ''Thank You & Good Bye'' as "what toxins and viruses would sound like if they could make music" and ''Plants and Animals'' as "something like Sesame Street for senior citizens". The band's second studio album on the Columbia label was 1993's '' Everybody's Got One''. The band traveled to

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, Massachusetts to record the album at Fort Apache when it was at its Camp Street location above the

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warehouse. The track ''High & Low'' received airplay across the country, and was called a "a sharp, catchy roots-rock track" by Billboard magazine, with "equal parts pop sensibility and noise to separate it from that genre's pack". Following studio albums ''Califuneral'' and ''Everybody's Got One'', the group disbanded in 1995, and its the members pursued other projects.

Music videos

The band created three music videos during their time on the Columbia label. Their first was a music video for the song ''Califuneral'', off of the

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by the same name. Their second studio album Everybody's Got One was supported by a video directed by

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for the song ''High & Low'' and follows the band around the Uptown area of

. A third music video for the song ''Winter Storm'' also was created off the album.
Califuneral
(on Vevo)
High & Low
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Winter Storm
(on Vevo)

References

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