Fuzzy was an American indie pop band based in
Boston during the 1990s. The band was composed of singer-guitarists
Hilken Mancini and Chris Toppin, and bassist Winston Braman. The drummer role was filled by David Ryan of
Lemonheads for their first two records, and Nate Darden for ''Hurray For Everything''.
The first Fuzzy release was the ''Fuzzy EP'', a CD of the band's demo recordings, released by Australian label
Half a Cow.
''
'Flashlight, the lead single from their eponymous first album, narrowly missed an
NME Single Of The Week award. In August 2016,
Rolling Stone named ''Flashlight'' as one of top 50 songs of the 1990s.
In 1996 Fuzzy released their second album, ''
Electric Juices''. Fuzzy supported ''Electric Juices'' by touring with
Juliana Hatfield,
Belly,
Buffalo Tom,
Velocity Girl and
The Posies. In the months following the tour, Fuzzy was dropped by Atlantic Records. David Ryan left to attend grad school and was replaced by Nate Darden in 1997.
1999 saw the release of their final album, ''Hurray For Everything'' on the independent Catapult label.
Discography
Mini-album:
*''Fuzzy EP'' (Half a Cow, 1993)
Albums:
*''Fuzzy'' (Seed, 1994)
*''
Electric Juices'' (
TAG Recordings, 1996)
*''Hurray for Everything'' (Catapult, 1999)
References
External links
Babysue - Fuzzy
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Indie pop groups from Massachusetts
Musical groups from Boston