The F-Ups are an American

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band from

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. Founded in 1999, signed with Capitol Records in 2003, and reunited in 2020. They are best known for their song 'Lazy Generation' which was featured on

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and Burnout 3: Takedown, being the theme song for Takedown. Several of the members formed a new band ''Hang 'Em High'', which itself disbanded in 2014.

History

The group formed in 1999 while its members were still in high school. Originally the band was named Mr. Completely, and just prior to signing with Capitol Records in 2003 changed the name to "The F-Ups." They came second in a high school competition, but took first place the next year. They began touring locally before signing with

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in 2003. The F-Upsat Allmusic.com Their debut album, which featured a cover of Mott the Hoople's "

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", was released in July of the next year to mixed reviews.Album Review
. Rock Music Review. Accessed November 23, 2007. The band drew lyrical influences from such experiences as laziness ("''Lazy Generation''", "''I Don't Know''"), rebellion against parents ("''Look At Your Son Now''", "''Screw You''") and even a

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episode ("''Crack Ho''"). The group followed the album's release with appearances on the

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. In late 2006, the group broke up, and Allen, DeWerd and Collett re-formed as Hang 'Em High (see below). Hang 'Em High disbanded in 2014. In early 2015 Travis Allen and Taylor Nogo (Nogosek) formed a new band called The Shift with new members Cole Ebertowski (Guitar/Vocals)and Daniel Johnson (Bass). They are currently playing shows locally and plan to record a full-length album Starting in late October 2015. The F-ups returned to music with all original members in 2020. They have an active YouTube channel and social media.

Album

;Track listing: *All lyrics written by The F-Ups. *All music written by Travis Allen, except on "All The Young Dudes", by Travis Allen and

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. *Album title: The F-Ups # "Lazy Generation" - 2:24 # "Screw You" - 2:34 # "Look At Your Son Now" - 2:44 # "Glad That I Lost You" - 2:27 # "I Don't Know" - 2:10 # "

( Mott the Hoople cover)" - 3:06 # "Falling Down" - 3:35 # "Wrong The Right" - 2:24 # "Told You So" - 2:33 # "Eye For An Eye" - 2:12 # "Crack Ho" - 2:48 # "No No No" - 2:35

Credits

*Travis Allen -

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*Chris DeWerd -

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

*Andy Collett -

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*Taylor Nogosek -

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Members

*Travis Allen -

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*Taylor Nogo -

*Andy Collett -

*Chris deWerd -

Hang 'Em High

After The F-Ups break up in 2006, Travis Allen, Chris DeWerd and Andy Collett reformed with Bill Martin and Alex Allen (Travis' brother) as Hang 'Em High. Hang 'Em High released their debut album (called "Hang 'Em High") which is only available on Hang 'Em High's

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page. They performed at various venues and also an online venue called "Deep Rock Drive". Hang 'Em High released several YouTube videos under the name of "Doctornoise". Polls on their official website show that the fans' favourite song is "Old School Fight Song" and the fans' second favourite song is "Not For Me". Bill Martin left the band in 2009 to begin a solo project. The band has finished in May 2009.

Album

;Track listing: *All music and lyrics written by Hang 'Em High. # "Overwhelming" # "Last To Fall" # "Just Back Down" # "One World" # "Cabin Fever" # "I Wanna Know" # "Full Throttle" # "Not For Me" # "Old School Fight Song" # "It's Alright" # "Goodbye For Now" # "Sincity Murder" # "Just The Way We Are" # "Fade To Red" ;Credits: *Bill Martin -

*Travis Allen -

*Chris deWerd -

, vocals *Andy Collett -

*Alex Allen -

Album

;Track listing: *All music and lyrics written by Hang 'Em High. # "Back in Session (Rock & Roll)" # "Just Got Yourself to Blame" # "One Night Stand" # "Hitting the Bottle" # "Wasting My Time" (On the CD e.p only)

Album

;Track listing: *All music and lyrics written by The Shift. # "Want You To Want" # "Taking You Home" # "Lay Down" # "Dont Give Up" # "This is it" * ;Members 2015–present: *Travis Allen - Guitar/ Lead Vocals *Cole Ebertowski - Guitar/ Vocals *Clay Ebertowski - Bass guitar/ Vocals *Taylor Nogosek - Drums *Alec Tackmann - Keyboards/ Percussion

Games

The song ''Lazy Generation'' was featured in

& Burnout 3: Takedown, with the song being the theme song of ''Takedown'', but the line ''shit on a silver platter shines'' was changed to ''Gold on a silver platter shines''.

References

External links

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