UFOFU explained

UFOFU
Origin:	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Genre:	Indie rock, garage rock
Years Active:	1993 - 1998
Label:	The Medicine Label, Direct Hit Records, Time Bomb Recordings, Square Target Records
Associated Acts:	The Secret Machines, School Of Seven Bells, Tripping Daisy, Radish, Polyphonic Spree, Captain Audio
Past Members:	Joseph Butcher Brandon Curtis Benjamin Curtis

UFOFU was a rock band based in Dallas, Texas. The band consisted of Joseph Butcher, and brothers Brandon Curtis and Ben Curtis. It rose to local prominence in the mid-1990s through word of mouth and slots opening for other north Texas bands such as Hagfish and Tripping Daisy.^[1] While touring, the band opened for Local H, Smoking Popes, The Geraldine Fibbers and Spacehog.^[2]

In 1997, they released their self-titled debut album on The Medicine Label.^[3] The band broke up in 1998.^[4] Butcher joined Ben Kweller's band Radish,^[5] Benjamin Curtis joined Tripping Daisy,^[6] and Brandon Curtis joined Captain Audio.^[7]

The Curtis brothers went on to form the Secret Machines in 2000. Benjamin Curtis left the band in 2007 to form School of Seven Bells.^[8]

Discography

• Rephotographed (7-inch on Low Records), 1993
• UFOFU (10-inch on Direct Hit Records)
• What You Are (7-inch on Square Target Records), 1996
• UFOFU (CD on The Medicine Label), 1997
• UFOFU (7-inch on Time Bomb Recordings)

External links

• UFOFU on Myspace
• UFOFU on Direct Hit Records
• UFOFU on Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dallas - Music - UFOFU and your mother - dallasobserver.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070218182251/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1994-11-03/music/ufofu-and-your-mother/. 2007-02-18.
2. Web site: Penn Claudio (Penn.claudio) on Myspace.
3. Web site: Out Here - Page 1 - Music - Dallas - Dallas Observer. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617025204/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1997-03-27/music/out-here/. 2011-06-17.
4. Web site: Penn Claudio (Penn.claudio) on Myspace.
5. Web site: The Butcher and the baby - Page 1 - Music - Dallas - Dallas Observer. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617025229/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1998-03-19/music/the-butcher-and-the-baby/. 2011-06-17.
6. Web site: The Butcher and the baby - Page 1 - Music - Dallas - Dallas Observer. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617025229/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1998-03-19/music/the-butcher-and-the-baby/. 2011-06-17.
7. Web site: Oh Captain, my captain - Page 1 - Music - Dallas - Dallas Observer. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019092253/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1998-04-09/music/oh-captain-my-captain/. 2012-10-19.
8. Web site: Dallas Music - Secret Machines - page 1. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090221152751/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2008-11-06/music/secret-machines/. 2009-02-21.