finetune artist: Ugly Kid Joe

Formed in Isla Vista, California, USA, in 1989 by Whitfield Crane (b. 19 January 1968; vocals), later joined by Klaus Eichstadt (guitar), Mark Davis (drums), Roger Lahr (guitar), and Cordell Crockett (whose father owned Guitar Player magazine; bass), the band flirted with several names before settling on Ugly Kid Joe, coined for a support slot in order to satirize headliners Pretty Boy Floyd. The band made their debut with a mini-album, As Ugly As They Wanna Be, which was an almost instant success, selling over two million copies in the USA on the back of the poppy Top 10 hit "Everything About You", a humorous number featured in the enormously popular movie, Wayne's World. The song, which also reached number 3 in the UK, rather belied the true musical nature of the band, in reality much heavier with funk influences, drawing comparisons with both Mtley Cre and Faith No More from reviewers. Shannon Larkin (b. 24 April 1967, USA; drums, ex-Wrathchild America) and Dave Fortman (ex-Sugartooth) were brought in for America's Least Wanted, which produced further hits in the shape of "Neighbor" and "Cats In The Cradle", which reached number 6 in early 1993.

Listen to Ugly Kid Joe at Finetune.

(1998) As Ugly As It Gets: The Very Best Of
(1994) America's Least Wanted

Cats In The Cradle
Everything About You
Neighbor
Goddamn Devil
N.I.B.

SPEEDYBOY on 2007-06-06 23:27:03.420:
good work