The Fuckwits

Formed in Sheffield in 2005 with the intention of recreating the authentic flavour of the seminal punk bands of the late 70’s, three old friends, Mr Keef & Chris (The Grind/Rocket Scientists) and Muzz (Artery/Death Trash) teamed up with drummer Mike. Countrywide gigs soon followed with the ‘Aural Graffiti’ & ‘Wish You Were Here?’ EP’s released on The Fuckwits own label in 2005 & 2006. Late 2007 saw Muzz leave the band to concentrate on the newly reformed Artery, Adam joined on bass soon afterwards. The Fuckwits spent most of 2008/9 writing & recording new material along with playing some local high profile shows Joining Punker Pages records in late 2009 the final mixes were handed over in summer 2010 & The Fuckwits debut album was subsequently released in April 2011, a string of live dates soon followed. Bassist Adam left the band in September 2011, fortunately an old friend, Jez (Adulescents UK/Bank Holiday Jez) was more than happy to join the lads on bass & complete the line up in October 2011. 2012 saw the band appearing live at venues across the UK, touring with Duncan Reid, TV Smith, Sham 69 & 999, alongside slots at Rebellion Festival and Nice & Sleazy Festival. 2013 saw the band writing new material for their second album & continuing to tour with bands such as The Members & 999 as well as a tour of Ireland in the spring. 2014 - The Fuckwits signed to Headcheck Records and released their second album 'iDEOLOGY' to coincide with their second appearance at Rebellion Festival. The band finished off a busy year with shows supporting The Boys, 999, Vice Squad and XSLF 2015 - The band start the year with headline tour of Norway followed by a small UK tour with Norwegian punk rockers Sugar Louise. A hometown show with the UK Subs followed in April. More UK shows/festivals are confirmed for later in the year. Plans are also being made for a return to Norway in December. We have played with the likes of : Stiff Little Fingers, Sham 69, UK Subs, English Dogs, The Slits, The Rezillos, Peter & The Test Tube Babies, Vice Squad, The Buzzcocks, The Damned, The Vibrators, The Lurkers, 999, Ed Tudor-Pole, The Beat, The Selecter, Bad Manners, The Boys, The Members, Neville Staple, Angelic Upstarts, Pennywise amongst others, throughout the UK. Line up: Mr Keef – Vocals & Guitar Chris – Guitar & Vocals Jez – Bass & Vocals Mike – Drums THE FUCKWITS