Name: King Tuff
Brand: King Tuff

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spcd976

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2012-05-28

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PIAS

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Standard:20

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

King Tuff

Genre GB

Garage / Surf / Trash

Label GB

Sub Pop

King Tuff is a lo-fi / garage rock musician from the USA. He has been releasing material on Sub Pop and Burger Records since 2006. In addition to his solo work, King Tuff also played in Ty Segall's backing band "The Muggers", which was formed following the release of their album Emotional Mugger.

With his raw and energetic sound, King Tuff has gained a loyal following among fans of artists like Dead Ghosts, Jacuzzi Boys, Ty Segall, and Bass Drum of Death. His music is often characterized by its catchy hooks and gritty guitar riffs.

Whether he's performing as a solo artist or with The Muggers, King Tuff delivers electrifying live shows that leave audiences wanting more. If you're a fan of lo-fi garage rock, be sure to check out King Tuff's impressive discography.

Short for "Subterranean Pop" 

The label was an outgrowth of [a=Bruce Pavitt]'s Olympia, WA based (print) fanzine, which became the well respected cassettezine of the same name. 

After his move to Seattle he ran a music column in the Seattle Rocket also called Sub Pop.

After initial forays into the record label world with a [a=Green River] 7" (not officially on Sub Pop) and the Sub Pop 100 LP, the label exploded onto the indie scene with four influential colored vinyl 7"s which included [a=Mudhoney]'s "Touch Me I'm Sick" which made the year-end top 10 playlist of nearly every music journalist in the world.

Subsequent hyping of the label in the English music press put them on the map, and grunge was born.

Label-Code is 03159; rarely found printed on releases (basically only on releases manufactured/licensed by Warner/WEA Germany)

Laid-back garage popster King Tuff delivers a long-awaited follow-up to Was Dead with his self-titled Sub Pop debut. He was no slouch during the four years since that first official full-length, touring with soda shoppe punkers Hunx &amp; his Punx (who share his snotty, nasal vocal stylings) and J. Mascis' stoner shredders Witch, as well as putting out a record with his own lo-fi indie pop band Happy Birthday and moving from his native Brattleboro, Vermont to Los Angeles. Where Was Dead was an album for summer driving and hanging out, the intervening years, extra rays of sunshine, and willingness to take a risk on expanding his sound make King Tuff a fully realized summer record from the street to the beach to the campfire. 

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