Fat White Family

Fat White Family are the greatest young rock band in the UK and this probably extends to the rest of the world as well. For a band that only really coalesced as the Fat White Family in 2011, the six piece have already got several once-in-a-lifetime/ ‘OMG – were you there?’ gigs under their belt. One such show, in December of last year, the band rattled the walls of the legendary 100 Club in London, thus aligning themselves with the numerous legends who have trod the very same stage. The band summoned up the feral electric skronk blues of The Magic Band and The Birthday Party, the proto-punk pummelling of The Monks and The Modern Lovers and the twisted folk of Charles Manson and The Country Teasers. And as singer Lias Saoudi, clad in nothing but a pair of back to front, skin tight rubber trousers, was carried at head height off stage by a crowd of howling devotees, it was clear that something special had just happened...

This past year, Fat White Family were critically acclaimed in the press, as well as conquering SXSW 2014, CMJ, Fun Fun Fun Fest, and embarking on a hugely successful US tour. Recently among the nominees for Best Live Band and Best Video (for Touch The Leather), they are currently on tour in the UK as part of the NME Awards Tour with Palma Violets. The US tour will begin April 29th and includes Levitation/Austin Psych Fest on May 10th....

Their debut album, 'Champagne Holocaust' is out now through Fat Possum Records, and the band recently finished recording their second album, to be released later this year. The band also have their own label, Without Consent.
"....the most exciting young band in Britain..." Q Magazine

"Fat White Family have a knack for turning questionable taste into excellent punk rock." Rolling Stone/Hot List

The only band on this list I saw twice at CMJ this year -- and they killed it both times.....excellent, wild performers... great stuff."
Brooklyn Vegan/CMJ Highlights

"...refreshingly unique..." Bust

"...reminds me of long-lost groups like the Cravats and Marc Riley and the Creepers, as well as perennially loved cult artists like the Gun Club and the Fall....Don’t ever lose your ramshackleness and devil-may-care attitude, Fat White Family." The Stranger

"Fat White Family have this dirty energy to them that just takes over a room...f you cut loose and let them work their magic on you, it’s a grand old time. They put on my favorite show of the entire week." WeAllWantSomeone/CMJ review