The Chubbies

The mind behind California’s Chubbies was songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Jeannette Kantzalis, who, after several false starts with actual bandmates, sent some self-recorded, solitary demos to OVER John at Sympathy for the Record Industry. The antimogul adored them, and he quickly released the Chubbies’ debut 7″, aswell as the 1995 full-length I’m the Ruler. Soundwise, the Chubbies appeared like a sloppier, lower-fi edition from the Muffs, with weighty dosages of dark laughter and pop hooks. Necessary to recruit a genuine band for the intended purpose of touring, Kantzalis discovered drummer Christene Kings through a need ad, as well as the Chubbies became a duo. Their preliminary produces for Sympathy founded a pattern, as well as the label would turn into a mainstay through the entire band’s prolific profession. Tres Flores decreased in 1997, adopted American Swagger 3 years later on. (Some singles and EPs made an appearance in the interim.) Kings experienced departed by 2000’s Swagger, producing the Chubbies a genuine one-woman display. Ever the jokester, Kantzalis poked fun as of this around the album’s triple-exposure front side cover. She continuing issuing work through the entire early 21st hundred years, both on Sympathy and additional tiny procedures like Uncontrolled Pussy and Remedial. She released the brand new Wave Boyfriends LP in-may 2002.