The Young Fresh Fellows

Unsung heroes from the Seattle rock community, the witty, rough-edged pop unit Youthful Fresh Fellows shaped in 1982. Originally made up of vocalist/bassist Scott McCaughey, guitarist Chuck Carroll, and drummer Tad Hutchison, the group debuted in 1984 using the Fabulous Sounds from the Pacific Northwest, an understated pop nugget offering whimsical amounts including “Teenage Canines in big trouble,” “Power Mowers Theme,” and “Stone Infestation Control.” After recruiting bassist Jim Sangster to permit frontman McCaughey to change over to your guitar, the Fellows came back to the studio room for 1986’s Topsy Turvy, spotlighting the adolescent hijinks of paths like “YOU HAVE YOUR MIND on Backwards,” “GO OUT Best,” and “THE BRAND NEW John Agar.” The next year’s The Guys Who Loved Music (aka “Chicago 19”) as well as the follow-up Refreshments EP solidified the band’s cult pursuing, including among its rates a great many other members from the indie music picture; the Substitutes’ Paul Westerberg regarded the Fellows kindred spirits, and both groups frequently toured in tandem. After 1988’s Totally Shed, Carroll still left the group. Within the wake of his departure, the rest of the three Teen Fresh Fellows released a certified bootleg titled Coffee beans and Tolerance (aka “Merely Wonderful, Wonderfully Basic”) before enlisting Fastbacks kingpin Kurt Bloch for 1989’s rootsy This One’s for the Females, released concurrently with McCaughey’s single side task My Chartreuse Opinion. With manufacturer Butch Vig in tow, the Youthful Fresh Fellows came back in 1991 with Electric powered Bird Process, while a group approach was useful for 1993’s then-swan melody It’s Low Defeat Period (including Vig, Conrad Uno, Memphis R&B star Willie Mitchell, and Seattle garage-rock experienced Kearney Barton). Within the wake from the Fellows’ hiatus, McCaughey produced a new music group, the Minus 5, an ever-changing aggregate of Seattle region all-stars; additionally, he toured being a sideman along with his pals in R.E.M. However the Little Clean Fellows still got some life within them after all, along with a “comeback” record, Because We Hate You, made an appearance in 2001, implemented eight years afterwards with the Robyn Hitchcock-produced I BELIEVE THAT IS from Yep Roc. Through the 2010s, the music group continued to try out a small number of displays most years, and in addition documented their 13th longer participant, Tiempo de Lujo, for discharge in 2012.