Fucked Up have given ClashMusic a quick guide to having the perfect Halloween.
Fucked Up are famous fans of Halloween. Imported to their native Canada via Irish and Scottish immigration, the band use October 31st as the perfect excuse for having a party.
Normally holding a Halloween themed show in their native Toronto, this year sees the band descend on London. One of the stand out dates on their British tour, Fucked Up are set to play Scala tonight (October 31st).
Support comes from Eagulls, while Cold Pumas will also be on hand. Expect the usual bedlam, with Fucked Up requesting that fans wear fancy dress. Currently putting the finishing touches to our own costume, ClashMusic asked Fucked Up to give us their guide to Halloween.
Mr Jo responded…
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There has never been an encounter with the supernatural that Fucked Up has ever been privy too. There are exceptions and interpretations of the super-natural that we could exploit in some unscary way (Kombucha, Kale, and other organic groceries) but there’s a limit to our irrelevance, even in a case like this where it’s important to build ones own folklore and legend.* Even though we’ve slept in rooms that were potentially haunted (Linkoping, Sweden), sat on the most paranormal toilets on the planet, and occupied buildings that were ‘haunted’ by the more chilling spectres of history, we’ve never actually met a ghost.
So what makes us an authority on Halloween? We’ve lived through plenty of them. We’ve chewed up and spat out the razorblades in apples, made pate out of the spiders eggs in bubblegum, threw away the pathetic raisins that possessed our pillowcases, and crashed every costume party that ever served a bowl of paltry punch.
Sadly, this lifetime of experience has produced little wisdom that is transferable by text alone. This advice needs to be doled out vis a vis our presence, which is why it’s important that we’re playing three shows in honour of all hallows eve. I would be remiss in my authority as spokesman for FU if I didn’t offer anything up, however. The still image, that moment in time which tells a thousand words shall be our offering on the best way to enjoy halloween. Share the stage with us. Share your night with us. Grab life by the neck of the bottle. Grab death by the rattling chain and swing it out of your life. Grab the night with your ears and break a sound barrier with us this halloween.
*we are superhuman and indestructibly healthy
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Fucked Up will play the following show:
October
31 London Scala
