PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE FILTHY FUKS' DEBUT 7 INCH EP, THEY INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED A HANDFUL OF SELF-PRODUCED DEMOS, AND THIS STUDIO-RECORDED EP, "FUK YOU UP," WHICH WAS RECORDED AND MIXED BY ROB LOGIC, AND RELEASED IN 2008 ON CD-R. EVERYTHING THE BAND HAD RELEASED BEFORE THIS WERE TRACKS RECORDED BY THE BAND, SO THIS WAS THEIR FIRST SEMI-PROFESSIONALLY RECORDED EFFORT. EIGHT TRACKS OF CLASSIC FILTHY FUKS WITH RALDO ON VOCALS, JOEY IDOL ON GUITAR AND BACKING UP VOCALS, DANNY DYSENTERY ON BASS AND BACK UP VOCALS, AND KEVIN "SAMMY JAM" ON DRUMS.
HERE IS A COLLECTION OF EARLY DEMO TRACKS FROM SAN DIEGO SCUM ROCK AND ROLLERS TIM RALDO AND THE FILTHY FUKS. IT IS A COMBINATION OF TWO DEMO CD-RS, ONE RELEASED IN 2002, AND ONE RELEASED IN 2004. THE FIRST DEMO CONTAINS FIVE TRACKS WHICH WERE MOST LIKELY RECORDED ON A TASCAM FOUR-TRACK CASSETTE RECORDER, WITH ALL INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY TIM RALDO. THE SECOND DEMO CONSISTS OF SEVEN TRACKS RECORDED MOST LIKELY BY JOEY IDOL IN HIS APARTMENT USING HIS DIGITAL FOUR-TRACK RECORDER. THIS SECOND DEMO WAS PERFORMED BY THE ORIGINAL LINE UP OF THE FILTHY FUKS, ONCE TIM RALDO ASSEMBLED A BAND TO BACK HIM: TIM RALDO ON VOCALS, JOEY IDOL ON GUITAR, MARC THE SHARK (DREADED SOLUTION, BLOOD STAINED REALITY, MACHINE'S AGENDA, RABID DECEPTION) ON BASS, AND KEVIN "SAMMY JAM" ON DRUMS. THERE WAS ANOTHER DEMO RELEASED IN 2007 CONTAINING THE SEVEN TRACKS FROM THE SECOND DEMO WITH ADDITIONAL TRACKS, AND, MORE RECENTLY, A DEMO COLLECTION PUT OUT ON THE TIM RALDO PRODUCTIONS IMPRINT IN A LIMITED RUN OF 100 CD-RS.
THE TRACKS INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION ON THIS POST WERE TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL TWO DEMO CD-RS FROM 2002 AND 2004. THE TRACKS WERE AMPLIFIED, AS THE VOLUME WAS NOTICEABLY LOW. THE SONGS FROM THE FIRST DEMO ARE FAIRLY OBSCURE, BUT FOR PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE FILTHY FUKS, SOME OF THE TRACKS FROM THE SECOND DEMO ARE CLASSIC TIM RALDO SONGS. FOR FANS OF G.G. ALLIN, THE DWARVES, THE MENTORS, ETC.
