Ultimate Fakebook
(Disbanded)
Genres: Alt / Indie rock, Pop
Sound description: Shameless hooks and arena rock riffs.
RIYL: Jimmy Eat World, Weezer, the Figgs.
Custom radio station:
Free MP3 downloads:
- Far, Far Away (Sony 550 version)
- Far, Far Away (Noisome version)
- Record Release Party
- Roll
- She Don't Even Know My Name
- Valentines
- When I'm With You I'm Okay
Video clips:
Ultimate Fakebook, "Inside Me Inside You"
Related links:
- Manhattan band making its mark (July 27, 2000)
- Rock school: UFB offers 'major' advice to ABJ (April 18, 2003)
- Review :: Ultimate Fakebook, "Before We Spark" (June 10, 2003)
- Real Drums Forever :: After 8 years, UFB to play last show (March 4, 2004)
History:
Since their beginning in Manhattan, Kan., on Halloween 1996 (they have since spread out to Lawrence and Kansas City, KS), Ultimate Fakebook has trekked across the entire U.S. many, many times over. Touring with such heavyweights as The Get Up Kids, At the Drive In, MXPX, Good Charlotte, Rival Schools, Sloan, Reggie and The Full Effect, Saves the Day, Dashboard Confessional, Hot Rod Circuit, Further Seems Forever, Nada Surf and Hey Mercedes, UFB have amassed a loyal and fanatic fanbase built solely on their live shows and top notch work ethic. After two full length albums on Noisome Records (1997's Kissing Parties, 1999's This Will Be Laughing Week), the second of which was re-released in 2000 by Sony / 550 Music, UFB's latest effort is "Open Up and Say Awesome" (2002, Initial).
Musicians:
Formed:
1994 in Manhattan, KS
Influences:
Poison, GNR, Dokken.
Current status:
Disbanded in spring of 2004.
Audio interviews:
- Relates the story of one-hit wonder Dynamite Hack
- Talking about major labels...
- Talks about the show with Anything But Joey...
Discography:
| Name | Year | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Electric Kissing Party | 1997 | Noisome |
 | This Will Be Laughing Week | 2000 | Noisome |
 | This Will Be Laughing Week | 2002 | Epic/Sony 550 |
 | Open Up and Say Awesome | 2002 | Initial |
 | Before We Spark | 2003 | Initial |
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