Evoking images of desert plains and ghost towns, the music of The Famous is like swallowing hard liquor—a raw, scorching blast of rocket-fueled post-punk guitar and country twang, a blasphemous marriage of indie-styled rock & roll and cowboy laments. Read more »

Basic tracking completed

9/14/08 — The Famous have completed recording the basic rhythm tracks for their upcoming new album after a second session at Laughing Tiger Studios on September 6-7 with engineer Rick Vargas at the helm. Thanks Rick and Ari -- the drums sound amazing! Twelve new songs ranging from the post-punk squall of "This Thing Won't Go" to the lush instrumental Americana of "Under The Stars" await you... We're going to be working on vocal and guitar overdubs for the rest of the year with a release planned for early 2009. Stay tuned...

Light, Sweet Crude back in print!

8/15/08 — The first pressing of Light, Sweet Crude has been out of print for several months leaving many hungry music fans left with digital downloads as their only option. Well for those who savor ripping the shrink-wrap off a fresh new jewelcase and extracting the shiny disc within, you'll be happy to hear that Light, Sweet Crude is back in stock and available for purchase now on CD Baby. Get yours now!

Back in the studio

Hey there -

Thanks for dropping by the home of The Famous. Here's the very latest: we just completed tracks for six new songs on a full-length album that is planned for release in likely mid-to-late August early 2009.

We recorded at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco where we mixed our debut album with the talented Jay Pellicci at the helm. The champion of the most recent session was our man with the steadiest of steady beats, drummer Chris Fruhauf. No doubt, G.D. had an impressive thud working in exact time with his bass, but the endurance and concentration award goes to Fru.

Best supporting actor honors go to the band's documentarian extraordinaire, Bart Bishoff, who snapped the great photos you see here, but better yet, has a video trailer of the recording forthcoming.

Vic and Laurence have mapped out the remaining ideas for the album, which promises to be an eclectic blast across the ever-widening landscape of the band's West Coast indie, alt-country sound.

Meanwhile, We know you may be thinking by now, 'Just what has been taking so long between albums guys?' Well, quality over quantity has been our motto from day one.

Seriously, we want a record that builds on 'Light, Sweet Crude' and have been very careful to get the right kinds of sounds to accompany some fairly intricate arrangements.

Each of us love working in the studio and can't wait to deliver you a first-class record.

Until next time... which won't be too far from now... take care and be good to yourself.

-- The Famous