An AI-generated image of F.A. - the sensational new biker rock band from Boxotropolis whose name you'll never forget!! - image created by RebelBikerDude using Dream Lab
Following the positive publicity that Boxotropolis has recently received via my present blog's previous four galleries (click here, here, here & here) devoted to this remarkable magical bikerocracy city state & its even more remarkable rulers, the Supreme Superbikers, Boxotropolis kindly granted me world-exclusive access to chat with their newest but most sensational biker rock band, who are, quite simply, Fuckin' Awesome!
Yes indeed, for this two-word four-letter phrase is more than just an exuberant if somewhat sweary description of them - it is also who they are, literally. For that is their band's nothing if not memorable name!
I spoke to their lead singer & front man, Enforcer (another dramatic, memorable moniker, as he felt that his real name, Andy, did not sound sufficiently rock'n'roll to be the name of a future rock god!) about how the band's wholly unforgettable name came about.
Enforcer replied that after spending ages trying but failing to come up with a suitably stylish band name, one night they sat listening to a playback of the tracks they'd recorded earlier that same day for their first album, and he was so impressed by their performance that he spontaneously yelled out: "We are fuckin' awesome!" Instantly, they all knew & accepted that this was going to be their name from then on, and so it proved.
One might reasonably assume of course that such a name would prove highly controversial and may even risk alienating the band from record companies, publicists, media people, etc, who would surely be reluctant to utter it in public. In reality, no such scenario has played out, due to Boxotropolis's very different, much more laid-back approach to expletives than is the case in our world. For whereas here we have a number of words categorised globally as expletives, i.e. swear words (of which the F word is a prime example) whose usage (especially spoken) still carry a degree of social stigma even in these more prosaic, anything-goes times, no such stigma is attached to any spoken or written word in Boxtropolis. This is simply because its citizens do not recognise or differentiate swear words from other words. All words are totally acceptable there and used freely as part of standard Boxotropolis vocabulary - which in a city state ruled by bikers may perhaps not be as unexpected as one might otherwise expect. After all, it is not unknown for we bikerss, wherever we come from, to use a little bad language from time to time!
Boxotropolis's relaxed attitude in relation to expletives also explains how the band has been able to create their no less upfront official slogan sung by them & used in all their publicity & promotion material, as well as in their merchandise. Namely: "We Are F*ckin' Awesome! F*ck Yeah!!" (but without the asterisks!). How well (or otherwise) this will be accepted in our decidedly more conservative world once they begin their first planned tour here, however, is another matter entirely! Watch this space!
In any case, knowing full well that not everyone reading this, and listening to the clips in the band's publicity show reel presented below (and filled with dazzling vids filmed in their native land in which they are accompanied by dancing nymphs, blue kittens & a bountiful array of multicoloured boxes!), will be happy with too free a usage of the F word here, Enforcer has permitted me to shorten their name to F.A. in this post of mine, and also to delete the four short video clips from their official 34-clip show reel that include them singing it or singing their slogan. However, because one of those four now-removed clips was originally the opening one in which they introduce their band via its name as sung by them, this results, somewhat ludicrously, in their reel's intro being absent and the band's name never being mentioned anywhere in their very own show reel.
Consequently, what I have decided to do to rectify this bizarre situation is to present not only the edited reel here, but also, beneath it, the unedited one, thereby giving those who may have issues with the F word the choice of not having to listen to any clips containing it. So, presented by me below are the two versions, both of which include a clip of F.A. singing their current big chart hit, 'Get Inside', and both of which are split into two halves (Parts 1 & 2) because the original reels, cut & uncut, were too big in size to upload here as single complete reels. F.A. seem destined, band name controversy or no band name controversy, to achieve the same stratospheric level of success here in our world as they have already done in their own - certainly, they more than live up to their name's boldly-declared description!
(Incidentally, this entire post was directly inspired by a chance conversation that I had recently with a longstanding mate, Rick, who has spent much of his working life as a guitarist & backing singer in a number of semi-professional rock bands touring the local pubs & clubs, but has never formed a band of his own. Talking about his career in music, I asked Rick what he'd have named his band if he had ever formed one, and was taken aback by his totally unexpected answer. "Fucking Awesome!", Rick replied, without any hesitation, then laughed at my startled expression, When I asked why he'd have chosen such an in-your-face name, he responded: "Because in this business you need a name that everybody will remember. If it's bland, they'll simply forget it, and forget you." You can't argue with that! Certainly, Rick's proposed name for his hypothetical band has stuck firmly in my memory from then on, and led to my developing this post's storyline - so, thanks Rick!)
Anyway, here are the two versions of F.A.'s show reel, the edited one first (split into two parts) and then the unedited one directly below it (also split into two parts) - enjoy!
EDITED VERSION, PARTS 1 & 2
UNEDITED VERSION, PARTS 1 & 2
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