Butterfingers (Malaysian band)

Butterfingers
Background information
Origin	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Genres	Alternative Rock, Grunge, Post-Grunge
Years active	1993–2009
Labels	EMI Malaysia, Butterworld
Associated acts	monoloQue, Emmett I
Past members	Emmett Loque Kadak Loko Kalai Numlock

Butterfingers was a Malaysian rock band formed in 1993. They have since produced six studio albums.

In 1991, a group of students at Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK), which included Loque, Kadak and Kalai (who joined the band soon after their drummer left), formed a band called Loque's Tail. Producing their own material, the band was heavily influenced by Metallica. Later, the grunge genre was making waves in Malaysia and Loque's Tail decided to have a change in their musical direction from metal to grunge and punk.

During a school break in 1993, Loque frequently visits a jamming studio named the Black Widow Studios in Petaling Jaya. During one of his visits he bumped into Emmett, who was there jamming with his own band at the time, Grunge Dayz. Impressed with the band's cover of "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, and then he show his skills on "I Could Have Lied" to Emmett. Loque approached him to form a new band, which they finally settled on Butterfingers for the band's name. Not long after, Butterfingers was a hit in the local underground scene, playing in packed gigs.

Butterfingers produced their first pair of demos in 1994, "Girl Friday"(Butterfingers first song) and When You're Addicted (later renamed to "Nicc o'Tynne"), which were first performed at the Cobra Club House, somewhere between late 1994 and early 1995. With the positive feedback and confidence received from the gig, they decided to record more songs.

12 goats, 6 oranges and 2 angles was their first demo, which came from a live session at FM Studio on the 10th of January 1995. The demo displayed the raw energy they were known for, and heavily influenced by grunge with Emmett's vocals being presented in the same fashion as Kurt Cobain's. Many of the locals had the impression that their demo was an unreleased Nirvana album. Later on, Butterfingers became a staple name in underground scene, along with other bands such as OAG, The Splatters and Spiral Kinetic Circus. They then released further demo tapes such as Butter Couldn't Melt, and Dragon.

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