FYULABA

Studio album by SNFU

Released

September 24, 1996

Recorded

1996

Genre

Punk rock

Length

33:20

SNFU chronology

The One Voted Most Likely To Succeed
(1995)

FYULABA
(1996)

Let's Get It Right the First Time
(1998)

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FYULABA is the sixth studio album by Canadian punk rock band SNFU. The album was released in 1996 by Epitaph Records. Its name is an acronym for Fuck You Up Like a Bad Accident. The album was the last of three albums released by SNFU on Epitaph. Eight years would pass before the proper followup, In the Meantime and In Between Time, was issued in 2004.

Throughout 1995 and early 1996, SNFU had toured extensively in support of their fifth studio album, The One Voted Most Likely to Succeed. Members Marc Belke, Brent Belke, and Rob Johnson had also spent time finalizing the Redemeer album released in 1996 by their side project the Wheat Chiefs. SNFU initially recorded demos for their sixth album in May with roadie and sound man Simon Head.

In June 1996, the band returned to Mushroom Studios, the site of the recording of The One Voted Most Likely to Succeed, to record FYULABA. Engineer Pete Wonsiak and mixer Dave Ogilvie, the latter known for his work with Skinny Puppy, were brought on for the sessions. While the recording went generally smoothly, singer Ken Chinn's struggles with health and mental problems affected his productivity. Regardless, Marc Belke later remembered the sessions as personally satisfying and fulfilling. Singer Bif Naked made her second appearance on an SNFU record, singing backup vocals on "You Make Me Thick".

The band took the album's initial title, Fuck You Up Like a Bad Accident, from the American outsider artist and musician, Wesley Willis. The title was later shortened to its acronym form, FYULABA. The album's cover was designed by Brad Lambert, but the design used on the cover was an unfinished version of the intended cover. The band later expressed dissatisfaction with final art.

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