FIDLAR
Channeling classic skatepunk, thrash, and surfy lo-fi indie, Los Angeles combo FIDLAR emerged in the early 2010s, rising from the D.I.Y. underground to make a surprising run on Billboard's Heatseekers chart with their eponymous full-length debut, which was also a critical favorite. Named after an acronym for a skate mantra ("fuck it dog, life's a risk"), FIDLAR's freewheeling party punk was brought to a global audience over the next several years via their 2015 follow-up, Too, and 2019's Almost Free. The band got more precise without abandoning their stoner punk vibe on the 2023 EP That's Life.
Influenced by SoCal punk rockers like Offspring and blink-182, as well as older bands from the area (which they learned about from their dad's record collection; he was the guitarist of T.S.O.L.), Max Kuehn (drums) and his brother Elvis (guitar/vocals) were playing punk shows around L.A. by their teens. By the time they were out of high school, guitarist/vocalist Zac Carper and bassist Brandon Schwartzel had joined up. Later the group went the independent route and started a homespun label to record material, while embracing the reaches of the Internet and making several videos to promote their music and as motivation to film their drunken antics.
Mom & Pop signed them in 2012 for their debut album, FIDLAR, which was released in early 2013. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and number two on the Alternative New Artist chart, and was the number one most added release at CMJ. After touring the world with bands like the Pixies, the Hives, Black Lips, and Wavves, the band ended up back home in need of a break. After starting a new album, but finding the songs and self-produced sound too FIDLAR-y for their liking, Carper headed out on a road trip, wrote a new batch of songs inspired by the music of his youth -- Elvis Kuehn and Schwartzel wrote some too -- and the band headed to Nashville to try again with producer Jay Joyce.
The resulting album, 2015's Too, featured a more mature outlook and some musical muscle, topping Billboard's Heatseekers chart and charting well in the U.K. and Australia. Following tours for Too, FIDLAR remained relatively quiet for a period, eventually beginning work on album number three with Ricky Reed, a producer better known for his work with mainstream pop acts like Kesha and Halsey. After a handful of advance singles in 2018, the band's third LP, Almost Free, was released in January 2019, and they released a number of digital singles in 2022, including "Centipede," "Taste the Money," and "FSU." Those tracks would be collected on a vinyl EP, That's Life, which arrived in March 2023.
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Discografía
37 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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SURVIVING THE DREAM
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por FIDLAR el 20-09-2024
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Almost Free
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Mom+Pop el 25-01-2019
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That's Life
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por FIDLAR el 17-03-2023
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Get Free
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Mushroom Group el 26-10-2023
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Can’t You See
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Mom+Pop el 12-10-2018
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Fidlar (Fidlar)
Rock - Editado por Wichita Recordings el 25-09-2012
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Don't Fuck With Vol. 01
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por FIDLAR el 16-12-2022
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Too
Punk - New Wave - Editado por Wichita Recordings el 04-09-2015
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Don't Fuck With Vol. 02
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por FIDLAR el 19-05-2023
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Dead, Rich or In Jail
Rock - Editado por BMG Rights Management (Australia) Pty Ltd. el 28-08-2024
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Get Free
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Mushroom Group el 26-10-2023
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FIDLAR
Punk - New Wave - Editado por Wichita Recordings el 22-01-2013
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Red Right Hand (triple j Like A Version)
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por triple j el 17-11-2017
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FIX ME / GET OFF MY WAVE
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por FIDLAR el 10-06-2024
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