Interview with M.O.M.F.U.C.K. (Part One)

I first saw M.O.M.F.U.C.K. on MySpace. After repeated bulletins begging me to check out their new tunes, I decided to give them a listen. They listed themselves as "Tropical", "Trip Hop", and "Turntablism". I was disappointed to find out that those are apparently the three ingredients that combine into grindcore. With song titles such as "I Don't Give a Shit About Your Mom, She's Not the Fonz" and "Fast Times at Boner High", I felt utterly compelled to get into the minds of these four clever lads from Glen Rock, NJ. I finally got around to chatting with their bassist/singer Frankie "Fudge" Packard. Here is the Part One of our convo.

JS: So first off. That name. Goddamn it. How did you come up with that shit?

FFP: Well, our original name was Oedipus. But this metal band from West Newbury already had it, so we changed it to American Oedipus and that was taken by this singer songwriter whose legal name was actually American Oedipus. So we changed it to Amerikkkan Oedpius but that offended a lot of people, so then it was onto the less offensive Momfuck. We couldn't enter our school battle of the bands with that name so we changed it to Masters Of Mindless Functioning Ultimately Control Kids. We were hopping they'd abbreviate our name to the acronym, y'know, 'cause our name was so long and that the poster would say M.O.M.F.U.C.K.

JS: And did they?

FFP: They didn't end up making a poster for battle of the bands.

JS: But you didn't let that stop you.

FFP: As a band, you have to deal with a lot of crap. I guess, we just got our first taste. But no, it'll take a little bit more to stop M.O.M.F.U.C.K.

JS: How did you do?

FFP: We got disqualified when I said "fag" onstage.

PART TWO COMING SOON!