Boys Suck
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Boys Suck was a Boston-based band that was formed somewhere around 2000 by members of the New York goth-rock outfit Binary Test Record. Originally known for being a sort of smug twee act with a drum machine, keyboard, bass, and acoustic guitar, the band had some lineup changes, which eventually led to it being a primarily solo venture by The Sleepwalker. During this period, he continued to use the moniker Boys Suck and transitioned the band into a solo counterfolk/anti-folk venture. Some time in 2005, The Sleepwalker abandoned the Boys Suck moniker and joined two bands, The Motion Sick and Blitzkriegbliss.
[edit] Notable mentions
Boys Suck has appeared on artist-sanctioned tributes to Jayne County and The Cornbugs (a group made up of Bill Moseley, who played Choptop in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, and Buckethead, guitarist for the 2000-4 incarnation of Guns N' Roses).
Pop star Mandy Moore mentioned the Boys Suck website[1] during her MTV program in 2001 inspiring a flock of teenage girls to become Boys Suck fans. This resulted in the Boys Suck song, "(I Can't Take it) Mandy Moore."
The record label Dead Puppy Records put out a Boys Suck tribute album called Out Of Tune.
Boys Suck also made an appearance on a 2003 Wesley Willis tribute album, Loved Like a Milkshake.
[edit] Discography
2003 - an unnamed demo of songs circulated by fans on the Internet - many of which appear on the first record by The Motion Sick - Her Brilliant Fifteen
2002 - God Blesse America EP (Motion Sickness Records)
2001 - Fool's Gold Lining EP (Motion Sickness Records)
2000 - Short, Pale, and Ugly EP (Motion Sickness Records)
Compilations
??? - Counterfolk Sampler v.2 (??)
??? - Counterfolk Sampler v.1 (??)
2004 - Buzzlighter #7 - Low Tones to Lullaby Town (Shut Eye Records)
2004 - No W…NOW! A Musical Petition Against George W. Bush (Passive Aggressive Records)
2003 - Loved Like A Milkshake: A Wesley Willis Tribute Album (??)
2003 - Too Many Scars (Dead Puppy Records)
2003 - Out of Tune: The Dead Puppy Tribute to Boys Suck (Dead Puppy Records)
2002 - Boston's Backroads Mainstreet (??)
2001 - A Dead Puppy Christmas (Dead Puppy Records)
2001 - HOW MUCH YOU GOT? the dead puppy tribute to JAYNE COUNTY (Dead Puppy Records)
2001 - Sick Music For Sick Children (Dead Puppy Records)
2001 - Mose Motel: The Dead Puppy Tribute to The Moseley Brothers (Dead Puppy Records)
2001 - Music Is Our Life: The Dead Puppy Tribute to The Cornbugs (Dead Puppy Records)
