Midget Fan Club
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| Country | Simi Valley, California, USA |
| Years active | 1998 – Present |
| Genres | Punk Rock |
| Labels | Currently Unsigned |
| Members | GFS Myke Buttons Sam Clarke Fish |
Midget Fan Club is a punk rock band from Simi Valley, CA. The band consists of GFS (vocals, bass), Fish (lead guitar, backing vocals), Myke (drums), Sam (rhythm guitar, backing vocals).
The band's name was inspired by a story from the late 1960s. GFS's father was attending a party for his friend Ben, and the record release of his local psychedelic rock band 'Exploding Dirt'. The next morning, as the party subsided, Ben was nowhere to be found. He was never seen again. The only thing that was left behind was a note reading:
Midget Fan Club,
-Ben
In 1998, GFS started the band with some friends. Most of them didn't take the band seriously and parted ways with the group. After 2 studio albums, he took the band west from Brunswick, GA to Los Angeles, CA (specifically Hollywood and then Simi Valley, CA.) Finding the LA talent pool deeper and richer than that of the bible belt, GFS met Myke and the two of them set out to recreate the Midget Fan Club (or MFC as they are known to fans.)
Over the course of the next few months Sam and Fish came into the project. Cementing the new line-up of MFC and reinvigorating the sound of the band by bringing their unique talents and influences to the group.
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[edit] Line-Up
[edit] Current Members
- Guy "GFS" Smiley - Bass, Vocals
- Mike "Fish" Fisher - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
- Myke Buttons - Drums
- Sam Clarke - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
[edit] Past Members
- Anthony Stubelek - Lead Guitar
- Damian Fedorko - Lead Guitar
- Matt Penwell - Rhythm Guitar
- Caroline LeRoux - Rhythm Guitar
- JR Manning - Drums
- Vince Jarocki - Drums
- Ronnie Bagley - Drums
- Mike Wilson - Drums
- Mike Woods - Bass
[edit] Guest Musicians
- Jonathon Montgomery - Vocals
- The Why-I-Oughtas - Gang Vocals
- Danny B. - Backing Vocals
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
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[edit] EPs and Miscellaneous Releases
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[edit] Miscellaneous Info
- Midget Fan Club give their album A Total Nightmare away in MP3 format for free at their website. Direct Download Link.
- In 2004, GFS and Myke were briefly in a band together called The Subzero Heroes with friend Scott Terrace before reforming MFC in 2005.
- The band has written and recorded over 75 songs since its inception on March 5th, 1998.
- Former lead guitarist, Anthony Stubelek has gone on to open Rockstudio, one of the biggest studios specializing in independent music and video production in the Southeastern United States. Check out the studio at rockstudio.com.
- Songs Of The Doomed, from the Help Wanted EP, is written for author Hunter S. Thompson and is named after his book of the same title.
- Midget Fan Club has been known to occasionally play shows under the pseudonyms Millions of Fat Cops (a play on the MFC initials and the name of seminal punk act Millions of Dead Cops, aka MDC) and Jimmy and The Joysticks (a reference to the sketch of the same name on the Pre-Teen Sex Machine EP.)
- Ben, a person referenced often by the band - both on their website and at the end of the song Exercise In Pointlessness from the Help Wanted EP - is often seen at their live shows either selling the bands merchandise or behind a video camera. Ben also runs the movie review website Hollywood Bitchslap.
