The Fucking Champs

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The Fucking Champs
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genre(s)	Metal
Associated acts	Weakling Drunk Horse Nation of Ulysses The Event Trans Am
Website	thefuckingchamps.com
Members
Phil Manley Tim Green Tim Soete
Former members
Josh Smith Adam Cantwell Alex Wharton

The Fucking Champs are a three-piece rock band from San Francisco, California. They are known for their indie appeal, based largely around shifting time signatures, guitar harmonies, and lots of rhythm. Most songs are instrumentals. They are currently signed to Drag City Records. They have also played with Trans Am and the two have recorded albums together as TransChamps and The Fucking Am.^{[citation needed]}

Founding Champs guitarist Josh Smith was also a member of the cult San Francisco black metal band Weakling, as well as Drunk Horse. He is currently a member of The Makes Nice. Tim Green was a member of Nation of Ulysses, Lice, The Vile Cherubs and The Young Ginns. Drummer Tim Soete was the singer/guitarist of San Diego mod revivalists The Event. Underground fanzines claim their influences range from Django Reinhardt to Mark Knopfler to George Lynch of Dokken.^{[citation needed]}