The Family Curse

Formed in 2004 in San Francisco, The Family Curse's live musical exorcisms commonly earn mashed up comparisons to the Butthole Surfers, Ministry, Pain Teens, Big Black, Godflesh and Jesus Lizard. Their debut album, Spice Rack, was released in April of 2008 on Fainting Room Collective. "Like an unholy cross between Captain Beefheart and the Pain Teens, trapped in a cellar with Mudhoney bashing down the door ...

Their debut album, Spice Rack, was released in April of 2008 on Fainting Room Collective.

"Like an unholy cross between Captain Beefheart and the Pain Teens, trapped in a cellar with Mudhoney bashing down the door ...The Family Curse grind the face of poor old rock 'n' roll into the floor and stomp over its body, rocking up their avant-noise workouts all the way. Electro-percussion clicks and chatters, an incongruous intrusion of shiny new technology into the band's dirty, dirty sound...lovely, filthy, weirdness..."
- UK Nemesis to Go, November 2008 review of Spice Rack

The Family Curse just returned from their third West Coast tour and are now recording/mixing their next album on Fainting Room Collective with Brandon Fitzsimons (Grey, Meisce, Oakhelm, Wormwood, Sod Hauler) at Audaretum studio in Seattle. The band will be playing live in the Pacific Northwest while working on the album, and will embark on touring to support the fall 2009 release.