Fluf (stylized as fluf) is an American punk rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 1992.

History

O (Otis Barthoulameu - vocals, guitar) and Jonny Donhowe (bass guitar) formed the band after their previous band, Olivelawn, split up, recruiting drummer Miles Gillett.^[1] After several seven-inch singles (including a cover version of PJ Harvey's "Sheela Na Gig"), the band's debut album was released in 1993. Generally known as Mangravy, each physical format had a different title.^[1][2][3] A second album followed in 1994 (Home Improvements, also released on vinyl as Whitey on the Moon and on cassette as Stocking the Lake With Brown Trout),^[3] and in 1996 Donhowe left, to be replaced by Josh Higgins.^[1] This line-up recorded their major label (MCA) debut Waikiki (1997) and Road Rage (1998), with a final album-length EP, I Know I'm Nobody released in 2000.

Donhowe died in March 2020.

Barthoulameu died in February 2023.^[4]

Discography

Albums

• Mangravy (LP) aka Compact Disc is Weak (CD)/Shooting Putty at the Moon (cassette)/Wasting Seed (10" LP) (1993), Headhunter
• Home Improvements (CD) aka Whitey on the Moon (LP)/Stocking the Lake With Brown Trout (cassette) (1994), Headhunter
• Waikiki (1997), Headhunter/MCA
• Road Rage (1998), Honest Don's

Compilation albums

• The Classic Years (1995), Headhunter
• Super Mixer; A Goldenrod Compilation (1996), Goldenrod

EPs

• Wasting Seed (1992), Headhunter Records hed 020
• Moody As The Day Is Young! (1994), Goldenrod
• I Know I'm Nobody (2000), Cold Steel Facts

Singles

• "Garbage Truck" (1992), Sympathy for the Record Industry
• "Sheela Na Gig" / "Song In D" (1993), Goldenrod
• Split single with Further "Lobster Tree" / "She Lives by the Castle 2" (1993) First Strike Records
• "24-7 Years" (1994), Silver Girl
• "Skyrocket" (1994), Headhunter
• "Tried" / "Clueless" (1994) Headhunter HED032
• Split single with J Church (1996), Goldenrod: "Assmunch"