The Refreshments - Fizzy Fuzzy Big And Buzzy

The much adored cult classic debut album returns on vinyl LP!

Humorous touch heard on "Girly," "Suckerpunch" and "Blue Collar Suicide"

A harbinger of No Depression/Americana/alt-country sound

Formed in early 1993 in Tempe, Arizona, The Refreshments consisted of singer/songwriter/rhythm guitarist Roger Clyne, drummer Paul "P.H." Naffah, lead guitarist Brian David Blush and bassist Art Edwards. Within a year, the foursome went from opening for the likes of the Gin Blossoms and Dead Hot Workshop to headlining their own gigs, releasing an album, Wheelie, on their own label in 1994.

After submitting a tape to play to Austin's SXSW Festival, the group's performance before an impressed Mercury Records A&R rep led to their signing to the label, releasing their slyly comic debut album, Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy in February, 1996, which contained several re-recorded songs from Wheelie. The album's hit single, "Banditos," a tongue-in-cheek story song about a fantasy bank robbery and dash for the border, went No. 1 on Billboard Heatseekers, reaching No. 11 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and No. 14 on the Modern Rock chart, going Top 20 on the Canadian singles chart and peaking at No. 13 on that country's Alternative chart, thanks to its catchy refrain, "Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people." A second single, "Down Together," hit No. 38 on the Billboard Modern Rock tally. The band is probably best known for "Yahoos and Triangles," the theme song Roger wrote and the band recorded for Mike Judge's long-running animated TV series, "King of the Hill."

Now Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy featuring "Banditos" is being reissued on vinyl LP for the first time by Universal Music Enterprises. The group's rollicking roots-rock "Southwestern Sound" made them contemporaries of similar groups like Meat Puppets, Gin Blossoms, Dead Hot Workshop and The Sidewinders, and was a harbinger of the No Depression/Americana/alt-country sound which would be made popular by the likes of Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt and Wilco in subsequent years. The group's humorous approach can be heard on such songs as "Girly," "Suckerpunch," "Carefree" and "Blue Collar Suicide."