The Fluid was an American rock band from Denver which formed in 1985, disbanded in 1993, but reconvened in 2008. The group cited the Rolling Stones and MC5 as inspirations for their sound, and was the first group based outside the Pacific Northwest to sign with influential Seattle label Sub Pop .
12-662: [REDACTED] Look up Kulwicki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kulwicki (feminine: Kulwicka , plural: Kulwiccy ) is a Polish surname and may refer to: People [ edit ] Alan Kulwicki (1954–1993), nicknamed "Polish Prince", American auto racing driver and team owner Dustin Kulwicki, Cave Story video game composer Katarzyna Kulwicka [ pl ] (born 1964), Polish basketball player Lech Kulwicki (born 1951), Polish footballer who played as
24-484: A defender Rick Kulwicki (1961–2011), American rock guitarist of band The Fluid Other [ edit ] Kulwicki Motorsports Laboratory, at Charlotte Research Institute Kulwicki Driver Development Program (Kulwicki DDP), began in 2015 young drivers support competition Alan Kulwicki Racing , a championship-winning NASCAR Winston Cup Series team Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
36-484: A defender Rick Kulwicki (1961–2011), American rock guitarist of band The Fluid Other [ edit ] Kulwicki Motorsports Laboratory, at Charlotte Research Institute Kulwicki Driver Development Program (Kulwicki DDP), began in 2015 young drivers support competition Alan Kulwicki Racing , a championship-winning NASCAR Winston Cup Series team Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
48-666: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kulwicki [REDACTED] Look up Kulwicki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kulwicki (feminine: Kulwicka , plural: Kulwiccy ) is a Polish surname and may refer to: People [ edit ] Alan Kulwicki (1954–1993), nicknamed "Polish Prince", American auto racing driver and team owner Dustin Kulwicki, Cave Story video game composer Katarzyna Kulwicka [ pl ] (born 1964), Polish basketball player Lech Kulwicki (born 1951), Polish footballer who played as
60-435: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Fluid The Fluid was originally called Madhouse. After early 1980s Denver punk band Frantix broke up, bassist Matt Bischoff, drummer Garrett Shavlik and guitarist Rick Kulwicki began playing as Madhouse. On July 5, 1985, with new band members James Clower (guitar) and John Robinson (vocals), they played their first gig at
72-576: The German House (Denver Turnverein) as "The Fluid". That was the only name all five members could agree upon. In 1986 the Fluid released their first album, Punch N Judy on Rayon Records. The album was also licensed to and released by the German label Glitterhouse . They toured for the next two years in support of the album. In 1988, they released the album Clear Black Paper on Sub Pop. They were
84-967: The band and label clashed frequently, the contract "turned out to be far less than advertised, [and] the band imploded in late 1993." After the Fluid broke up, drummer Garrett Shavlik started the band Spell (not Boyd Rice 's band of the same name), which was signed for a time to Island Records. Bassist Matt Bischoff started the band '57 Lesbian. John Robinson talked with Kurt Cobain of Nirvana about doing an album along with Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees . Unfortunately, Cobain's death ended that possibility. Robinson joined Jim Wallerstein (a.k.a. Jim Walters) of Das Damen in New United Monster Show, which lasted until 1999. The Fluid reunited to perform at Sub-Pop Records 20th Anniversary at Redmond's Marymoor Park in Seattle in July 2008. This
96-548: The first non- Seattle band to sign to the record label . According to Mark Arm , Glitterhouse and Sub Pop had formed an agreement. Glitterhouse wanted to release a Green River record in Germany, and the labels did a swap: Green River for the Fluid. In the same oral history, Greg Prato's Grunge Is Dead , musician Rod Moody said that the Fluid sounded like no other band on the Sub Pop roster. The Fluid's second Sub Pop release
108-407: The title Kulwicki . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kulwicki&oldid=1055539309 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Polish-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description
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132-431: Was Roadmouth (1989), produced by Jack Endino . Writing for Trouser Press , critic Ira Robbins described it as "geometrically more intense." The band followed up in 1990 with the six-song EP Glue , produced by Butch Vig . Robbins called it "a buzzing punky blitz." The Fluid then signed to Hollywood Records , putting out Purplemetalflakemusic in 1993. As a 2008 article from Denver's Westword put it, however,
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#1732797775074144-721: Was preceded by a June 20 show at the Bluebird Theater in Denver. A series of dates in Hoboken, Brooklyn, and Seattle followed in 2009, but after that the Fluid disbanded again. Guitarist Rick Kulwicki died on February 15, 2011, at the age of 49. In March 2011 and again in January 2012, the Fluid participated in fundraiser shows for Kulwicki's twin sons. Hosted by Sub-Pop Records, the Kulwicki sons and their band, Purple Fluid, who released their own EP with Sapos Records, played in
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