Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy

by The Refreshments

Overview

Hailing from Tempe, AZ, the Refreshments launched their short-lived career as a solid frat boy band, and Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big & Buzzy captures that period with muscled guitar riffs and strong vocals. Though much of this debut is about alcohol, Mexico, and girls (topics that the band later revisited on 1997's The Bottle & Fresh Horses, albeit with a stronger southwestern influence), the album also sports a sense of humor and lack of pretension that helped make the Refreshments minor stars. Listening to "Girly" or "Banditos," the album's flagship single, is like kicking back with a college bud and a brew: summery, smirky, and somewhat yearning. The irreverence in the Refreshments' lyrics makes all the difference between them and other increasingly self-serious bands in the same vein. All the anguished grunge and post-grunge posing got old fast -- and with clever lyrics, solidly melodic guitar work, and Roger Clyne's marketable voice, the Refreshments kept fun alive on the alternative scene throughout the decade's latter half. ~ Bryan Buss

Product Details

Release Date:	11/13/2015
Label:	Universal / Universal Music
UPC:	0602547373533

Tracks

1. Blue Collar Suicide
2. European Swallow
3. Down Together
4. Mekong
5. Don't Wanna Know
6. Girly
7. Banditos
8. Mexico
9. Interstate
10. Suckerpunch
11. Carefree
12. Nada

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Refreshments   Primary Artist
Clif Norrell   Trumpet
Skip Edwards   Piano,Organ

Technical Credits

Brian Blush   Composer
The Refreshments   Composer
Danny Clinch   Photography
Robert Read   Assistant Engineer
Jim Champagne   Assistant Engineer
Roger Clyne   Composer
Jeff Clyne   Composer
Clif Norrell   Producer,Engineer,Mixing
Alan Edwards   Composer
Jeffrey Schulz   Art Direction,Design
Mike Weaver   Assistant Engineer
Arthur Edwards   Composer
Casey Stone   Assistant Engineer
Tim Boland   Assistant Engineer
P.H. Naffah   Composer
Paul Naffah   Composer