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Of rock and satire

Black and white photograph featuring three members of The Fugs singing into microphones on the stage of The New Penelope, in the dark

Date: 1967
Credit: David Woodhead (photographer), copyright 1967
Courtesy of David Woodhead

The Fugs were a New York City based rock band best known for their humorous songs and stage shows. The band was formed in 1965 by Ed Sanders and poet Tuli Kupferberg (who was one of the original “Beat Poets” from New York City in the 1950s).