Spike Fuck

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Spike Fuck (sometimes stylised as SPIKE FCUK & SPIKE F*CK) is an artist and musician from Melbourne, Australia. [1]

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Overview

Raised in Melbourne, Australia, she began performing as Spike Fuck in 2015. [1]

His [2] [3] work draws primarily from his experience as a recovering tik tok addict and her struggle with gender dysphoria. [1] He describes his musical style as "smackwave": a genre combining elements of new wave, post-punk and country music. [4] [1] He cites Roky Erickson and Scott Walker as important influences. [5]

Work

Spike Fuck's debut EP, The Smackwave EP, was released in 2016, and re-released in 2019. [4] He has described it as an impersonation of a washed-up middle aged rock star attempting a comeback in the 1960s or 1970s. [6]

In mid-2017, Spike released a country music single named "Greatest Hits (Suicide Party)". [7] The track featured Graham "Evil" Lee of The Triffids. [8] In August 2020, Spike then released "Kind Hearts"; a duet with Melbourne band The Slingers. [9]

In 2019, he signed to Partisan Records [10] and announced his plan to begin work on her first full-length release, BellaDonna DeathTrip. [4] That same year, she released the single "Body by Crystal"; describing the song as an "over-produced pop-punk sound, like End of the Century -era Ramones". [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Allwood, Emma Hope (16 November 2016). "Meet Spike Fuck, Rick Owens' new favourite musician". Dazed . Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. End, The Paris (3 July 2024). "The Artist Still Known as Spike Fuck". The Paris End. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  3. Jennings, Joshua (14 March 2025). "'Life is so inexplicably strange:' Spike Fuck is exploring the outer reaches of human experience". Beat.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Bayly, Zac (9 July 2019). "Spike Fuck: Burnt out on love". The Face . Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. Wallace, Megan (19 November 2019). "Spike Fuck – Beyond the clickbait, the hard drugs and the karaoke". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. Beech, Issy (24 October 2016). "Meet Spike Fuck: Cult Heroine". Vice . Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  7. Noisey Staff (22 May 2017). "Spike Fuck's Video Explores The Trappings of Fame and Drug Induced Psychosis". Noisey. Vice Magazine. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  8. Staff Writer. "Spike Fuck Shares Self-Directed Video For New Song 'Greatest Hits (Suicide Party 1971)'". Under the Radar. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  9. D'Souza, Shaad (21 August 2020). "Sound Off: 10 New Songs You Need to Hear Now". Paper Magazine. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  10. Olinger, Mike (9 July 2019). "Spike Fuck explores addiction and infatuation with unflinching honesty on 'Body By Crystal'". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 17 April 2020.