The Ferocious Few

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The Ferocious Few is a rock band from San Francisco. It has been described as having elements of blues, garage rock and rockabilly.

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Juices

At the time of releasing Juices in 2010, the band was a duo consisting of singer and guitarist Francisco Fernandez and drummer Daniel Aguilar. The band name was chosen because it "takes a ferocious few" to change the world, according to Fernandez. [1]

Their debut album Juices was released on Birdman Records on April 13, 2010. [2] In an extensive review, Allmusic saw The Ferocious Few as a blues band; "messed-up, fractured, big-city blues". Commenting on the band only being two people, Deming stated that "the strength of Fernandez's voice, which sounds like it's been polished to a rich semigloss by repeated applications of whiskey and nicotine, certainly covers a lot of ground, as does his strong, elemental guitar work and Aguilar's drumming". Overall, Juices was "a killer debut from a band worth watching". [3] PopMatters gave the album a 6 rating. The album had a distinct street feeling, and it was "hard not to want to roll down the windows and ride along". Fernandez' voice was describeed as a "sun-cracked drawl", evoking soul and emotion, though his "delivery starts to wear out a bit as Juices presses on". The recording was lo-fi, and might have benefitted from "a tiny bit more polish despite the band’s wise choice to skip out on full-fledged luxury detailing". There was also elements of "trying to show off everything they can do when they would probably be better off focusing on their evident strengths". [2]

The music on Juices has also been described as "the best of whiskey-soaked blues, rock and a hint of lo-fi skuzz". The second half of the album was markedly more "vintage" than contemporary; all in all "an overly solid debut album". [4] Another reviewer praised "the raw, unholy, heavenly pure rock & roll" and the "nasty, raunchy blues" [5]

Later career

Francisco Fernandez later relocated to Berlin. He continued The Ferocious Few with different drummers. [6] In the late 2010s, Fernandez moved to Luxembourg. Here, he released the first music by The Ferocious Few in a decade. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Whitecotton, Serena. "This Week at The Becker: Ferocious Few" (pdf). Daily Titan. p. 6. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 Matei, Chris (April 14, 2010). "The Ferocious Few: Juices". PopMatters (review). Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Juices Review". Allmusic . Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Draper, Matt (June 4, 2010). ""Juices" by The Ferocious Few – Album Review". Grimy Goods. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Album Review: The Ferocious Few – Juices". Fuzzy Logic. June 12, 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "The Ferocious Few interview & exclusive premiere of 'Crying Shame'". It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine . February 17, 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Ferocious Few back with vintage rock track "My Love"". RTL Today . March 22, 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
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