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Formed on a dare in late ‘83, BUNCHOFUCKINGOOFS became an entity when Ruth Taylor of United State offered Crazy a gig opening for them at Larry's Hideaway. She had heard that the Back Alley Boys, a Toronto bike gang [bicycle, that is], had been pissing off the neighbors as they attempted to play Crass and Dead Kennedys covers at their Walmer Street boozecan, hammered, in the middle of the nite. Crazy was pissed and of course said "sure, why not?" When he woke up in the morning, of course, he didn’t remember a thing, but fortunately Ruth saw him at the Turning Point the weekend before and asked him if they had their shit together and if they could still do the gig. With a bit of priming he remembered enough bits and pieces of the story to believe it and said, "of course we can do it."
A month or so earlier, some cocksucker had broken into the Walmer Street can and stole the best of the shit equipment that they had, so with only garage sale instruments and amps yanked from old stereos, they called up Maddog on the phone and told him they had a gig in a week if he wanted to be in a band. He was in and had a real drum kit, like two of everything, so he brought it down into Kensington Market, piece by piece on the TTC. In five days, they wrote seven songs and realizing that they wouldn't have enough material to fill the time slot, they phoned up Quarantine, another bunch of fall-down comedians that had about seven songs, and asked them if they wanted to split the gig.
On stage at Larry's Hideaway, Quarantine were hilarious and when Crazy Steve saw the way the crowd was reacting to the comedy during their potential hit "Vaginal bloodfarts burst out everywhere", he said "we better call ourselves a bunch of fucking goofs before everyone else does".
The place in the market became Fort Goof, their headquarters, and a 24-hour a day, seven day a week boozecan. Chaos ruled all and while running their first bar, the DMZ, they were approached by Jonestown Records to get involved in a vinyl compilation with about ten other Toronto Hardcore bands. The record, to be called QUESTIONABLE, was to be financed from two benefit gigs, one at the DMZ and the other at the Quoc Te, across the street from the Fort. For whatever reasons most of the other bands opted out and in the end, BFG did three songs and shared the LP with Living Proof, Animal Stags, and Madhouse.
In 86, one of the Goofs' entourage inherited 30 grand from both his parents life insurance policies, but only after doing the time that they gave him for their double shotgun murder that he was convicted of, and offered to lend the band enough cash to make a record.
Steve had been hammered for months and needing a break, he thought that it would be a good idea to score a hundred valiums to help him chill out during the first stages of alcohol withdrawal. Strangely enough, Steve forgot he quit drinking because he did so many valiums and when he faded back into reality, everyone he knew hated him and BUNCHOFUCKINGOOFS had a new double, seven inch called THERE’S NO SOLUTION -- SO THERE’S NO PROBLEM, and a record company, Back Alley Records.
One nite on the way to playing the DMZ, Steve was confronted by the cops for drinking a beer on the street and they gave him a real hard time. He told them to suck his cock and that they better get ready for the day when they would be working for him. On stage that nite, he told the world that he was running for Mayor in the next municipal election, and that they better get ready to get everyone they know to vote. Of course, he woke up in the morning and said "What? Huh, Mayor? nah, let’s go for Alderman".
He rode his bike away with 8.5% of the vote in the core area of the largest city in Canada even though he had no telephone for the entire campaign, spent only $110, and of the month allowed for campaigning, BUNCHOFUCKINGOOFS did three gigs--ten days with Hillar Latioa's play, POUNDORAMA, and Steve spent a few days on an island in Haliburton shooting "TWIN DRAGON ENCOUNTERS" with Michael and Martin MacNamara, the Twin Dragons. W5 heard that The Goofs were Toronto’s answer to the Bloods and Cripps and did a special on them and the CBC was daring enough to put them on IT’S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL hosted by Tabby Johnson and one of their morning shows.
Then in ‘88 they were drinking with John Hopkins, the filmmaker, and he said that he could set them up with some free studio time as some kind of payment for being in his film, PORTFOLIO so, they released DRUNK? -- DESTROYED? -- DEMOLISHED--the demo and sold a couple of thousand of them on cassette.
BUNCHOFUCKINGOOFS were the band in the futuristic, thriller, THE CITY OF SHADOWS, played a street gang in the pilot episode of T n' T, [Mr. T’s TV series], and were the bad guys [except when Crazy got to be a narc on KATTS AND DOG] in more than a hundred different TV shows and feature films.
The Fort had to be abandoned because the old owner had new ideas for the space so the Goofs gutted the building for him and decided to go big and stay home by renting 3200 square feet of space in the basement of the now extinct and infamous 26A Oxford Street warehouse and calling it GOOFWORLD. They scavenged used building materials and a never-ending stream of garbage picked furniture, and wheeled them through the Market in shopping carts. With it all they created the ultimate playground with two soundproof practice spaces, where they made T-shirts, did tattoos, fixed bikes, recorded on their Fostex 8-Track studio, and sold truckloads of more beer. They had room for 15 live-in animals [not including couches and the floor] and all the dogs. The band and their entourage became to be expected to baby-sit Kensington Market by patrolling it on bikes, with their dogs, punching out Nazis, cokeheads, and rip-offs at every opportunity.
The New Music saw that this was good and did a 20-minute spot on them and even though Crazy asked them to question him about anything but his haircut, they did anyways, and got a stupider answer to a stupid question.
Rolling Stone Magazine also thought that this was good so they sent one of their guys in from New York to investigate the situation in GOOFWORLD and the guy was so blown away by all that he discovered, that his three day trip turned into a week. Too bad Rolling Stone was so blown away by his story. They told him that it was basically "unbelievable" and that they weren't interested in printing it.
Spin Magazine picked it up and ran part of it even though they had sent their own guy to interview the Goofs, but that was OK because that writer turned his piece into a cover story for Maximum Rock n Roll.
In January 91 they packed the band, a sound man, their manager, two dogs, and two six foot plus gargoyles in flack jackets into a rented van with no odometer and fought their way across frozen Canada straight to the friendly welfare offices of Vancouver and back home to more beer.
The Fort started being something it was never meant to be, so like all things that were once good, but didn’t deserve to live anymore, and in total GOOF tradition, it was put to death. The DayGlos were in town that day and played the wake later in the evening, and the next day, the BUNCHOFUCKINGOOFS realized that with no Fort, there were no beer sales, and with no beer sales, how were they going to put out their next record.
Angus from FRINGE RECORDS had offering to put out a GOOF record for years and since they were broke and the band was playing super tight, they really had no choice but to allow CARNIVAL OF CHAOS AND CARNAGE to be born. FRINGE sold a couple of thousand of them in Canada, but unfortunately, Fringe only deals in Canadian currency, so the rest of the world sat in front of their TV sets, rotting, patiently waiting for the word of GOOF to enter their homes and lives til Spring of 99 when THE GOOFS widened their assault to the east and the west and across the sea and back……
Current lineup: Crazy Steve, Gregoose, Kator, and Fetus
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Trust Me
Bunchofuckingoofs Lyrics
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With the less important things in life
Like when my back is turned
You won’t stick me with a knife
You have access and keys to my place
And you wouldn’t touch my cash
I’m sure my food won’t be poisoned
And you’d never touch my stash
When others don’t need to know
Are you full of unnecessary innuendo
Or do you get drunk and let it flow
You claim that no one’s listening
Or that they’re not smart enough to understand
Well I can hear you clearly
Cos when you’re blabbing
Attention is what you demand
Most people aren’t quite as stupid
As some of us would like to believe
And once they’ve got part of the story
They’re not as easy to deceive
Sure you don’t want to be forced
To make your life and trip a total lie
Gossip and exaggeration reign
People with no lives need a reason why
So why give them enough info
To make their wheels click
It’s you that starts them thinking
In their heads the ideas stick
The less leads that you give them
Means the less they will want to know
If you don’t help them to ask questions
Then the questions will never show
And blabbing about other people
In public or on the phone
Should easily get you shot in the head
As fast as they have known
So next you spill a friends secrets
Or in any way breach their trust
Just remember who you’re screwing and
Remember that you’re pushing your luck
Lyrics by CrazySteveGoof
The song Trust Me by Bunchofuckingoofs is a cautionary tale about the importance of trust and confidentiality in interpersonal relationships. The lyrics suggest that while the person in question might be trustworthy with less important matters like not stealing or harming the singer's property, they might not be so dependable with sensitive information. The song highlights the importance of being careful about whom one confides in when it comes to personal information, as the spread of gossip can often lead to betrayal and hurt feelings. The way in which the lyrics are framed suggests that the person in question might not be aware of the impact of their actions, and that they need to be more careful about what they say and do if they want to maintain positive relationships with others.
Line by Line Meaning
Sure you can be trusted
I believe that you are generally trustworthy.
With the less important things in life
You have not betrayed my trust in small matters.
Like when my back is turned
When I am not directly watching you.
You won’t stick me with a knife
You will not physically harm me.
You have access and keys to my place
I have given you permission to enter my space.
And you wouldn’t touch my cash
You have not stolen any of my money.
I’m sure my food won’t be poisoned
You have not laced any of my food with harmful substances.
And you’d never touch my stash
You have not stolen any of my belongings.
But can you keep your mouth shut
Can you refrain from sharing my private information.
When others don’t need to know
When it is not necessary for other people to be aware.
Are you full of unnecessary innuendo
Do you make inappropriate or suggestive remarks without cause.
Or do you get drunk and let it flow
Do you reveal secrets or speak indiscreetly when under the influence of alcohol.
You claim that no one’s listening
You believe that your words are being ignored or not understood.
Or that they’re not smart enough to understand
Or that the people listening are not intelligent enough to comprehend.
Well I can hear you clearly
I can understand what you are saying.
Cos when you’re blabbing
Because when you are talking excessively and without discretion.
Attention is what you demand
You seek attention even if it means betraying someone's trust.
Most people aren’t quite as stupid
Most individuals are not as unintelligent as some of us would like to believe.
As some of us would like to believe
As some individuals wish to believe.
And once they’ve got part of the story
And once people have heard some details regarding a situation.
They’re not as easy to deceive
It is harder to trick them.
Sure you don’t want to be forced
I know that you do not want to be put in a position where you are compelled to lie.
To make your life and trip a total lie
To create and abide by a completely false reality.
Gossip and exaggeration reign
Gossip and conceit prevail.
People with no lives need a reason why
Individuals who are dissatisfied with their existence require a justification for their actions.
So why give them enough info
So why provide them with a sufficient amount of information.
To make their wheels click
To give them something to think about or speculate on.
It’s you that starts them thinking
You are the one who initiates their thought process.
In their heads the ideas stick
The concepts remain inside their minds.
The less leads that you give them
The fewer hints or clues that you offer them.
Means the less they will want to know
Leads to them being less curious about the situation.
If you don’t help them to ask questions
If you do not provide them with information to provoke their inquiries.
Then the questions will never show
Then they will not have any questions to ask.
And blabbing about other people
And speaking indiscreetly or gossiping about others.
In public or on the phone
In front of others or while speaking over the phone.
Should easily get you shot in the head
Should be grounds for violent retribution.
As fast as they have known
As soon as the person has become aware of the betrayal.
So next you spill a friends secrets
So if you reveal a friend's confidential information.
Or in any way breach their trust
Or in any way violate their faith in you.
Just remember who you’re screwing and
Remember that you are harming and betraying someone.
Remember that you’re pushing your luck
Remember that your actions may have negative consequences.
Contributed by Ethan N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Aaron Walker
Me and Daryl did this track in the day, love Godzilla’s go get screwed