---
title: "The Fucking Champs"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/the-fucking-champs"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1992
---

# The Fucking Champs

**The Fucking Champs** is a progressive metal band, from United States, active 1992 to present.

The Fucking Champs are a three-piece rock band from San Francisco, California. They are known for their heavy metal sound, based largely around shifting time signatures, guitar harmonies, and plentiful rhythm. Most songs are instrumental. They are currently signed to Drag City. They have also collaborated with Trans Am and the two have recorded albums together as TransChamps and The Fucking Am. Founded in Santa Cruz in the early 1990s, the band was initially called The Champs, but added the "Fucking" to their name – following a brief stint as The Champs UK – because The Champs had been used by a band in the late 1950s.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fucking_Champs

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The Fucking Champs |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Santa Cruz, United States |
| Formed | 1992 |
| Releases in catalog | 7 |

## Genres

[Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Joshua Smith](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joshua-smith-23577664) |  |  | Current |
| [Phil Manley](https://themetalnet.com/musician/phil-manley) |  |  | Current |
| [Tim Green](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tim-green) |  |  | Current |
| [Tim Soete](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tim-soete) |  |  | Current |
| [Jackie Perez Gratz](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jackie-perez-gratz) | Cello |  | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1994 | [Music for Films About Rock](https://themetalnet.com/album/98094343-fa90-44d6-9a84-12320c9b43c8) | Album |
| 1994 | [Triumph of the Air Elementals](https://themetalnet.com/album/f3795f1f-eb71-4218-8610-037271227898) | Album |
| 1995 | [Second](https://themetalnet.com/album/7ecd5a14-8b82-47fb-a221-37919241536d) | EP |
| 1997 | [III](https://themetalnet.com/album/fdf2d86c-4ff7-3e66-ba31-6da5b397ff82) | Album |
| 2000 | [IV](https://themetalnet.com/album/40d868a6-1b93-3c39-9388-27066416261f) | Album |
| 2002 | [V](https://themetalnet.com/album/70b0df56-66eb-306a-8a4b-c3f5e9978e2f) | Album |
| 2007 | [VI](https://themetalnet.com/album/43a94dc0-3d42-38a7-bf23-88f8f9407142) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Sigur Rós](https://themetalnet.com/band/sigur-ros) (listened together)
- [Children of Bodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/children-of-bodom) (listened together)
- [Guns N’ Roses](https://themetalnet.com/band/guns-n-roses) (listened together)
- [Dysrhythmia](https://themetalnet.com/band/dysrhythmia) (listened together)
- [Baroness](https://themetalnet.com/band/baroness) (listened together)
- [Mudvayne](https://themetalnet.com/band/mudvayne) (listened together)
- [The Number Twelve Looks Like You](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-number-twelve-looks-like-you) (listened together)
- [DragonForce](https://themetalnet.com/band/dragonforce) (listened together)
- [Kyuss](https://themetalnet.com/band/kyuss) (listened together)
- [Caspian](https://themetalnet.com/band/caspian) (listened together)
- [Grayceon](https://themetalnet.com/band/grayceon) (shared members)
- [Asunder](https://themetalnet.com/band/asunder) (shared members)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/The_Fucking_Champs/14693
- bandcamp: https://thefuckingchamps.bandcamp.com/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/the-fucking-champs](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-fucking-champs). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt