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'''Fun Lovin' Criminals''' are an AlternativeRock band from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, and proud of it. They play a fusion of RapRock, PopMusic, {{Jazz}}, {{Blues}} and Latin influences. The band's members are Hugh "Huey" Morgan, Brian "Fast" Leiser and Mark "Frank" Reid. Steve Borgovini is a former member.
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'''Fun Lovin' Criminals''' are an AlternativeRock band from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, and proud of it. They play a fusion of RapRock, PopMusic, Pop, {{Jazz}}, {{Blues}} and Latin influences. The band's members are Hugh "Huey" Morgan, Brian "Fast" Leiser and Mark "Frank" Reid. Steve Borgovini is a former member.
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'''Fun Lovin' Criminals''' are a band from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, and proud of it. They play a fusion of alternative hip hop with rock, pop, jazz, blues and Latin influences. The band's members are Hugh "Huey" Morgan, Brian "Fast" Leiser and Mark "Frank" Reid. Steve Borgovini is a former member.
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'''Fun Lovin' Criminals''' are a an AlternativeRock band from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, and proud of it. They play a fusion of alternative hip hop with rock, pop, jazz, blues RapRock, PopMusic, {{Jazz}}, {{Blues}} and Latin influences. The band's members are Hugh "Huey" Morgan, Brian "Fast" Leiser and Mark "Frank" Reid. Steve Borgovini is a former member.
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Huey left the group in 2021 due to his various commitments, but Fast and Frank have stated the band is continuing as a duo. It is as yet unknown who their vocalist will be.
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* TheBandMinusTheFace: Huey left the band in 2021 due to his various other commitments. Surprisingly, Fast and Frank said they were going to continue as a duo.
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* Retraux: Huey's rapping style on "Kill The Bad Guy" is very reminiscent of 80s rapper Kurtis Blow, which is fitting as it is the theme song of the group's movie 'Maui Homicide 2000' - which despite the year in the title, is very much set in The80s.
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* Retraux: {{Retraux}}: Huey's rapping style on "Kill The Bad Guy" is very reminiscent of 80s rapper Kurtis Blow, which is fitting as it is the theme song of the group's movie 'Maui Homicide 2000' - which despite the year in the title, is very much set in The80s.TheEighties.
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* ApprovalOfGod: According to the booklet for the 20th Anniversary reissue of "Come Find Yourself", Quentin Tarantino approved their samples in 'Scooby Snacks' as he liked the group's style. He and his wife reportedly loved the album and listened to it regularly, which the group were very proud of.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: An instrumental version of "Big Night Out" appears on their 1995 demo. "Big Night Out" was released in 1998.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: An instrumental version of "Big Night Out" appears on their 1995 demo. "Big Night Out" was released completed with lyrics in 1998.
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* WorkingTitle: Early promos of Welcome To Poppys list two track names that were changed on the final: "Bottle Of Wine" for "Steak Knife" and "Party Dress" for "Baby". The cover design is slightly different too.
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* Retraux: Huey's rapping style on "Kill The Bad Guy" is very reminiscent of 80s rapper Kurtis Blow, which is fitting as it is the theme song of the group's movie 'Maui Homicide 2000' - which despite the year in the title, is very much set in The80s.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The group's music fits into two particular mid 90s tropes - that of Quentin Tarantino movies and that of the lounge music revival.
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* LighterAndSofter: A prominent feature of their early career was the Schmoove version. This involved recording a more mellow version of a song. ''Mimosa'' collects a number of these.
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* RearrangeTheSong: A prominent feature of their early career was the Schmoove version. This involved recording a LighterAndSofter version of a song. ''Mimosa'' collects a number of these. An example not on ''Mimosa'' is "Blues For Suckers" which was released on their first EP - it is a blues version of 'Bear Hug'.
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* TheMovie: Maui Homicide 2000, which is a very PulpFiction -esque movie set in Hawaii. The band also recorded the soundtrack, a few songs of which were released on CD, [[MissingEpisode but not all]].
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* TheMovie: Maui Homicide 2000, which is a very PulpFiction -esque ''Film/PulpFiction''-esque movie set in Hawaii. The band also recorded the soundtrack, a few songs of which were released on CD, [[MissingEpisode but not all]].
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* GratuitousSpanish: ''Passive/Aggressive'' mentions "Mucho Grande" style.
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* GratuitousSpanish: Huey is half Puerto Rican, so throws in Spanish on occasion:
** ''Passive/Aggressive'' mentions "Mucho Grande" style.
** ''Passive/Aggressive'' mentions "Mucho Grande" style.
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* CultSoundtrack: Maui Homicide 2000's tracks "Kill The Bad Guy", "Special Dedication", "The Beach", "Searching For Clues", "Battle On The Golf Course", and a few untitled tracks have given it a cult status.
** "Sleepyhead" has "Un Poquito Mas"
* {{Leitmotif}}: In Maui Homicide 2000, "Special Dedication" will play during regular car scenes but "Kill The Bad Guy" will play if they are about to kill someone.
* TheMovie: Maui Homicide 2000, which is a very PulpFiction -esque movie set in Hawaii. The band also recorded the soundtrack, a few songs of which were released on CD, [[MissingEpisode but not all]].
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* PutOnABus: The band's original drummer Steve Borgovini was dismissed from the band before Loco and replaced first by a guy called Mackie, and then by Frank Benbini, who is the band's drummer to this day. The band have almost acted like it didn't happen, but it was strong enough for them not to be on speaking terms until the 20th Anniversary edition of Come Find Yourself, with which Steve appears to be cooperating. To the band's fans, Steve's tight snare sound was a distinctive part of the band's early sound and they have never been quite the same since.
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* PutOnABus: The band's original drummer Steve Borgovini was dismissed from the band before Loco due to issues with Huey, and replaced first by a guy called Mackie, and then by Frank Benbini, who is the band's drummer to this day. The band have almost acted like it didn't happen, but it was strong enough for them not to be on speaking terms until the 20th Anniversary edition of Come Find Yourself, with which Steve appears to be cooperating. To the band's fans, Steve's tight snare sound was a distinctive part of the band's early sound and they have never been quite the same since.
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** The very cool "Special Dedication", recorded for the Maui Homicide 2000 soundtrack is this too.
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** The band openly cited 'Rewind' as one of the 'stoner jams we always have to put on an album', so they deliberately invoke this trope.
* WastedSong: The band feel this way about their B-Side "Live Have Love", so they brought it back live. Many fans feel this way about the B-Sides "Sleepyhead" and "Highroad" as well.
* WastedSong: The band feel this way about their B-Side "Live Have Love", so they brought it back live. Many fans feel this way about the B-Sides "Sleepyhead" and "Highroad" as well.
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Fun Lovin' Criminals are a band fromNew York City, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, and proud of it. They play a fusion of alternative hip hop with rock, pop, jazz, blues and Latin influences. The band's members are Hugh "Huey" Morgan, Brian "Fast" Leiser and Mark "Frank" Reid. Steve Borgovini is a former member.
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* BruceLee: Sampled in "My Style", which is why the song didn't appear on an album.
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* ShoutOut: To John Gotti in "King of New York" and to BruceLee's film ''TheBigBoss'' in "My Style".
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* ShoutOut: To John Gotti in "King of New York" and to BruceLee's Creator/BruceLee's film ''TheBigBoss'' ''Film/TheBigBoss'' in "My Style".
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* GratuitiousForeignLanguage: ''Passive/Aggressive'' mentions "Mucho Grande" style.
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** 'Mi Corazon', apparently an attempt to court the Latin American market in the US as the band hadn't had much success in America for years. It wasn't particularly successful.
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* GratuitiousSpanish: GratuitiousForeignLanguage: ''Passive/Aggressive'' mentions "Mucho Grande" style.
**'Mi Corazon', "Mi Corazon", apparently an attempt to court the Latin American market in the US as the band hadn't had much success in America for years. It wasn't particularly successful.
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* FaceOfTheBand: Huey is far better known than the other band members.
* FirstInstallmentWins: Their first album, ''Come Find Yourself'', is by far considered their most popular album.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Their popularity in the United Kingdom and Europe greatly exceeds their popularity in the United States.
* FirstInstallmentWins: Their first album, ''Come Find Yourself'', is by far considered their most popular album.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Their popularity in the United Kingdom and Europe greatly exceeds their popularity in the United States.
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* CreatorBreakdown: "We Are All Very Worried About You".
** "Livin' In The City" has several tracks about 9/11, which had a big impact on Huey and Fast due to them being from New York. These songs include "Gave Up On God", "Ballad Of NYC" and "Will I Be Ready", and are unusually melancholy and angry by the band's standards.
** "Livin' In The City" has several tracks about 9/11, which had a big impact on Huey and Fast due to them being from New York. These songs include "Gave Up On God", "Ballad Of NYC" and "Will I Be Ready", and are unusually melancholy and angry by the band's standards.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason they were unable to release new material for five years is that they had problems with their record company.
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* OneHitWonder: In many countries, ''Scooby Snacks''.
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