Don't miss Fuji Minx in June, July and August

Even before the official September release date of its highly anticipated debut album Users Cheaters Theatres, the popular Southern California based band Fuji Minx is already something of a global sensation thanks to a powerful presence worldwide on taste-making websites like MySpace, IAC internet radio and YouTube.

Quickly after it was released to IAC, “Cat Wine” hit #1 on the site’s Alternative Modern Rock chart and the Top 10 on the entire site; the self-doubt anthem “But No No No,” which received over 6,000 hits in its first five days on the site, hit #1 in all genre’s for 15 weeks consecutively. In addition, other album tunes such as “Better Place” and “Free Lorainne” have recently hit #1 on IAC, Indie, & Cashbox Magazine’s indie charts.

The extreme visual side of the Fuji Minx experience comes alive on the band’s video for “Cat Wine,” which was directed by the all female team, Lady Ransom. While the rough cut of the video didn’t win YouTube’s official music video competition, it was viewed over 4,000 times in its first week on the site and is now on over 2,000 websites throughout the cyber world. Members of Fuji Minx are also currently working on a socially conscious film documentary that they hope will help change perceptions on how we all view other cultures.

An incredible musical tapestry about different characters and their different roles in society, the 14 song, 20 track collection addresses the tug of war between What You Are and What You Want To Be, highlighting the struggles we all have with our inner demons via an emotional landscape of joy and sadness, light and darkness, and above all, brutal honesty.

The powerful theatricality of Fuji Minx extends from the compelling album cover—where lead singer & electric guitar player, Greta Valenti is garbed like a naughty minx angel and her cohorts John Fry (acoustic guitar), Rob Zero (keyboards, programming) and Noel “Nolaig” McMurray (drums) appear deliciously mischievous—to its songs, which feature a mix of acoustic balladry, fast crazy rocking, avant-garde intensity and even choir and orchestration.

Originally conceived as a sociopolitical musical statement aimed at world situations and the government, Users Cheaters Theatres began to take creative shape after the members of Fuji Minx decided to steer away from outside targets and point the accusing finger at themselves. “The concept went from global to eternal,” says Fry, “boiling down to a tug of war between who we are and who we want to be, and the conflicting feelings we all have in that struggle.” Valenti adds, “It’s about us and our own demons. We placed the songs in an order that tells a powerful story during the live shows, that we will enhance visually on our upcoming tour” The show will develop over the next few months, but you can expect it to be donned with backup singers, costumes (Designed by Project Runway’s Kit Pistol or by GV herself & backup singer Natalie Wilde), video, and set pieces, and more. GV concluded, “We’re trying to something that will make your concert ticket a bit more worthwhile and perhaps do something you haven’t seen before.”

SEE FUJI MINX LIVE:
· June 20th @ Girl Bar ::GIRL ROCK BATTLE OF THE BANDS – 7:30pm
· June 22nd @ The Blue Café :: OC GOGIRLS NIGHT– Huntington Beach, CA 6:00pm
· July 18th @ eVOCAL :: Costa Mesa, CA - Details TBD
· August 9th @ OC Center for Contemporary Art :: Experimental Music Concert Series – 9:00pm

More L.A. Dates & West Coast Tour Dates Coming Soon

www.fujiminx.com
www.myspace.com/fujiminx

Album Released by MonkeyMiddleFinger.
Album is now available on iTunes worldwide & at www.FUJIMINX.com

Watch FUJI MINX interviews, videos & more at: www.vlaze.com/fujiminx
Listen to the entire album online at: www.iacmusic.com/fujiminx