The F.U.'s are a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. They formed in 1981 as a three-piece band, released two records and appeared on the compilation This Is Boston, Not L.A. before changing their name to Straw Dogs in 1986 to market themselves as a heavy metal act. In 2010 The F.U.’s reformed under their original moniker. History Formation and early records The F.U.’s formed as a hardcore punk band in Boston late in 1981. The band initially consisted of John Sox on bass and lead vocals, Bob Furapples on drums, and Steve Grimes on guitar. This lineup recorded a four-song demo which received airplay on the numerous college radio stations in the Boston area. The F.U.'s started out playing fast, thrashy hardcore punk. In 1982 Wayne Maestri was recruited to take over bass guitar, and this four-piece lineup recorded tracks for the Modern Method compilation, This Is Boston, Not L.A., which also featured tracks by Gang Green, Jerry's Kids and The Freeze. A companion 7-inch EP, Unsafe At Any Speed, included another F.U.'s track. Later the same year, F.U.'s‘ debut album, Kill For Christ, was released on X-Claim Records, featuring cover artwork by Septic Death frontman Brian 'Pushead' Schroeder, depicting Jesus with a machine gun. Their second album for X-Claim, My America, came out in 1983, and the band's final album as The F.U.'s, Do We Really Want To Hurt You? followed in 1984, on Gasatanka/Enigma. Political controversy During the heyday of political hardcore punk of the early 1980s, The F.U.'s ran afoul of Tim Yohannan, founder and editor of Maximum Rocknroll. Yohannan and others found the patriotic lyrics and artwork on My America to be emblems of right wing nationalism. Drummer and songwriter Bob Furapples noted that MRR's negative publicity had adversely impacted the band's record sales, particularly in Europe. Satirical punk band The Dead Milkmen poked fun at the band's supposed right-wing views on their song "Tiny Town" on the album Big Lizard in My Backyard. F.U.’s lyricist Jon Sox has said in writing “My America,” He “wanted to get a reaction.” Sox writes: “On our first tour I encountered lots of young kids who had their entire lives in front of them. A lot of them had turned to hard drugs. I was looking for a shocking way to say, 'Yeah, America has its problems but destroying yourself isn't helping.' It had to be high impact