Boys Suck

Boys Suck was a Boston-based band that was formed somewhere around 2000 by members of the New York goth-rock outfit Binary Test Record. Originally known for being a sort of smug twee act with a drum machine, keyboard, bass, and acoustic guitar, the band had some lineup changes, which eventually led to it being a primarily solo venture by The Sleepwalker. During this period, he continued to use the moniker Boys Suck and transitioned the band into a solo counterfolk/anti-folk venture. Some time in 2005, The Sleepwalker abandoned the Boys Suck moniker and joined two bands, The Motion Sick and Blitzkriegbliss.

Notable mentions
Boys Suck has appeared on artist-sanctioned tributes to Jayne County and The Cornbugs (a group made up of Bill Moseley, who played Choptop in the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, and Buckethead, guitarist for the 2000-4 incarnation of Guns N' Roses).

Pop star Mandy Moore mentioned the Boys Suck website during her MTV program in 2001 inspiring a flock of teenage girls to become Boys Suck fans. This resulted in the Boys Suck song, "(I Can't Take it) Mandy Moore."

The record label Dead Puppy Records put out a Boys Suck tribute album called Out Of Tune.

Boys Suck also made an appearance on a 2003 Wesley Willis tribute album, Loved Like a Milkshake.

Discography
2003 - an unnamed demo of songs circulated by fans on the Internet - many of which appear on the first record by The Motion Sick - Her Brilliant Fifteen

2002 - God Blesse America EP (Motion Sickness Records)

2001 - Fool's Gold Lining EP (Motion Sickness Records)

2000 - Short, Pale, and Ugly EP (Motion Sickness Records)

Compilations

??? - Counterfolk Sampler v.2 (??)

??? - Counterfolk Sampler v.1 (??)

2004 - Buzzlighter #7 - Low Tones to Lullaby Town (Shut Eye Records)

2004 - No W…NOW! A Musical Petition Against George W. Bush (Passive Aggressive Records)

2003 - Loved Like A Milkshake: A Wesley Willis Tribute Album (??)

2003 - Too Many Scars (Dead Puppy Records)

2003 - Out of Tune: The Dead Puppy Tribute to Boys Suck (Dead Puppy Records)

2002 - Boston's Backroads Mainstreet (??)

2001 - A Dead Puppy Christmas (Dead Puppy Records)

2001 - HOW MUCH YOU GOT? the dead puppy tribute to JAYNE COUNTY (Dead Puppy Records)

2001 - Sick Music For Sick Children (Dead Puppy Records)

2001 - Mose Motel: The Dead Puppy Tribute to The Moseley Brothers (Dead Puppy Records)

2001 - Music Is Our Life: The Dead Puppy Tribute to The Cornbugs (Dead Puppy Records)

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