The Letucs

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The Letucs are a popular Bubgerist punk rock band best known for their songs about the bubger. The current lineup consists of Spidey (lead vocalist, lyricist), Rayvena (lead guitarist), Ohs (drums, percussion) and Beast (bassist, rapper) and this lineup has remained consistent since its formation. They shot to popularity with the release of their debut album, *Jar of Mayo* (2007), and the lead single from that album, *Just A Friend (Chicken)* spent six months at the top of the Billboards. They are currently signed to Bekon Records with producer Fran. In total, they have released five studio albums, the others being *Letucs (2012),* *Impossibubger (2018),* *Bubgerian Psycho* (2022), and *Bubger Fantasy (2023).* Apart from these, they also released two EPs*, The American Dream* (2009) and *Mayo Monstrosity* (2015)*.*

## Career

### Formation

The band's lineup are all members of the Church of the Bubger, very influental members of that as well. It was formed in 2005 when Spidey pitched the idea for the band: he and his friend Beast were the first members. Ohs and Rayvena, who were beginning music careers, were later added per Spidey's request. They eventually caught the attention of label Bekon Records in 2006, and were signed to the label under producer Fran (best known at the time for producing Mayochicken's *You Only Die Once*). The band uploaded multiple teasers to their YouTube before their first album was released.

### *Jar Of Mayo* (2007)

*Jar of Mayo* was the first Letucs album, released in 2007. The band undertook touring in The United States, Canada, The Sovereign Nation of Bubgeria, India and Indonesia to promote the album. The album and tour turned out incredibly popular, especially the lead single, "Just a Friend (Chicken)". It received significant radio attention. Popular tastemaker outlets such as BME and Richdork hailed it as the "album of the year".

### *The American Dream* and *Letucs* (2009-2012)

*The American Dream* was the Letucs's first EP. It was planned to release shortly after they finished touring in early 2008, but due to many personal problems and enemy chicken issues, the EP was delayed to 2009. It was later revealed the EP was supposed to be one part of a two-EP story, but that was later revised and the second EP was expanded to an album that was released in 2012.

The three singles of the eponymous second album were very popular. Released in early 2012, they were "Hail the Bubger", "For the Love of Tomoto" and "Hand to Mouth". *Letucs* gained widespread critical acclaim and several of its songs peaked at #1 on the US, UK and Bubgerian charts. In 2013, The Letucs were named "the biggest band in the world right now" by *Crunch!*.

### *Mayo Monstrosity* (2015)

By 2015, many unreleased Letucs songs had been leaked out to the public, and the members decided to officially record these songs and put them out on an EP. The band had been called a "dope-ass monstrosity to enemy chicken" by music reviewer Sammy Reyes in 2013 when interviewing Spidey about their next project, which was the inspiration for the EP name. The group won an official Bubgrammy for the EP and it is said that even the bubger himself at that time wanted more Letucs music.

In 2017, for absolutely no reason at all, the band released a single album featuring two covers of songs by the then-late Bubgerist singing legend Mayochicken. Beast once said that since Mayochicken was in taste paradise, they wanted to pay tribute to him and produce some music based on his that maybe he could enjoy. These covers were featured on the New Year 2018 repackaged edition of Mayo Monstrosity.

### *Impossibubger* (2018-2021)

     "Impossibubger" is the third album released by The Letucs. It was remarkably released a week after the repackaged Mayo Monstrosity, and Ray would go on to say that during the making of the album they hardly had any breaks, so the album was completed very quickly compared to the other albums. Once again, they took to touring, this time worldwide. Luckily for the band, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the long tour was over. Each member made a unique video during that time telling their fanbase to stay strong.

In 2020, Spidey and Ohs wrote the soundtrack to the movie *Taste Paradise*.

### *Bubgerian Psycho* (2022)

    Throughout late 2021, the band stated that they were working on a new album again. They stated the name of it to be *Bubgerian Psycho* in 2022, and after releasing the singles "Had Me at Tomoto", "Bubgerian Psycho", and "Dreams of Gold (Letuc in My Mind)", the entire album was released. The album was very well received, and the band recieved another Bubgrammy for their work. "Bubgerian Psycho", "Dreams of Gold (Letuc in My Mind)", and "A Bubger Too Late" sat at the top spots on the Billboards for 2 months.

### *Bubger Fantasy (2023)*

    Mid 2022, lead singer SPIDEEEY! left the band, albeit on good terms, but afterward the band could not contact him and they became very sad. Ohs took over as the lead vocalist and lyricist, and Phetty took over as the drums/percussionist. Still feeling sadness from SPIDEEEY!'s departure, the band decided to make a slightly more tearful album devoted to their former lead singer. "Bubger Fantasy", titled so after the fantastical life the band hoped SPIDEEEY! was having, was released in February of 2023. It's lead singles were "So Long, Friend Chicken" and "A Bubger Too Far" (which put a sad twist on their widely acclaimed single "A Bubger Too Late", from their previous album), and it included other songs such as "Can't Eat Away This Feeling", "The Bubgers I Wish I Told You", "Half This Bubger = None of You", and "Empty is This Jar of Mayo". The band won Bubgrammys for Best Musically Innovative Album, Best Album, Best Bubger Album, and their single "A Bubger Too Far" won a total of 5 Bubgrammys itself. Tastemaker magazines LoFi Keys and Maldrops called the album "a tearful rendition that holds an ocean of powerful emotions that needs to be heard by every ear on the planet." The album is now regarded as one of the best and most influential music albums of all time.

## Fanbase

The Letucs have many fans worldwide, most of them being Bubgerists. The Letucs have stated individually that their fans are their favorite part of making music because they can all come together and hail the bubger just with some songs. Many music critics have described their music as 'epic', 'enough to convert me into a bubgerist', 'dope-ass', 'lit', 'poggers', and one even went so far to say that they were a former enemy chicken who turned into a friend chicken when they heard Letucs music.