Jeremy Porter & The Tucos Christmas song he had written for the annual Suburban Sprawl Music Christmas Compilation. Jeremy recruited drummer and multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Doman (The Hotwalls) and bassist Jason Bowes (The OffRamps, Fidrych, Culture Bandits) to round out the trio for the recording session. The lineup would remain intact for four years. The band's name is based on the character Tuco Ramirez, played by actor Eli Wallach in "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" and was an alternative to a suggestion by original bassist Jason Bowes, who proposed The Mortimers, after the Lee Van Cleef character when the band found that a punk
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (Frankee album) The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (Frankee album) The Good, the Bad, the Ugly is the debut album of American singer Frankee, released in 2004. The album's lead single, "F.U.R.B.", was written in response to Eamon's hit "I Don't Want You Back," and became a number-one hit in the United Kingdom and Australia; her song also charted on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The album was released on April 27, 2004, by Marro Records, and peaked at number 51 on the UK Albums Chart. The album failed to chart in the United States, and elicited generally mixed reviews from music critics.