UFOFU

{{Short description|American rock band}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = UFOFU

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| image_size = 300

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| origin = Dallas, Texas, U.S.

| genre = Indie rock, garage rock

| years_active = 1993–1998

| label = The Medicine Label, Direct Hit Records, Time Bomb Recordings, Square Target Records

| associated_acts = The Secret Machines, School Of Seven Bells, Tripping Daisy, Radish, Polyphonic Spree, Captain Audio

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| past_members = Joseph Butcher
Brandon Curtis
Benjamin Curtis

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UFOFU was a rock band based in Dallas, Texas. The band consisted of Joseph Butcher, and brothers Brandon Curtis and Ben Curtis. It rose to local prominence in the mid-1990s through word of mouth and slots opening for other north Texas bands such as Hagfish and Tripping Daisy.{{cite web| url = http://www.dallasobserver.com/1994-11-03/music/ufofu-and-your-mother/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070218182251/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1994-11-03/music/ufofu-and-your-mother/| archive-date = 2007-02-18| title = Dallas - Music - UFOFU and your mother - dallasobserver.com}} While touring, the band opened for Local H, Smoking Popes, The Geraldine Fibbers and Spacehog.{{Cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/73220800|title = Penn Claudio (Penn.claudio) on Myspace}}

In 1997, they released their self-titled debut album on The Medicine Label.{{cite web| url = http://www.dallasobserver.com/1997-03-27/music/out-here/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110617025204/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1997-03-27/music/out-here/| archive-date = 2011-06-17| title = Out Here - Page 1 - Music - Dallas - Dallas Observer}} The band broke up in 1998.{{Cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/73220800|title = Penn Claudio (Penn.claudio) on Myspace}} Butcher joined Ben Kweller's band Radish,{{cite web| url = http://www.dallasobserver.com/1998-03-19/music/the-butcher-and-the-baby/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110617025229/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1998-03-19/music/the-butcher-and-the-baby/| archive-date = 2011-06-17| title = The Butcher and the baby - Page 1 - Music - Dallas - Dallas Observer}} Benjamin Curtis joined Tripping Daisy,{{cite web| url = http://www.dallasobserver.com/1998-03-19/music/the-butcher-and-the-baby/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110617025229/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1998-03-19/music/the-butcher-and-the-baby/| archive-date = 2011-06-17| title = The Butcher and the baby - Page 1 - Music - Dallas - Dallas Observer}} and Brandon Curtis joined Captain Audio.{{cite web| url = http://www.dallasobserver.com/1998-04-09/music/oh-captain-my-captain/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121019092253/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1998-04-09/music/oh-captain-my-captain/| archive-date = 2012-10-19| title = Oh Captain, my captain - Page 1 - Music - Dallas - Dallas Observer}}

The Curtis brothers went on to form the Secret Machines in 2000.{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p527100|pure_url=yes}} Benjamin Curtis left the band in 2007 to form School of Seven Bells.{{cite web| url = http://www.dallasobserver.com/2008-11-06/music/secret-machines/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090221152751/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2008-11-06/music/secret-machines/| archive-date = 2009-02-21| title = Dallas Music - Secret Machines - page 1}}