Francis Wolf

Francis Wolf (born 3 October 1973) is a punk and folk singer-songwriter and author from Kapar, Malaysia. He began his career as the front man and guitarist for Malaysian punk band Spunky Funggy. They released their debut in 2000. He later expanded his musical output with a solo career.

To date, he has released 2 solo albums, 4 books and the aforementioned release with Spunky Funggy in 2000.

Musical Career

Spunky Funggy

Spunky Funggy was formed in 1991, as something to pass the time. After playing in the local underground scene, the band went into the studio to record their debut release "Smile For The Revolution" in 1999. This release was later distributed by Positive Tone, a subsidiary of EMI.

In 2000, the band attempted to tour Australia, but was denied entry but this did not stop the band from touring Thailand a year later. This made Spunky Funggy the first Malaysian independent band to tour outside Malaysia. Spunky Funggy is still active.

Going Solo

In 2011, Francis Wolf released "Hopefully Whenever" his first solo release. He states in The Star newspaper on 4 April 2011:

Hopefully Whenever is a body of work that "simply had to be put to bed"

The Star (M) Sdn Bhd, Star2, 4 April 2011.

To support his first release, Francis Wolf goes on a small solo tour to promote the album.

In 2016, he releases his second solo record "The Surrogate Friend". In an interview with BFM, he called it a more "evening" album. The album cover has artwork done by local outsider artiste. The album was produced with the help from Faiz Fadzil who has done work with The Wknd and is experienced sound engineer.

Writing

Francis Wolf's first book chronicles his band Spunky Funggy's disastrous tour to Australia and the Thailand tour after, stating that the book had to be written. The Australian part of the tour almost killed the band if not for the Thailand tour afterwards, which he states was important to the band's longevity The band's misfortunes was the subject of an Australian documentary in 2017.

Social Carbon Copy: EBBI was translated by Francis Wolf in local Bahasa Malaysia as spoken by the everyday Malaysian.

His third book was a photography book called Kelunding, where he let the reader provide the narrative. The book covers written graffiti in the Klang Valley Kelunding is now part of the Asia Pacific Photobook Archive.

His fourth book published in 2018, is a travelogue that looks at the process of getting a Sak Yant tattoo at Wat Bang Phra. Kept In Ink was written and illustrated by Francis Wolf; the whole book's design from cover to pagination was done by the author as well, which was acknowledged as a feat in self-publishing.

Discography

Spunky Funggy

• Smile For The Revolution (2000) (UPC 7-24352-67654-5)

Francis Wolf

• Hopefully Whenever (2011)
• The Surrogate Friend (2016)

Bibliography

• Social Carbon Copy (2012) (ISBN 978-967-12171-0-8 Search this book on .)
• Social Carbon Copy : EBBI (2013) (ISBN 978-967-12171-1-5 Search this book on .)
• Kelunding (2015) (ISBN 978-967-12171-2-2 Search this book on .)
• Kept In Ink (2018) (ISBN 978-967-12171-3-9 Search this book on .)

References

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