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= Frog Chëze = Frog Chëze is a Regressive Rock band from Ottawa, ON. They are best know for establishing the genre of Regressive Rock (also known as Reg Rock). The band is signed to Electric Fungus Records, a label they themselves created. Other such bands on their label include APD ( short for Armenian Police Department), a regressive noise band, Ovvkoloredsete ( A Norwegian Black Metal band). The newest band to be signed to Electric Fungus Records is Christ and a Half, who are more traditional reg-rock. The key members of Frog Chëze are King o' the Pit, Squire o' the Pit and Felix (of the Pit) but others, notably The Artist Formally Known as Def Leopard have contributed to some of their records. Currently, they are in the process of writing a concept double album, to be called the "underwater diaper man concept album", so named for it telling the tale of the underwater diaper man, a character created on the song of the same name on their demo. The concept album will answer questions their fans have been wrestling with for some time, such as, " why does he wear that diaper?" and, " why doesn't he just wear a bathing suit?" and possibly most importantly, " How does he breathe?".

Frog Chëze has recently played a "show" on crinktober ( known as halloween to most folk) along with fellow regressive acts such as Christ and a Half, Dumpster Debater, and MC Weelee. They got through two "songs" before being booed off stage ( not surprisingly, as the members of Frog Chëze themselves were shouting about how much they suck and that they should pre-emptively get off the stage during Dumpster Debater's one song set).

A full length Frog Chëze documentary is currently in the works. In true regressive fashion, no progress has been made, and the documentary is about 4 minutes long so far.

The Regressive Rock Movement
It is widely debated when the Regressive Rock movement truly started. Some say it started in 1975 with Lou Reed's ( rip) album Metal Machine Music, which was literally feedback for an hour and 4 minutes. Some say it's avant garde, but Reg-Rock experts are mostly in agreement in saying that it was done as a joke. After all, he said he created the heavy metal genre with it. Lel. Other's say it began with Norwegian black metal in the 90s, as they recorded albums intentionally terribly to get a "kvlt" sound or some bullshit.

The Ottawa reg rock scene ( and the inter-neighborhood movement) however, truly began with the formation of Frog Cheze in July 2015. There were bands that were self-admittedly terrible before them ( such as proto-reg rock legends Manpower and Chucklehead), but Frog Cheze was arguably the first to be intentionally terrible. Not just terrible though. The worst band on the planet.

Upon agreeing on their goal to be the shittiest of all time, Frog Cheze quickly got to work on writing and recording their debut demo. Some inspiration was taken from the black metal scene, as they decided to use a phone for the recording and tiny amps for the worst possible sound. Additionally, they were entirely musically inept. The king o' the pit couldn't keep a beat of any sort, and Felix ( o' the pit) could not hold a note with his voice at all. The weakest link was definitely the squire o' the pit, who could actually play the guitar well, but chose to play as terribly as possible for Frog Cheze. Their debut demo was met with mostly responses of confusion, annoyance, and laughter from a select few who " got it".

Their second release was an instrumental EP entitled, " Come back to your kingdom, come back lto the pit" ( so titled due to it being the noted absence of the king o' the pit). This featured two 15 minute long songs, which were entirely improvised. This marked a noted start down a path of even further regression, in which Frog Cheze began to abstain from song writing of any kind, preffering to " just yknow do it to it bud".

At this point, work began on the Funkgrind EP

Discography
Frog Chëze has released four records.

Controversy/ Criticisms
Some Critics have called Frog Chëze's music "unlistenable." They are objectively correct. Frog Chëze has also been criticized for the sound quality of many of their songs, often being recorded on one cellular telephone. The drummer of the band, King O' the Pit, has also been a major object of criticism, due primarily to his complete lack of rythm.

MC Weelee, hailed as many to be the best MC in Ontario, has claimed on multiple occasions to be the band's crazy fucking stalker manager, he is correct, saying "It's all me, they would be nothing without me". This has been neither confirmed nor denied by Frog Chëze, mostly due to a complete lack of interest from them on the subject.

Felix (o' the pit) has also brought much controversy due to his views on eugenics. On many occasions he has said things like, "I think that Anarcho-Structural Optimists should not be allowed to reproduce." Some sources ( such as Felix ( o' the pit) himself) claim that he has no idea what Anarcho-Structural Optimists are (or what eugenics is for that matter).