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Formed in 1993 by Chick Graning, Jud Ehrbar, and Joyce Raskin. The trio soon had a major label bidding war. They toured America, Europe, England, and Canada, with much acclaim for their live shows. Their Red Ep was distributed worldwide, landing in the UK charts, with songs like “All Sideways” and “Days like this”. In 1995, following a support tour with Hole in Europe and on the verge of seriously breaking it big with their debut album Deadsexy, Chick suffered a brain aneurysm and lapsed into a coma for several weeks. He recovered & astonishingly, Scarce kept going as a band till 1997, playing two major US tours—even though this meant Chick relearning all his guitar parts and vocals from scratch. But the strain of his illness took it’s toll on the band and they went their separate ways.

Writing a book about the band called “Aching To Be” led to Joyce contacting Chick, and then to Scarce’s re-forming, ending nine years of silence. Songwriting is already under way for a new album, and Deadsexy, along with previously unreleased material and pre-A&M demos will be available on iTunes. With no expectations but to savor being a real band again, and no one to answer to but themselves, Scarce finally have the happy new beginning they deserved all along. To read more of the details, the book is available on Amazon.com.

For updates, songs, and show info, please go to their myspace site:
http://www.myspace.com/scarcetheband

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NuclearGrave wrote:
September 2009

GRIND ONES!

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targetsun wrote:
February 2009

ah...just lovely...deadsexy is one of the few albums i've had to buy....twice...

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Lynnster wrote:
December 2008

Hey everyone, sorry about the now-missing video for All Sideways - we are having some difficulties with YouTube over it, but are working on getting it re-approved and back up available. You can still watch it on either of my blogs for now tho (for some reason it's still working thru VodPod, hehe) ;)

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karlosmorale wrote:
October 2008

Scarce you just win.

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scarcethebandno wrote:
September 2008

Hey all! New Ep up on Itunes called Tattoos and Parades. Looking forward to all our fall shows. Scarce

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jonfrost43 wrote:
September 2008

Hi Scarce, really excited about seeing you play on the 18th, you're a band i thought i'd never see live. i remember listening to Deadsexy when i was 13 (or so) and i still love it now. Looking forward to hearing new stuff. please play sense of quickness :o)

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Lynnster wrote:
September 2008

Heads up - Just added some more US & Canada dates to September, October & November! Also drop by the Scarce MySpace & check out the blog - Joyce just put a link up to some old Scarce footage now on YouTube. Enjoy!

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scarcethebandno wrote:
August 2008

Hey all! I think there was some confusion with booking gigs. Scarce is definitely on for playing at Islington Bar Academy on Saturday the 18th of October. We are busy at the moment getting new songs ready to put out there. Can't wait to be back on the UK shores again after all these years. Cheers! :)Chick, Joyce, and Joe

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good_dancer wrote:
August 2008

The headline gig is cancelled :( Just had the e-mail from TicketWeb

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eeevol wrote:
July 2008

Gah! There was a headline show announced for the 10th in London but it's disappeared from seetickets/ticketweb and other listings, it hasn't sold out already has it? ;( Will happily pay to see them support heather nova otherwise...

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good_dancer wrote:
June 2008

£22 to see them supporting Heather Nova. Hmmm, I'll be crossing my fingers for a headline gig in London then!!

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Lynnster wrote:
May 2008

Good news! Heard from Joyce today that UMG has agreed to license the back catalog, so no further emails to them requesting the release is necessary. Thanks to all who helped and look for Deadsexy on iTunes and elsewhere soon!

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Lynnster wrote:
May 2008

Ah!!! It took three days but finally the Freakshadow video is showing up along with All Sideways! Enjoy! :)

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Lynnster wrote:
May 2008

Well, I am not sure why Lastfm still isn't picking up the Freakshadow video from YouTube, but if you will follow the All Sideways video to YouTube you can find Freakshadow from there. Hopefully it will eventually start showing up in the video results here at Lastfm too!

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Lynnster wrote:
May 2008

PS The band is still trying to get UMG to agree to release the Deadsexy album, so if you haven't already, please send letters to ron.fair@umusic.com & tell him how much you want to see the old music available & out there! Much thanks from Joyce for your support!

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Lynnster wrote:
May 2008

Hey there! Just wanted to let you guys know thanks to Joyce I've uploaded the videos for All Sideways & Freakshadow today - I see Lastfm's already showing the first one and hopefully Freakshadow will appear on the list soon as well (YouTube is sooo slow sometimes). Enjoy!

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karlosmorale wrote:
April 2008

Oh. My. God. *cries* (deep breath) YES!

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BostonIrish wrote:
April 2008

seen them open for carbon/silicon tonite in boston. good show!

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scarcethebandno wrote:
April 2008

Hey all! This is Chick and Joyce from Scarce. Thanks for the support. We are working on a new record, but trying to get the back catalog out on itunes. If you want to help please write a letter to ron.fair@umusic.com and tell tell him how much you want to see it out there. Hope to make it to the UK soon. Summer or Fall. New free music demos to download on our myspace site. Cheers!

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eeevol wrote:
February 2008

hurrah! they're recording a new album for release this year! Joy (no pun intended) :)

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Scarce Documentary onsale buy one now!

29 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/scarcetheband

Sally the fabulous director Scarce:Days Like These has put up the site for people to buy a copy of the Documentary online. So help spread the word and buy one soon. Here is the link:http://www. …

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