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Austin, United States (1982 – 1987)

Scratch Acid was an Austin, Texas / group formed in 1982. When they first began, their lineup was Steve Anderson (vocals), David Wm. Sims (guitar), Brett Bradford (guitar), David Yow (bass), and Rey Washam (drums). Anderson was kicked out of the band before the band ever recorded an album, prompting Yow to move to vocals and Sims to move to bass.

Scratch Acid’s first two albums were releases by Texas indie record label Rabid Cat, the third and final release, Berserker EP by Touch and Go Records. A posthumous compilation CD entitled The Greatest Gift, was released by Touch and Go Records in 1991.

Their genre is not too easily defined, but contains elements of , and harder elements from and and perhaps and 80s . They would fit under the very broad and general umbrella term for much of this kind of musical activity in the mid to late 80s U.S. Underground “”, but this term can cover a wide range of artists from that time, many quite dissimilar, but with roots in the scene and its fringes, and has since been used to include many other artists after this time. In the book ‘Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Underground 1981-1991’, music journalist Michael Azzerad referred to an “aesthetic cabal of sorts” (Azerrad, 255)[3] called which included contemporaries who were ultimately friends existing in the same circles at the same time and generally, though not always, in ‘Middle America’, such as Big Black, Killdozer, Butthole Surfers, etc., and Scratch Acid were clearly close to this ‘camp’.
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