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Austin, United States (1982 – 1987)
Scratch Acid was an Austin, Texas post-hardcore/noise rock 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 post punk, and harder elements from garage rock and noise rock and perhaps punk and 80s hardcore. 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 “post hardcore”, but this term can cover a wide range of artists from that time, many quite dissimilar, but with roots in the hardcore 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 pigfuck 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’.
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 post punk, and harder elements from garage rock and noise rock and perhaps punk and 80s hardcore. 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 “post hardcore”, but this term can cover a wide range of artists from that time, many quite dissimilar, but with roots in the hardcore 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 pigfuck 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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Greatest Gift
Scratch Acid Buy- Download Album
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SPITfire35 wrote:
Hi! How are you? Today I've uploaded the first video of my band Dumb Dish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcHQoPTBTrg Please let me know what you think =)
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DeafAmbitions wrote:
Get some of this into you... http://deafambitions.blogspot.com/2011/12/coins.html
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kageru-hinoryu wrote:
I am so fucking happy I got to see them ughhh <3
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wtfpwnt wrote:
these guys fucking killed it in portland last night.
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thrashdeth wrote:
tonight was intense so gewd good damn.
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PedroLemgruber wrote:
IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE [2]
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leks22 wrote:
Check out this review of the toronto lee's palace show courtesy of Aside/Beside: http://asidebeside.blogspot.com/2011/11/live-review-scratch-acid-at-lees-palace.html
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shootmeadeer wrote:
You lucky fucks. Too bad I live in Kentucky; nobody comes 'round here.
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openyourbox wrote:
They're coming to the UK in march. Yow mentioned another show outside ATP in his last interview. Someone make it happen. I would pay for it myself...
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I_HATE_COPS wrote:
COME TO MEXICO PLEASE SCTATCH ACID!!
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mattmacneil wrote:
fuck i cant wait to see them on friday.
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sniff wrote:
<3 <3 <3 <3 §§§§§§ ½½½½½½½½½ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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chasmjumper wrote:
Best show ever last Saturday.
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wooomb wrote:
HA! That sucks VVV
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damnably wrote:
cool! really excited to see them, Superchunk, Buckner and Bitch Magnet http://www.last.fm/event/2079324+Damnably+Presents+BITCH+MAGNET
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openyourbox wrote:
http://www.230publicity.com/scratchacid.html "the band will also be playing...a London gig" Anyone know if this is right? It only mentions it in passing but there's not much anywhere else. Would be a shame if they didn't...
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mattmacneil wrote:
IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE
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leoneb wrote:
Great band. The name sounds like a Pokemon attack.
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HeroinMilkshake wrote:
There we go.
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mattmacneil wrote:
GOOD
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ATP curated by Jeff Mangum
Butlins Holiday Resort, Minehead, United Kingdom
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ATP Presents: Scratch Acid + support TBC
Relentless Garage, London, United Kingdom
22 going
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