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Scratch Acid
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Austin, United States (1982 – 1987)
Scratch Acid was an Austin, Texas post punk/punk/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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Bren_den wrote:
This band really does make me itchy
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OhIamtheNight wrote:
If you ever find yourself driving in the middle of a hurricane...put on "greatest gift..." shit gets REAL.
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wiressenkinder wrote:
В лучшем подарке, собственно, собраны все их альбомы.
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another_jack wrote:
а кроме лучшего подарка есть укого их альбомы какие-то?
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spacecoka wrote:
well now yea
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Inci90 wrote:
GREATEST
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kaylastarkiller wrote:
i dream scratch acid sometimes.
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Vomitdollz wrote:
great.
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Steris wrote:
How is 'The Scale Song' not a famous guitar song?
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videocompiler wrote:
Crazy Dan, was the name of the man ;) It should be David xD
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tuffany_twisted wrote:
l o v e
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Lord_Krichian wrote:
goodie
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hanuka_jew wrote:
yeah
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MisterLewis wrote:
EVERYWHERE I LOOK A FUCKIN' MESS!
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Nifty_Gift wrote:
YEAH!!!! FANTABULOUS!!!!!
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AloneInTheSky wrote:
Intense and crazy sound, i love this!
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NeverHeaven wrote:
\w/
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kduBs_CB4 wrote:
i just read about these guys in 'national review.' i had to check them out. talk about sweet, dude. these guys, man, rock and rock. do the thing. cool.
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GamaYOUn wrote:
Охуительнейшая группа
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ahp00k wrote:
God damn I love this band.
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