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Scratch Acid was launched in Austin, Texas in 1982. During their live shows, the band would often appear completely naked, covered in mud, and high on...well, the name makes one wonder.
Genres: Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore.
Albums include The Greatest Gift, Scratch Acid, and Just Keep Eating.
Scratch Acid was an Austin, Texas based noise rock group formed in 1982, they disbanded in 1987.
The band's sound was chaotic and aggressive, but they never bothered with the type of experimentation with instrumentation and genre that made fellow Austin-ites the Butthole Surfers borderline Neo Psychedelic; Scratch Acid's only goal seemed to be to frighten the bejeezus out of the listener.
Formed in 1982, the band originally featured Steve… Read Full Biography.
Although it is now out of print, it can be found as tracks 22-27 on the compilation album The Greatest Gift.
Time zone: Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. A posthumous compilation CD entitled The Greatest Gift, was … read more.
The second and final installment of Pitchfork's The Year in News hearkens back to that hazy, distant latter half of 2006.
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When they first began, their lineup was Steve Anderson (vocals), David Wm. Scratch Acid was an Austin, Texas
During their live shows, the band would often appear completely naked, covered in mud, and high on...well, the name makes one wonder. "...The band is unpretentious, fast, and forceful. During their live shows, the band would often appear completely naked, covered in mud, and high on...well, the name makes one wonder.
Scratch Acid Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine + Follow Artist.
Scratch Acid reached #26 in the UK Indie Chart.
They present no gimmicks, glamor, or elaborate stage show. Berserker reached #7 in the UK Indie Chart. The first full (or fuller) release from Scratch Acid following a compilation appearance, the band's self-titled debut makes an intriguing historical document -- on the one hand, it's not too hard to draw the immediate connection to the Jesus Lizard, but on the other, it's clearly not that later incarnation, not yet. Genres: Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore.
Before the Jesus Lizard, before Rapeman, before singer David Yow, bassist David Wm.
Anderson was kicked out of the band before they ever recorded an album, prompting Yow to move to vocals and Sims to move to bass.