I have the greatest gift cd i read somewhere that scratch acid was one of mr. Sorry for all the scratch acid posts in a 24 hour period, but as someone pointed out, david yow updated their upcoming dates again, and this time they contain mon 117 webster hall, nyc, ny. Formed in 1982, the band originally featuredsteve anderson vocals, david wm. Nov 24, 2014 scratch acid oh, hell yes, why not some scratch acid on a cold rainy november. Sims, brett bradford guitarra, david yow e rey washam. Its not too farfetched to think of scratch acid as the american equivalent of the birthday party, the texans donning the mantle that was dropped when the bp. Scratch acid is one of those bands that really dont fit thankfully into any real style of music. The recording is really muffled, almost as if it were recorded inside the suitcase i stole from mark prindle so i could carry his possessions out of the building and down the street without being stopped and beaten up like the drug using leech on society that i am. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Sims and vocalist david yow were in from 19821987 before their tenure in the amazing jesus lizard. Musically sa arent that far from jesus lizard, perhaps a tad bluesier, and much looser, not as mathematically intense, recalling capt. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. One of the pioneers of noise rock in the 1980s, the band is best remembered as a stepping stone for its front man david yow, and bass player david wm.
It was only released on vinyl, but now can be found as the first 8 tracks on the compilation album the greatest gift. This is a great collection, everything scratch acid did is on this one cd. E standard bass lines for the verse switch between variation listed below as either verse or verse var. Scratch acid scratch acid lyrics and tracklist genius. Scratch acid was an austin, texas noise rock group formed in 1982. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. A few of the songs on that first scratch acid record are kind of about her and cannibal is one of them.
The austin, tx, posthardcore noise group scratch acid laid the groundwork for much of the distorted, grinding alternative punk rockers of the 90s. O acid scratch, a playlist by colony productions from desktop or your mobile device. Historical note the austin, tx, posthardcore noise group scratch acid laid the groundwork for much of the distorted, grinding alternative punk rockers of the 90s. A posthumous compilation cd entitled the greatest gift, was released by touch and go records in 1991. The legacy of scratch acid resides, unfortunately, in the shadow of their more conventional descendant the jesus lizard, for while both groups feature the cacophonous howl of david yow anchored by the rumbling lurch of david wm. Scratch acid oh, hell yes, why not some scratch acid on a cold rainy november night. Albinis favorite bands, so i thought id give it a shot and its not bad not mindblowing either. Scratch acid was an austin, texas posthardcorenoise rock group formed in 1982.
David yows singing, high and strangulated as it might be, is surprisingly. When they first began, their lineup was steve anderson vocals, david wm. Scratch acid was launched in austin, texas in 1982. The greatest gift contains everything the band ever recorded, including a few lofidelity instrumentals. A nightmare on elm street 2 jump rope the conet numbers project. Scratch acid was an austin, texas based noise rock group formed in 1982, they disbanded in 1987. David yow and david sims went on to form the jesus lizard. I mean, after she dumped me, i just felt sick for so long. Sims on bass, the jesus lizard was a more mature, focused realization of the sprawling madness of scratch acid.
Choose and determine which version of owners lament chords and tabs by scratch acid you can play. Sims guitar, brett bradford guitar, david yow bass, and rey washam drums. Kinda dark, druggy, and all over the place at times, but there are some cool sounds, powerful songs, and yow is a complete maniac. Scratch acid never received the notice it deserved, but the musicians could pound out brilliantly frenzied and highly original postpunknoise rock that sometimes rivals the material released by singer david yow and bassist david sims. Following the birthday partys best work with the collected output of scratch acid is not meant to indicate that the latter is derivative of the former, though there is a definite trace of the former in the latter. Born out of the early 80s austin noise punk scene, scratch acids eventual permanent lineup consisted of david yow on vocals, brett bradford on guitar, david wm. Scratch acid never received the notice it deserved, but the musicians could pound out brilliantly frenzied and highly original postpunk oise rock that sometimes rivals the material released by singer david yow and bassist david sims future and much more well known project, the jesus lizard. Kurt cobain consistently put the album in his favorite albums lists in his journals. Dec 21, 2012 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. The songs here are violent, noisey, and quite wild, and the bizarre screams and yowls of divid yow are so crazy and absurdly performed that its very hard to understand them unless on certain mind expanding substances substances the band was very into. Show all release groups instead, or show various artists release groups.
Join songkick to track scratch acid and get concert alerts when they play near you. Hey youre in my heart youre eating my heart and ill stop eating. After putting out a selftitled ep and the full length just keep eating, touch and go released the bands scathing berserker ep in 1987. The first full or fuller release from scratch acid following a compilation appearance, the bands selftitled debut makes an intriguing historical document on the one hand, its not too hard to draw the immediate connection to the jesus lizard, but on the other, its clearly not that later incarnation, not yet. The greatest gift01 cannibal 02 greatest gift03 monsters04 owners lament05 she. O acid scratch by colony productions from desktop or your mobile device. Scratch acid is the debut recording by austin noise rock band scratch acid. Scratch acids first two albums were releases by texas indie record label rabid cat, the third and final release, berserker ep by touch and go records. Top scratch acid lyrics cannibal mary had a little drug problem she said crazy dan this is bliss. Scratch acid played a huge part in the noisy underground movement of the 1980s. It was only released in this sequence on vinyl, in 1984 but the entire ep was later released on the greatest gift. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from scratch acid. Formed in 1982, the band originally featured steve anderson vocals, david wm.
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