Scratch Acid
Scratch Acid was an Austin, Texas noise rock group formed in 1982. 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, later of The Jesus Lizard.
History
Formation
Scratch Acid was launched in Austin, Texas 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 they ever recorded an album, prompting Yow to move to vocals and Sims to move to bass.
Recordings
Scratch Acid's first EP was released in 1984 by Texas indie record label Rabid Cat and featured the song "Lay Screaming," a track which vocalist David Yow indicated was "inspired by Marquis de Sade, reading his shit."
The band returned to Rabid Cat for their debut album, Just Keep Eating, released in 1986. When queried about the significance of the title in a February 1987 interview, the band called the title "kinda silly" and "an inside joke," related to the fact that they all had lived together and done well to just keep surviving. Eschewing pop sensibilities but instead pushing boundaries with noise, the band listed Sonic Youth, Big Black, and Butthole Surfers as their stylistic peers.
Scratch Acid (EP)
Scratch Acid is the self-titled debut by the Austin, Texas noise rock band Scratch Acid. It was only released on vinyl, but now can be found as the first 8 tracks on the compilation album The Greatest Gift.
Kurt Cobain consistently put the album in his "favorite albums" lists in his Journals.
Although it sold very poorly when it was first released and is still virtually unknown in the mainstream, it is regarded as a very influential record in the noise rock genre.
Scratch Acid reached #26 in the UK Indie Chart.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Scratch Acid.
Chart positions
Personnel
References
External links
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- The Greatest Gift released: 1991
- Berserker released: 1986
- Just Keep Eating released: 1986
The Greatest Gift
Released 1991- Cannibal
- Greatest Gift
- Monsters
- Owner's Lament
- She Said
- Mess
- El Espectro
- Lay Screaming
- Crazy Dan
- Eyeball
- Big Bone Lick
- Unlike a Baptist
- Damned for All Time
- Ain't That Love
- [untitled]
- Holes
- Albino Slug
- Spit a Kiss
- Amicus
- Cheese Plug
- [untitled]
- Mary Had a Little Drug Problem
- For Crying Out Loud
- Moron's Moron
- Skin Drips
- This Is Bliss
- Flying Houses
- The Scale Song
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She Said
by: Scratch AcidShe said...
"I'm not using my body now,
So you can play with me if you want to."
AAAAGGGHHh[gibberish/incomprehensible]!
Oh, not so much lethargic
As so much uninterested,
So I kept entering into her
Interesting intercourse of events
Uuugghh I noticed her face was melting
But if you put yourself in my shoes!
What would I,
Say?
[Megaphone]Yeah uh, we got a missing person, and we gotta STD, and we gotta know, so.
And she said:
[woman]"I'm not using my body now, so you can play with me if you want to."
AAAAGGGHHh[gibberish/incomprehensible]!
Oh, not so much lethargic
As so much uninterested,
So I kept entering into her
Interesting intercourse of events
Uuugghh I noticed her face was melting
But if you put yourself in my shoes!
What would I,
Say?
SAY?!
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