SCRATCH ACID Scratch Acid 12" RABID CAT 1984 US orig+insert RAPEMAN-JESUS LIZARD

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The Austin, TX, post-hardcore noise group Scratch Acid laid the groundwork for much of the distorted, grinding alternative punk rockers of the '90s. Formed in 1982, the band originally featured Steve Anderson (vocals), David Wm. Sims (guitar), Brett Bradford (guitar), David Yow (bass), and Rey Washam (drums). Anderson was soon kicked out of the group and the band performed as an instrumental outfit for a short while. Yow moved to vocals, Sims switched to bass, and the band released a self-titled EP in 1984. Two years later, they released the full-length Just Keep Eating and the scathing Berserker EP. Following a long tour that took them through America and Europe, Scratch Acid split in May of 1987. Sims and Washam joined with Steve Albini to form the consciously caustic Rapeman. After Rapeman split, Sims reunited with David Yow to form the Jesus Lizard in 1989, which picked up where Scratch Acid left off

"SCRATCH ACID EP"

1984     12"EP     RABID CAT RECORDS     RAB?004?SA 

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER + INSERT

This version: pressing with white printing on black background, 

also copies with black printing on white background.

On spine "Printed in U.S.A."; on back cover "Jacket Made in Canada".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: RABID CAT - BLACK LABEL - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) RAB?004?SA

Catalog on labels: RAB.004.SA (Side A / Side B)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): A RAB-SA  004  A1-1-1-   PRC

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched):  A RAB-SA  004  B1-1-1-   PRC

On labels: SCRATCH ACID      45

© Rabid Cat

Publishing, BMI

1984. All Rights Reserved.

On Insert: Lyrics

"These people made noises on this records.........(We are eternally greatful)"

On Back Cover: rec.-Earth & Sky studio Austin, Tx. 7/84

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: CANNIBAL - GREATEST GIFT - MONSTERS - OWNER'S LAMENT

Side B: SHE SAID - MESS - EL ESPECTRO - LAY SCREAMING

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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fuller) release from Scratch Acid following a compilation appearance, the band's self-titled debut makes an intriguing historical document -- on the one hand, it's not too hard to draw the immediate connection to the Jesus Lizard, but on the other, it's clearly not that later incarnation, not yet. The roots of the band are perfectly clear as well -- "Greatest Gift" couldn't be any more of a specific Cramps tribute if they tried, Yow pulling off a pretty good Lux Interior, while "Monsters" reinterprets the Birthday Party's frenzied bacchanalias and "El Espectro" could be proto-tribal-goth from either the U.K. or L.A. circa 1982. Unexpected elements like the weird, moody string arrangement that courses throughout "Owner's Lament" -- courtesy of Washam -- and the female spoken word part on (appropriately) "She Said" work even better given the clear enough mix. Then there are various vomiting noises by Yow toward the end of "Mess," a little taster of where things would yet eventually end up...(AllMusic)