Some bands just make sure they never get in your way, falling off your radar over the years and this was the case with the Scars for me. Whilst I knew the name I didn't know that much about them and as they were not in the Top 40 in my youth I wasn't aware of their sound either. My interest was kindled by the fact Lemon Jelly sampled their 1979 single Horrorshow on the track 79 - The Shouty Track from the 64 - 95 album in 2005. I also caught the band when they joined Lemon Jelly and performed with them on the afore-mentioned track on stage. A mate then lent we the album and it went from there.
Why am I sharing this with you? Well a post about them on Unpopular not only informed me that their only album, 1981's Author! Author! was being re-issued on CD along with a number of extra tracks but also reminded me I had a number of live tracks I had been meaning to post since coming across them a while back.The tracks were recorded in the Netherlands in 1981 and a week apart. The recording in Groningen was on the 09/08/1981 whilst the one from Rotterdam was recorded on 16/08/1981. I guess these are tape recordings from either UK or Dutch radio.
You can read more about the Scars at Wikipedia or stream/download a track or two from their My Space page.
Scars - Live, Groningen
Scars - Live, Rotterdam
Buy Author! Author! Plus.
Thanks to the unknown person who shared these recordings.
adult/ery was one of my favourite tunes as a nipper - the guitar was cheesgrater gone mad - but i was horridly dissappointed by the lp - they'd gone all new romantic or something. i'm curious how it sounds now...
ally
Fantastic news-the rerelease, that is....always was a favourite classic of mine of the eighties. Thanks for the live stuff!
manik