Every member had their own influences, some of which were: LIARS,Teengenerate, Hank williams sr, fugazi, nausea, superconductor, j.cash, sierra highlands pipe band, ruination, squirrel nut zippers, tin hat trio, carcass,movies that have "dead" in the title, meatbeatmanifesto, john zorn, hp lovecraft..etc,etc,etc-its endless really... www.cafepress.com/scurvybastards
Sounds Like
A drunken, fast ride on "Pirates of the Caribbean" while being chased by highland zombies bent on spilling yer blood.
A 5 - 9 member band, depending on the day. banjo, accordion, guitars, bass drums, percussion, keybored, and for a time, violin and the bagpipes.
Most members yelled backing vocals, while the growling captain commanded the ship and made the audience thrash and sweat with authoritah.
Started by the Captain, R.Tarantino, K.Amdal, Raw-B and Joe-Lo in the desert oasis of Carson City, NV around 1998, Scurvy Bastards thrived until the end of 2003.
There were many, many floor-breaking shows, some at a small record store run by the Captain, as well as loads of performances in CA, NV, OR, and WA.
Some noteworthy dates included playing with: Phantom Limbs, Against Me, Pere Ubu, Wesley Willis (rip), Phenomenauts, Electric eye, Real Mckenzies, Mermen, Teenage Harlots, mcGOB reunion show, Holy Ghost Revival, BloodHag, the Briefs, the Town Dandies, and our old pals, Iron Lung.
Scurvy Bastards live shows were always out of control:::::::
The Captain made everyone join in while the Bastards rocked.
F-N Bedlam, me says!
A number of songs appeared on compilations, a couple of 7"s, a VHS, with the Slovenly label releasing the 1st full-length album "Battle Born"in 2002. The "PIRANTHOLOGY" cd captures the 2003 studio recordings, re-recorded versions and some live attempts,
Get a copy and upload as many songs as ye' wish -
send it to people you dont know,
or to those who love SCARY PIRATE BANDS!.
Scurvy Bastards played original pirate compositions, tweaked them, and rocking with dirtied-out-desert punk overtones, sometimes too spooky to be understood. The Bastards ruled the western desert sea-beds, and remain the dirtiest pirates re:?no! will ever see.
SCURVY BASTARD musick going o'er board fills my darkheart with glee.
ALL SCURVY BASTARDS SONGS AVAILABLE ONLINE (itunes,slovenly,etc)
MERCH::
WWW.CAFEPRESS.COM/SCURVYBASTARDS
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THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND SAW THE SETS ON 3.29.08! - The DVD is underway, but for now, try this audio link to the entire set, including lots of dead air space.........www.hotshottherobot.com/other/Scurvy%20live/
CONGRATS for being named in the Reno News and Review's Top 100 influential local musicians!
Darren Barnes: He has been involved in the Reno music scene since the late '80s from deejaying techno under the name D6 to playing drums in local pirate punk band Scurvy Bastards.
d6 for life sophie is awesome how are daron and carl these days i be sailen the seas of jameson for far too many moons long live retroplis and pbr cases from the 777
scurvy bastards rule the seas, and the hearts of young ten year old boys, whose papa sent im a cd and then twas lost. sob, we miss ye bastards. where can we buy that cd again?
ARRR fellow scalywags this here be a scurvy shister bastartd from which the likes ye never seen may we sail the same boat out of these baren waters into a land of hoars and boozes
Avast Ye Scurvy Pirates! Shipwrecked Pirate Music Festival be throwin a rowdy Talk Like A Pirate Day Party at Pirates Tavern er i mean Eastside Tavern this Sat Sept 22nd 2007, Doors open at 8pm. Only a paltry $5 Doubloons Matey! Come hear the awesome Pirate Metal of AWOKEN SHADOWS!!! Dress up in yer scurviest pirate garb. Bring a saucy wench. Bring a rowdy rogue! Drink Rum and Ale all night long and Talk Like A Pirate!!! Be seein ye thar ye bilge pumpin land lubbers! Captain Lash & Captain Kaos A Shipwrecked Pirate Music Festival Production
From: Jim Graham <jim@jgpr.com> To: santaCruz-list@burningman.com Subject: Very dusty on the playa this year - a heads up
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:02:34 -0700
This email from the DPW: If you are coming out to Black Rock CIty
Hey everyone, I've been on the Playa for 2 weeks now and I just wanted to give some advice to anyone coming out for the event. We have had MAJOR dust storms as the playa is powder fine this year. Of the past 4 days, 3 have had white out dust storms lasting anywhere from a few hours to all day long. All the people coming in will only add to this, so be prepared for some intense weather out here. Bring lots of bandanas, extra goggles, dust proof your tent before you get out here, be prepared for longer set ups and long lines at the gate.
We burned early man last night and the city is really coming together. I can't wait to see everybody! I am camped in the DPW ghetto at 4:20 and Arctic so come and say hi! YAAAAY it is still going to be a great year even if the weather is intense.
Melvin wanted me to tell you that he enjoyed the fresh rap, and he misses you guys. He is really busy eating hot dogs or he would be typing this himself.
Yaaaaarrrrrggggg! I aint stomped nor danced since the last time I danced with you Bastards! As Diamond Dave said: "Where have all the good times gone?" Blaaaaarrrgg!
hey, i'm mandi and i live in frazier park california and i fuckin love you guys. i don't know if you guys remember chris lyons, robbie used to live with him and his mom in reno, but that's my boyfriend and the reason i love you guys. just wanted to let you know that there's a gang of people in frazier who totally respect your music. so keep makin music for all of us here in this mountain town.
