john nixon
john bartley
ljiljana green
danny lacy
matt hinkley
warren taylor
emma nixon
daniel argyle
david palliser
sean bailey
simon stephenson
francis plagne
justin andrews
merryn lloyd
dylan martorell
Influences
the godz. the village fugs. the holy modal rounders. sun ra.
art ensemble of chicago. captain beefheart and the magic band. moondog. henry cowell. early red crayola, spontaneous music ensemble, AAM, nihilist spasm band ESP sampler records.
folkways records. new orleans trad jazz. the bauhaus band
/jandek. smegma. sonic youth.
/the garbage and the flowers. francis plagne. paeces. chris smith.
the louisiania shakers.
the donkey's tail is an experimental, abstract, free noise, improv, garage ensemble
using electric guitars, drums, percussion teamed with banjo, triangle and trombone
the group was formed in early 2007 by abstract artist john nixon as a recording project. To date 20 studio cds have been released with nixon solo or in combination with 1 or 2 other members from the ensemble. A live cd of the toff in town gig in October as part of the you don’t have to call it music series has also been released. early in 2008 the group played at the palais theatre in the united artists show and in june a gig at the toff in the maximum arousal series. in september the donkeys tail played a gig at the christchurch art gallery with marco fusinato, bruce russell and greg malcolm.
The live group comprises 4 or 5 members
the ensemble is:
john nixon
john bartley
ljiljana green
danny lacy
matt hinkley
warren taylor
emma nixon
daniel argyle.
david palliser
sean bailey
simon stephenson
francis plagne
justin andrews
merryn lloyd
dylan martorell
john nixon with marco fusinato founded the noise band SOLVER
in 1996
releasing various 7" records
a full length cd
and recently a 12" lp in 2006
The Scroungers sound like punk was always supposed to, but rarely did; urgent, raw and dripping with sardonic anger. The fact that the Scroungers (a solo home recording project) grew partially out of Macka's growing dissatisfaction the Melbourne punk scene of the early 1990s is somewhat ironic. Working in relative isolation and never performing live, Macka recorded a large body of work that is arguably the rawest, high-octane, politically and socially incisive punk rock the country has ever produced. Yet the Scroungers remain unknown to all but a few.
Bored, Pissed and Agro: 1991-1997 reproduces the best moments from the eleven Scroungers releases (ten cassettes and one split 7") during these years when the project was active. Download it from Shame File Music
