STEVEN MORRICONE - Twanger of the four brutal stings of fury and torturer of vocal chords. Also writes a share of the material, looks after the band, produces the records, runs the label, books the gigs, does the promotion and generally badgers the rest of them into getting stuff done. like Emporer Ming in some ways, but also like Aunt Deirdre in other ways.
PAUL MORRICONE – Long-time twin brother of Steve and more prolific writer for the band. He does all the crooning stuff and treats his guitar like the scum it is. Paul is also in charge of all the creative stuff (cover designs, videos, website etc) and takes some macabre glee from intimidating audiences.
JULIA ARNEZ – Plays the spangliest guitars available and belts out vocal harmonies. She recently got contact lenses so can now see what she’s playing. She is also our ‘secret weapon’.
MARACA GARETH CHAMPION – AKA 'The Spennymoor Sparrer' beats the drums like he’s playing one of those arcade machines on the pier in Weston-Super-Mare where you have to twat moles back into their holes. He is also an ex-chef, news of which excited the Morricone Brothers immensely.
CHRIS CATALYST – Now departed from the band to concentrate full time on his ace new outfit EUREKA MACHINES, Mohawked bezerker Chris has helped us over the last few years by picking up and playing whatever is closest to hand, manly the second drums and organ/keyboards with great aplomb. We wish Chris all the best with the mighty Machines - make sure you check them out NOW!
The Scaramanga Six BRAND NEW 'Back to School' video - balls-out performance coupled with deafening time-travel experiments courtesy of Ash TV
The Scaramanga Six BRAND NEW 'Misadventure' video - surreal arthouse crime drama courtesy of Greig Johnson
The Scaramanga Six 'Walking Through Houses' Video - seeping woundfest!
The Scaramanga Six 'I Wear My Heart On My Sleeve' Video - with full gore!
The Scaramanga Six 'We Rode The Storm' Video
The Scaramanga Six 'The Poison Pen' Video
The Scaramanga Six 'Pressure Cage' Video
Influences
The Scaramanga Six have been TRAPPED IN A CABINET for the last 10 years with nothing but records by:
Alice Cooper, Andy Williams, Astrud Gilberto, The Auteurs, The B-52's, Beachbuggy, The Birthday Party, Black Sabbath, The Blue Aeroplanes, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band, Breeders, Burt Bacharach, The Buzzcocks, CAN, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Cardiacs, Chuck Berry, The Damned, David Bowie, Deerhoof, Devo, Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Dukes Of Stratosphear, Dusty Springfield, Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis Costello, The Fall, Gene Pitney, Henry Mancini, Iggy & The Stooges, Ivor Cutler, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimi Hendrix, John Barry, Johnny Cash, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Julian Cope, The Kinks, Lalo Schifrin, Lee Hazlewood, Leonard Cohen, Link Wray, Little Richard, Lou Reed, Louis Armstrong, Madness, Magazine, Mandingo, Marvin gaye, McLusky, Me Against Them, Melt-Banana, Motorhead, Mott The Hoople, Nancy Sinatra, New York Dolls, Nick Cave, Otis Redding, Pavement, Pig Bag, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Prince Buster, Prolapse, PiL, Queens Of The Stone Age, Ray McVay, Robert Wyatt, Scott Walker, Shirley Bassey, Slade, The Slits, Soft Cell, Sonic Youth, The Sonics, Sparks, The Specials, Spencer Davis Group, Status Quo, Stereolab, Stranglers, Stretchheads, Super Furry Animals, The Sweet, Swell Maps, T.Rex, Talking Heads, The The, They Might Be Giants, Tindersticks, Tom Jones, Tom Waits, Tony Bennett, The Undertones, The Velvet Underground, The Walker Brothers, The Who, Wire, XTC & the Young Knives.
Sounds Like
The dense and pungent bum-cigar laid down by a gigantic rabid werewolf who's just chewed up ALL of the above bands and washed them down with a vat of farmhouse scrumpy.
SHITTING CRIKEY! - For the first time EVER, you can now get your grubby mitts on The Scaramanga Six T-shirts. Available in many body-hugging sizes, the blood red or jet black tentacle-fest looks something like this:
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OUT NOW - 'SONGS OF PREY' - THE BRAND NEW STUDIO ALBUM FROM THE SCARAMANGA SIX.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are proud to announce the release of ‘Songs of Prey’ Tracklist:
1. Hole In My Emotion 2. Self Destruct 3. I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
4. You Should Have Killed Me When You Had The Chance 5. Song of Prey 1
6. Misadventure 7. Another Coward 8. Groom of The Stool 9. Song of Prey 2
10. Back to School 11. Sophia In Blue 12. The Twentieth of Hell 13. By-Product 14. Pink & Blue
Cat No: WRATHCD53 Release date: 20/04/09
‘Songs of Prey’ is actually the band’s sixth studio album, however only the fifth to be released – its predecessor still lies unfinished awaiting the return to health of their long-time cohort and producer Tim Smith (Cardiacs). This new album has been recorded and produced by Gentleman James Kenosha, who’s other recent work includes marvellous records by Duels, Grammatics, This Et Al and Pulled Apart By Horses. In ‘Songs of Prey’, The Six have slimmed down to a four-piece and in doing so have taken a much more sparse and bleak approach to arrangement and songwriting, than was evident on their last album release – the critically acclaimed and hyper-glamorous monster ‘The Dance of Death’
Nearly an hour’s worth of 12 astonishing songs and 2 incidental instrumentals make up this latest offering taking the band into more contemporary post-rock leanings, as well as heightening the bombast and pomposity that fans of the band have come to know so well. A classic and intricate new direction in artwork has been taken by Kev at ‘This is Make Believe’, featuring a woodcut-style nautical sleeve image of the legendary Kraken’s tentacles. The album is presented in rough stock Digipack format with a 16-page booklet bursting with lyrics, imagery and loads of beautiful photos courtesy of Paul and David at ‘Not Photography’. We’re totally chuffed with the way the whole thing has turned out - We think you will like it too! The press like it - here is what they say:
"Intense distillation of complex rock opera from these Leeds perfectionists" - CLASSIC ROCK
"the ambition of The Who, the progressive end of The Kinks, Traffic, Roxy and maybe if they hadn’t bitten the hand that feeds so much.... A big rock beast that manages to somehow sound ambitiously 70’s, post New Wave 80’s and a little more now all at the same time – timeless then" - ORGAN
"The Scaramanga 6 continue to dispense controlled doses of volume and wired post punk thrills, which ensure that this album gets a series of on-going spins, even if it does attempt to throw the listener from wall to wall." - MANCHESTER MUSIC
"For those who have not yet heard the band, it's a good opportunity to get straight into the swaggering essence of Huddersfield's finest. These sacriligeous "Songs of Prey" do seem to insist on being played at neighbourhood threatening volume. Praise be." - WHISPERIN' & HOLLERIN'
"Loads of passion, loads of noise, and with a dedication to just bloody enjoying themselves and making as much of a fraught, angry racket as they fancy. Rock fans who find a lot of the current crop sadly lacking should definitely investigate." - LEEDS GUIDE
Order details
Order direct from the band/label websites using Paypal - £10/£11 overseas:
You should also be able to obtain this musical marvel from most good record shops, as well as at all the gigs we have coming up in the next few months. We suggest you order from one of the following retailers. Remember – the climate is tougher than ever for retailers, so we urge you to especially support the independent record shops as much as possible – Buy Independent!
You can also find the album to order at places like Amazon, Play, CD Universe, Target etc… Digital release is available at all the usual online shops such as iTunes etc.
'HOT FLESH RUMBLE' - a compilation of The Scaramanga Six live in radio sessions doing what they do best. The album features a staggering 18 tracks from the past four years including some unreleased version of songs from the postponed album 'A pound of flesh'. Out NOW!
THE SCARAMANGA SIX - 'HOT FLESH RUMBLE' CD
Tracklist:
1. Elemental 2. Pincers 3. Baggage 4. The Throning Room 5. We Rode The Storm 6. Smite My Face! 7. You Do, You Die! 8. Soul Destroyer 9. Last Roll Of The Dice 10. Damned If You Dont, Damned If You Do 11. Trouble 12. Walking Through Houses 13. I Wear My Heart On My Sleeve 14. Autopsy Of The Mind 15. Lifeblood Running Dry 16. Vesuvius 17. Sunken Eyes 18. The Towering Inferno
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The fourth Long-player from THE SCARAMANGA SIX, entitled ‘The Dance of Death’ is AT LARGE. This behemoth of evil pop bastardry comes complete with glorious 16-page booklet, lush and intricate artwork and special 3D-effect front cover and of course, 10 tracks of the most mind-flaying rock melodrama this side of Uranus.
THE SCARAMANGA SIX - 'THE DANCE OF DEATH' CD album
Tracklist: 1. The Throning Room 2. Baggage 3. The Collector 4. Vesuvius 5. Sunken Eyes 6. I Wear My Heart on My Sleeve 7. Helvetica 8. Lifeblood Running Dry 9. I See Red 10. The Towering Inferno
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THE SCARAMANGA SIX
The self-styled ‘evil pop group’ have been tearing a hole in the arse of the live circuit over recent years with their incendiary rock rituals including key slots at many UK festivals (headline set at Leeds 2007 on the Introducing stage). Current album ‘The Dance of Death’ pulverised the minds of critics and also saw release across Scandinavia, the Germanic countries and Japan. Bookings at some of the big European festivals have also transpired for these experts in rock noir (Hove Festival, Norway and Peace & Love, Sweden). All the while they have been building up and grooming a legion of die-hard crackpot fans ready to creep out from under logs or something and support the band wherever they play. And when they play, THEY SLAY. Now, new international credentials in hand & tooled-up to the teeth, The Scaramanga Six are ready to ATTACK
“As we tiptoe graciously through all the wannabe Libertines and second-rate U2s to find something genuinely original, unique and inspiring, it seems dear old Leeds has come up with the goods again - the intense-yet-aloof rock operas of The Scaramanga Six could be its most omnipotent discovery yet.” – Dom Gourlay, DROWNEDINSOUND
“SOULFUL AND subtle, yet also adventurous and abrasive, Huddersfield's The Scaramanga Six possess all the makings of a classic band.” KKKK – James Sherry, KERRANG!
“Rarely does such disregard for the basic principles of songwriting provide such exhilarating results” – Victoria Durham, ROCK SOUND
Huddersfield’s self-styled EVIL Pop group, The Scaramanga Six, are a tight-knit organisation. Every one of these desperate individuals is hell-bent on assaulting the ears of the unsuspecting with intense and preposterous rock and roll music.
“A group at the height of considerable powers, yet working entirely outside the indie scene, let alone the actual industry. The Scaramanga Six wear the outsider costume well and exude a mafia-like family vibe, alongside awesome self-confidence. The Six never let you forget, even for a second, that they know EXACTLY what they're doing.” – Toby Jarvis, DROWNED IN SOUND
“These individuals may just as well have met in an asylum - their tunes twist and turn with guitar eccentricities and lunatic Moog injections, and are as raw as scraping your knuckles on a cheese-grater - this is retro-rock with panache!” – Ronnie Kerswell, ROCK SOUND
“Not just one of the best and most timely underground rock bands in Britain, but also one of the most formidable.” – Dan Chinn, THE ORGAN
“The Scaramanga Six are one of the most exciting bands making noise in Yorkshire at the moment” – Karl Cremin, THE FLY
The Scaramanga Six is the brainchild of headstrong siblings Paul and Steven Morricone. Not in any way like your conventional mindless rock-star filth, The Morricone brothers appear more like a pair of polite and softly-spoken, yet viciously intense and sadistic nightclub bouncers. Raised in the Westcountry seaside resort of Weston-Super-Mare on an education of Stranglers records (by older brothers) and Tony Bennett records (by their Mum), the young Morricone twins discovered there was much fun to be had in crooning and shouting in equal measures. The Scaramanga Six was finally realised in the dark & drizzly backdrop of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire where the band still lurk to this very day.
“Chunks of brutal rock’n’roll hammer through your temples with all the desperation of a 47 year-old virgin in the back of a knocking shop. Excellent stuff.” – Matt Brown, LOGO MAGAZINE
“B-movie chic combined with real musical muscle.” – Essi Berelian, KERRANG!
“deliciously sinister stuff, but this lot still manage to keep it as raw as trapping yourself in your flies. Noise seems to be all the rage nowadays, and this band serves it up in a big fuck-off ladle.” – Ricky Cheung, GLASSWERK
“These gospel tinged punk/rock and roll songs beat the hell out of any amphetamine based rush I've indulged in, the energy tangible even through my redundant discman headphones. Join the flock son, you will be saved!” – Johnathan Sebire, JOYZINE
“one of the most viscerally exciting things this reviewer has heard for yonks - murderous, piledriving rock action we've come to expect from this stupidly under-rated band” – Tim Peacock, WHISPERIN&HOLLERIN
We’re not going to draw any lazy comparisons here – The Scaramanga Six do not rock by association. The only thing worn on the sleeves of this band are gaudy cufflinks. Whatever it is The Six turn their hand to, it's got to be flamboyant and colourful, self-assured and passionate, brutal and arrogant. Their love of dynamics and dramatic tension stirs them to create brilliant moments of songwriting in the classic British tradition, yet underpinned by a relentless barrage of sonic terror – all mashed up together and captured within perfectly dark and discordant pop songs. The lyrical content is intelligent, contentious, intriguing and seething. The hooks in their songs will stick into you so far, that you will have no choice but to be reeled in, gutted and battered like a haddock. One taste of this chaotic and intimidating group, whether it be live or on record, and you’ll see why ‘the band who torture from Yorkshire’ are so blindly committed to their cause.
“The ‘band who torture from Yorkshire’ trample over musical acceptability with a fourth slab of rock gigantism. Thunderbolt riffs, massed vocals, harpsichord and volcanos won’t get them seated at the smirking kids’ table – the sound of not caring just got more epic” – Abi Bliss, PLAN B MAGAZINE
“Whatever the purpose of it all, The Dance Of Death is as grandiose a record as anyone who'd previously listened to The Scaramanga Six would expect, with the Morricone brothers Paul and Steve in fine form here both in their songwriting and the delivery.” – Dom Gourlay, DROWNED IN SOUND
“The Scaramanga Six are one of those delightful bands that refuse to be pigeonholed by moving too fast for you to keep up with” – INDIE MP3
“Ah the joys of stumbling across something that, on initial listens, sounds not unlike Frank Zappa, Scott Walker, Todd Rundgren, Rocket From The Crypt and The Dawn Of The Replicants all playing at once.” – TOTAL MUSIC MAGAZINE
Hey! How are you? Thought I'd stop by and say hi ! How's things? This is my new profile. so don't to forget to delete the other one if you have it in your friends!
Hope the gig went well at the weekend and you have a wicked time in denmark!! if you want me to book you for the next gig in bramham let me know it will be in about 3 moths or so :) xxx
hello you...come see our new WEBSITE its got tracks up from our forthcoming album (out September 09!) as well as other stuff to keep you amused ...we must reorganise some gigs together, now that our brains are finally working again xxx
Hope things are good with you. We’re playing "I Didn't get Where I Am Today" and plugging your upcoming Thunderbolt gig on BBC Radio Bristol Introducing this Saturday morning between 1-4am (repeated on Sunday 1-4am). Hear it “live” or online on the i-Player anytime in the 7 days after broadcast, there’s a link on our myspace profile.
Did I say...THANK YOU for one of the greatest performances I've EVER seen, last Friday (remember?) at our place? What a truly unique/incredible/life changing experience! No, I'm serious! A band on fire! And yes, when you play - you SLAY! Come back soon - the World (& Bury) needs you!!! Luv ya loads! Jon (end of exclamation marks)!
Loving the new album. Just letting you know that we’re playing a couple of tracks from it on BBC Radio Bristol Introducing this Saturday morning between 1-4am. Hear it live or anytime in the 7 days after broadcast using the link on our myspace profile.
Ey Up...feel free to splash this here poster around the ether. Incidentally, you appear to have the date incorrectly down as the 22nd on your profile. Can't wait to have you down!
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