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The Scratch
New Wave / Psychedelic / Powerpop

At times dark and other times funny. Marco Pirroni



St Albans
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Son Giriş:  29.11.2009
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   İletişim | The Scratch

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   The Scratch: Genel Bilgi
Üyelik Tarihi27.06.2005
Grup Web Sitesithescratch.co.uk
Grup ÜyeleriAndy, John, Grim, The Baron, Steve Filth
EtkilendikleriT-Rex, The Kinks, Nuggets Compilations Albums, The Heartbreakers, PIL, Primal Scream, The Wolfmen, Marco, Blur, Buzzcocks, Happy Mondays, Interpol, The Flaming Lips, The Sex Pistols, Human League, Be Bop Deluxe, Adam and the Ants, The Fire Engines, Killing Joke, Sparks, Wire, The Rakes, Switches, Nirvana, Louis XIV (Band, not dead French King!), Subbuteo, The Mighty Boosh, Devo, New Young Pony Club, Potty Pete
Neye Benziyor?"An amalgam of T.Rex, Velvet Underground and other good things including a big dollop of themselves, The Scratch do eccentric English rock ‘n’ roll with weird but catchy riffs over the top of it all. At times dark and other times funny, they don't do po faced indie. Thank God!"
Marco Pirroni (ex-Adam & the Ants/The Wolfmen & Howl Records)

 

Discography Whatever Happened to Friday Night?

OUT NOW!
Whatever happened to Friday night?... a certified, speaker spanking statement, of raw intent.
[Losing Today]

  Night Bus or Milk Train

Overall, 'Night Bus or milk train' is a fine indie album. Whilst they draw greatly on their influences, it's an album that is very fresh, and very now, and one which indicates exactly how much they deserved their title of 'best unsigned band'.
[www.tastyfanzine.org.uk]

  D.I.Y

The fact that they’ve achieved such a diverse yet coherent set of songs and that it sounds so damn professional is to be applauded.
[www.whisperinandhollerin.co.uk]

  Singles




 

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Plak ŞirketiPonyland Records
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   Yaklaşan Konserler ( tümünü görüntüle )
11 Ara 2009 21:30
The Horn - The Scratch Christmas Party + Recode, Khalasars & Cobra Kai St.Albans, London and South East

The Scratch | En Son Blog Yazısı  [Bu Bloga Abone Ol]

Roomthirteen interview with Andy  (devamı)

Atomic Duster review..."just what today's musical climate needs".  (devamı)

other radio stations playing Teen Idol!  (devamı)

Brilliant 209 radio show - Teen Idol - Marcoings!  (devamı)

More Teen Idol radio!  (devamı)

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   Hakkımızda The Scratch

The Scratch are a four piece art rock band from St.Albans. Being firm believers in the punk DIY ethic The Scratch decided to release their first single as 7” vinyl only, on their own Ponyland Records imprint - ‘I Relax to Spiral Scratch’ a nod to the Buzzcocks was released in 2003 and gained some good reviews and was stocked by Rough Trade in London. 2004 saw the first album – DIY , (burned at home and sold at gigs).

"DIY -The Scratch, as the title of the record suggests The Scratch got tired of waiting for the music industry to give them a chance and like many artists we talk about on W&H have decided to make their own way. The fact that they’ve achieved such a diverse yet coherent set of songs and that it sounds so damn professional is to be applauded. "
[www.whisperinandhollerin.co.uk]

Following a couple of years of solid gigging in, second album Night Bus or Milk Train was released in 2006 through iTunes and Ponyland Records.

"Night Bus Or Milk Train by The Scratch is genuinely the mutt’s nuts!! - all delivered in a pop-punk package akin to The Buzzcocks mutated with T.Rex and a pinch of Kinksesque flourish."
Peter J Brown aka toxic pete (Rhythm & Booze rating 10) [www.toxicpete.co.uk]

Things moved up a gear in 2007 with the patronage of XFM DJ Clint Boon who via a listener votes on his Manchester show offered the band the chance of opening the Versus Cancer show at the sold out 22,000 capacity M.E.N. arena. Opening for the likes of Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller The Charlatans, Ian Brown and Echo & The Bunnymen, this led to a live session on Clint Boon’s Exposure show and three further appearances on his Drive Thru and evening session programmes.

"Guitar Gold dominated their sound and their set is full of great tunes"
John Robb - Live review at Manchester’s Night and Day music venue.

2008 saw the release of two further singles and numerous Internet and Student radio playlistings, backed by live acoustic sessions. The supporting videos were shown on heavy rotation on cable TV Channels, a short promo tour saw support to The Holloways and appearances on BBC 3 Counties plus festival appearances in August in the company of Alabama 3, Buzzcocks and Goldblade. A second regional XFM response session with Colin Frances (at the sadly now defunct XFM Wales) in Cardiff was also of note. The year finished on a huge high with a spot at the prestigious In the City music festival in Manchester.

"‘You want the world‘ is a superb narcissistic cutie"
losingtoday.com

2009 has seen the release of third album ‘Whatever happened to Friday night’ … featuring 3 singles that have all been top ten ‘hits’ in the Tourdates unsigned chart. with ‘You want the world’ reaching number 1 in June/July .

Add to this, plays on Tom Robinson’s BBC 6 radio show , a live session at BBC 3 Counties radio , numerous regional radio appearances and two local supports to Goldblade and Clint Boon as part of a bi-monthly residency at our local venue The Horn in St.Albans (the current buzz town of the uk!)

October saw a return to In the City in Manchester. And new track Teen Idol take the number one spot on the tourdates unsigned chart (for 4 weeks so far!)

"Teen Idol by The Scratch Rocks"
Marco Pironni, The Wolfmen


   More Quotes

"Something wicked this way comes. I am fairly certain that had The Scratch been around at punk rock prime time, they would have given the likes of The Buzzcocks and The Who a jolly good run for their money. It has been some time since this more classic style of punk rock has graced the airwaves, and I think that really, it’s about time. Make way for The Scratch. ‘THIS ALBUM IS A SHINING BEACON OF PUNK ROCK FINESSE’"
[Tiff Woosley TSM Radio]

"Wonderfully edgy pop/rock with wholesome retro intonations. Rammed full of typically British popability but with genuine global appeal."
[www.toxicpete.co.uk]

"The Scratch pump out low-fi numbers that have vocals snottily delivered vocals and melodies that aren’t a million miles away from the naïve diary lyrics of the Buzzcocks"
[Artrocker Magazine]

Against the grain/Cool in an uncool way - Ponyland Records Released 26th January 2009. "In short, devilishly cool stuff from the practitioners of perfect pop."
[Losingtoday.com]

"Night bus or Milk Train is a blistering set of songs that fuses retro and new wave punk and leaves me with a smile on my face after one listen."
[www.subba-cultcha.com]

"The Scratch could be just another indie band, but once you get past the first three or four tunes on Night Bus Or Milk Train, you realise that something a little bit special is going on here. Tightly crafted guitar pop music interwoven with the odd synth or sample - not overused in the slightest. ‘Stranger’ even takes a different course and sounds very Eighties, like Midge Ure with new toys on Christmas. The guitar work is excellent, there are some damn fine riffs on this record and they seem genuinly keen to do something just a little bit different. In every verse you can hear shades of influences ranging from The Libertines to The Human League."
[Is This Music]

"In fact it's the kind of album that might well be fondly remembered in a few years time if the band goes on to fulfil their potential, that currently makes 'Night Bus or Milk Train' that bit better than most of their contemporaries."
[www.getreadytorock.com]

"You Want the World - There’s something refreshingly uninhibited about The Scratch. Their tracks are quite minimal but all in completely different ways. ‘You Want the World’ is old school and punky, a little like the Undertones (‘Teenage Kicks’ is even referenced in second track, ‘Independent Unrepentent’). Then they throw in a proggy track like ‘Teen Idol (for 300 million)’ – bafflingly obscure and brilliant leftfield."
[tastyfanzine.org.uk]


   Videos

Girl's World

Against the Grain


   The Scratch | Arkadaşlar (En İyi 26)
The Scratch, 2246 kişiyle arkadaş.
 Ponyland Records 


 Clint Boon 


 Tina Arena 


 Recharged Radio 


 the sunday experience 


 Eclectic Plectrum 


 Matt 


 Duncan 


 BBC Introducing... in Beds, Herts & Bucks. 


 TSM Radio UK (now on http://twitter.com/tsmradio) 


 TourDates.Co.UK 


 TELEVISED CRIMEWAVE 


 Versus Cancer 


 The Horn 


 JOHN ROBB 


 Goldblade 


 The Ambush 


 tagas 


 TOXINS 


 Pixxx 


 TapeHead Films 


 [[Cat_Face]]__[[Sha_Sha]] 


 50ft Woman 


 The Gig Guide - Radio Verulam 


 Underground 


 Steve Whittaker 





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Jackson Analogue

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26 Kas 2009 15:14

NEW EP "GLUE" OUT TODAY!!



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or follow this link.. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-glue-ep/id341053972
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26 Kas 2009 13:42

THE SCRATCH's
SONGS ARE NOW UP

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26 Kas 2009 13:40

WICKED STAR'S
SONGS ARE NOW UP

COME CHECK OUT OUR SITE

 

Recharged Radio

Recharged Radio



20 Kas 2009 17:25

Don't forget to tune in tonight for the Friday Forum from 7.00pm GMT at www.rechargedradio.com - featuring Stages Of Dan!

RR Poster
Den

Den



19 Kas 2009 13:00

thanks! its great to be friends with you on myspace!

Hope you like my songs

Keep in touch!

Den

UK

BANDSTAND

RoY Rockson



18 Kas 2009 14:46

Hello again "The Scratch".

Hi Guys just called by to say Hi & thanx for the Download of "Teen Idol"(would B gr8 to Include it on our Media Player Playlists).

Cheers Roy & the gr8Crew



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17 Kas 2009 13:25

Hi,
Thanks for the add!
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15 Kas 2009 01:38

Original 'Spirits' etc available on our myspace player

Due to a bunch of requests, we have made the original Spirits, Above The Warzone, A More Defensive Attack and Flesh Machine available to listen and download for free

SPB play Shaft, Kadikoy on the 30th november, and will feature on MTV Turkiye and Radyo Eksen soon
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8 Kas 2009 20:04

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6 Kas 2009 17:08

Don't forget to tune in tonight at 7.00pm GMT for the New Subs show at www.rechargedradio.com . Oh, and feel free to stick us in your top friends list!

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4 Kas 2009 15:41

good morning pimp'n. lets make today productive. theres valleys to be jumped and mountains to be climbed. lets get it!

-Dedication
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3 Kas 2009 17:03

Today's A productive today in my life. I'm hoping its the same in yours. Do sum to better ya situation than it was yesterday pimp'n Le' Go'!

-Dedication
Recharged Radio

Recharged Radio



3 Kas 2009 10:23

Thanks for supporting Recharged Radio. Don't forget to tune in and download!!!

RR Poster
Centascope

Centascope



3 Kas 2009 08:05

Hi The Scratch

Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The award winning album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon.co.uk and many more.

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Recharged Radio

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30 Eki 2009 14:13

Thanks for the add!

Don't forget to tune in to the Friday Forum tonight from 7.00pm at www.rechargedradio.com

RR Poster
YoungDedication (get @me!)

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27 Eki 2009 14:45

What they do pimp'n. im in the studio writing and promoting. what u getting into?


-Dedication
Recharged Radio

Recharged Radio



23 Eki 2009 12:48

Hey guys,

Just to let you know we are playing "Teen Idol" on tonight's show!. Hope you can tune in at 7pm over at rechargedradio.com!

Thanks,
Recharged Radio.

Ps. If you miss the show you can download the podcast for free, from itunes, early next week!
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3 Eki 2009 08:31

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26 Eyl 2009 10:27

Hi Guys just to let you know that we are playing Against the Grain on this month's D and M Show podcast. http://bit.ly/1cujpq
Matt Rivers

Matt Rivers



25 Eyl 2009 16:17

Hiya,

How's it going? There is a free track available for you at the moment on our myspace page. Just click the FREE DOWNLOAD box at the top of the page and enter a valid email to download the tune. How cool is that!

Have a great week and thank you very much for being electronically connected to us as friends and fans.

Much love,

Matt Rivers xxx
Recharged Radio

Recharged Radio



25 Eyl 2009 14:31

Hey guys,

Just to let you know we will be playing "Teen Idol" on tonight's show. Hope you can tune in at 7pm over at rechargedradio.com!

Thanks,
Recharged Radio.

Ps. If you miss the show you can download the podcast for free, from itunes, early next week!
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