In 2006, Scratch Acid reconvened to play the 25th anniversary party of the band's former record label, Touch & Go Records. And in '08 and '09, Yow and the members of the Jesus Lizard did a number of ...

Scratch Acid was an Austin, Texas punk group formed in 1982. When they first began, their lineup was Steve Anderson (vocals), David Wm. Sims (guitar), Brett Bradford (guitar), David Yow (bass), and ...

Scratch Acid was an Austin, Texas noise rock group formed in 1982… The band was named by music journalist Will Lerner as “the American equivalent of the Birthday Party.” After developing a reputation ...

The afternoon high tops 100 for the umpteenth straight day. Lawns are tinderbox brown. Traffic is at a standstill. Nerves fray; minds curdle. It's a beautiful day for a Scratch Acid reunion. From 1982 ...

Only one thing could prompt Steve Albini to pick up the phone and suggest a one-time reunion of Big Black, the big nasty of Chicago postpunk bands: the 25th anniversary of Touch and Go Records this ...

And the first U.S. Scratch Acid show has slipped out of the gate. The band will play the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta on November 1st. David Wm. Sims (also of The Jesus Lizard) previously announced ...

Before he was the contortionist front man of Jesus Lizard, David Yow was honing his wild-man skills with noise-rock pioneers Scratch Acid, who helped develop the driving, angular Touch and Go sound.

This band formed in the early '80s, rising out of the speed and energy of the hard-core scene. Tiring of that genre's aesthetic strictures, the band looked to older psychedelic rock and overseas ...

As part of last month's Pitchfork 15 coverage, No Age guitarist Randy Randall spoke about the eye-opening experience that was his first Jesus Lizard show. He was so moved he tried to take frontman ...

As though time had decided to reverse itself, the mighty Scratch Acid returned to the concert stage not long after the triumphant return of the mighty Jesus Lizard. Led by the fearsome, spastic, ...