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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Right to Left) David Yow, David Wm. Sims, Brett Bradford, and Rey Washam enjoying an exchange with Buxf Parrott (crowd, front left) at the Lost Well on Saturday. For the first time in ten years, all ...

Five Australians walk into a bar. Roughly 30 people come in to see them, two of whom are members of Scratch Acid. One member of Scratch Acid tells a punk scene photographer to go to Richardson to get ...

Better than: The “Rowdy” Roddy Piper fight scene in John Carpenter's They Live. Last night, Scratch Acid's frontman, David Yow, took the stage at the Fillmore and immediately informed the crowd that ...

How much of a role did drinking play in the Jesus Lizard universe? We could drink an awful lot. David, Duane and Mac were pretty good at not drinking too much before we played because they really want ...

David Yow, notoriously nude frontman of Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard, has been cast in a forthcoming indie movie, presumably in a role that requires him to wear pants. High And Outside: A ...