SCARY is a rock band based in York, England. The band currently consists of two full-time members; lead guitarist Paul "Noodler" Martin and rhythm guitarist Roger "Sorry" Butler-Ellis. They both double up on vocals.
No band can exist in isolation, and even musical minimalists such as SCARY need a back-up team to provide vital assistance. So here are the folks that help make us rock:-
Hello fans and welcome to Issue 3 of our web-site. Bookmark our home page so that you can enjoy a SCARY on-line experience. Soon we hope to bring you photographs, sound-bites, merchandise offers and maybe even video footage.
Hi. Isn't the Internet fantastic! You can put out a message and you never know if it's going to be read by the whole of the e-world or no one at all!
We are really excited by the potential that MP3 will bring to the world of music. This is
a really great way for people to listen to our tracks and maybe share our visions. As musical
anarchists we welcome the opportunity to provide a broader breadth of music for public
consumption. For too long now the music industry has danced on the strings of the big
corporations. It's time artists broke free, and MP3 may just be the key of the door.
Rock like a ... rock.
Well we've been out and about in January. Mid-month we attended the Moloko/Garbage gig at Doncaster Dome and what a top gig that was. The way they used the technology to reproduce the sound of the original tracks was awesome, truly a great band. Well done to them.
Later in the month we were invited to take part in the NME Carling Premier Shows but had to pull out as we are concentrating on the build up to a serious stint in the recording studio.
1999 is going to be a big year for us as we intend to release our debut album. Naturally, as this is a SCARY project, it will be quite unlike any other band's album release. To start with, it will be strictly limited, each copy individually numbered and autographed. We are planning to release it at the turn of the year, hence the title 'MM Nice', which incorporates the Roman numerals for 2000. In fact, if we get it produced in time, selected tracks may be distributed via the Internet.
That's all a long way off yet and we've got a lot of work to do. In the meantime, we will still be out there honing our skills at low-profile gigs, attending other gigs etc. So watch out, 'cos we're out there, somewhere.
SCARY are currently at work in Glen Studios polishing their awesome songs before committing them to tape. Oh yes, within the next fortnight they are expected to start laying down the tracks for their debut album 'MM Nice'. We'll you posted on this site as this will be a strictly limited edition release that is unlikely to be distributed through normal retail channels.
In the meantime, the band are hard at work preparing their new studio premises which are due to be opened later this year. The current set-up at Glen Studios is considered to be technically restrictive to the bands output.
Were you in Doncaster on the 18th January? Maybe at the Dome, watching GARBAGE play? If so, maybe you rubbed shoulders with the boys, 'cos SCARY were there too! The band were on GARBAGE's limited invite list but despite the offer of a hospitality viewing suite, preferred instead to get sweaty with the hoi polloi.
At the second of January's low-key micro-gigs at Glen Studios, SCARY pulled a grotesque rabbit from their bag of musical tricks by introducing a keyboard into the act. It was used to provide drum accompaniment on selected tracks and also allowed 'Noodler' to demonstrate his enormous breadth of musical talent in a solo slot.
Planet Earth, England, York. Stardate: closing time on the spiritually bankrupt Sensate Era. Drizzle settles on charcoal streets and unobserved the cosmonauts of rainbow consciousness roll into town.
Factually, it's the guerrilla phase of the SCARY campaign where, on the verge of a new album, they limber up on secret micro-gigs. On a higher plane however, they are here to fight for an Earthling's right to wear a spanking new Christmas jumper if they so please.
It's not an easy day on the trail for Startrooper 'Sorry'. As if he needed any further evidence of a world gone mad, a style magazine has spent the afternoon trying to get him into early-'80s style boots, when what he wants to wear is his M&S slippers.
The beery hole of the Studios is a long way from destination Nirvana, but there is resilience to the SCARY faith. Tonight, a mere twelve months on from their emergence onto the York music scene, they set about proving that even with a lo-fi mini PA they can still have the universe eating from their hands.
SCARY are about to go into the studio and start final recordings for the forthcoming album 'MM Nice', but tonight they appear at one end of the shoe box wearing shirts loud enough to disembowel Metallica, announce that, "It's good to be back, good to be back!" and hurl themselves into the rock phantasm of 'Crush with Eyeliner'.
This is a low ceiling for a band with Icarus-like predilections, but the downsizing doesn't fox them. It's revealing to see SCARY staring into the whites of their audience's pineal glands. The Studio is rammed to the rafters and the hardcore lads are well transported by the evenings guitar-smithing. And lo, as the Earthlings file onto the street, York appears bathed in a golden aura and the Ouse is convinced it is the Ganges. SCARY are back, messing with your head and knocking hard on the sky.
Dodgy Mortal