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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Given that the voice on the other end of the phone belongs to David Yow— the legendary frontman of both the late, great Jesus Lizard and the recently (and temporarily) re-formed Scratch Acid, who’s ...

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, ...