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 ...

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.

Better than: Watching a Whitney marathon. See more photos in our gallery. Scratch Acid might not make the kind of music that elicits universal joy. Difficult and straining can only begin to describe ...

If you thought that the re-emergence of influential underground rock unit Scratch Acid also meant that David Yow was returning to music full time, think again. "No, I'm not," the legendary lead ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...