Scars (originally known as The Scars) were a Scottish post-punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, and were a part of that city's music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Origin | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Genres | Post-punk |
Years active | 1977–1982 2010–2011 |
Labels | Fast Product Pre Records Charisma Records Stiff America |
Members | Robert King Paul Research John Mackie Calumn Mackay Steve McLaughlin |
Website | The Scars' website |
Fronted by Robert King and featuring Paul Research on lead guitar, John Mackie on bass, and Calumn Mackay on drums,[1] the band's first single was in 1979 on Fast Product; "Horrorshow"/"Adult/ery". The band's song "Your Attention Please" appeared as a free gold flexi-disc in the first issue of the London-based style magazine i-D. This song was later included in the band's 1981 (and sole) album Author! Author![1] The Scotsman ranked the album number 75 in the list of the top 100 Scottish rock and pop albums of all time.[2] John Peel invited the band to record two of his Sessions, once in February 1980 and another in May 1981.
The group was part of a literary art-punk scene that centred on a pub called the "Tap o' Lauriston" at 80 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh (near Edinburgh College of Art), along with The Fire Engines and The Cubs.[3]
In 1982, Scars supported The Church.[4]
Lemon Jelly used samples of "Horrorshow" in their song "'79 aka The Shouty Track" on the album '64 - '95 in 2005. The song was the second single released from that album. When Lemon Jelly toured in support of '64 - '95, they invited Scars (with original drummer Calumn Mackay) along to play live the sampled parts of "79 - The Shouty Track" in selected dates, including Edinburgh.
Scars appeared on BBC2's TOTP2 on 3 March 2007, which aired a live version of "All About You" from a 1981 episode of The Old Grey Whistle Test that featured Scars as special guests. Scars played a one-off reunion gig in Edinburgh on 29 December 2010, their first live appearance in 25 years.
The history of Scars is covered in 2015 documentary film, Big Gold Dream.
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