Biography

With a tirelessly passionate and energetic live performance that makes other bands look tame by comparison, Scrap Brain are raw, noisy, dirty, sexy, glitzy, cybergrunge noise-pop played harder and louder than anyone else.

The Edinburgh based trio formed in March 2010, and their achievements include performing at King Tuts Wah Wah Hut with F.O. Machete and Little Doses and winning the New Found Sound Friday Night Live 2010 competition. The band have also shared stages with Gay For Jonny Depp, Skinny Machines, and Los. Their debut single 'Nal' came out 8 April 2011 is available now on iTunes, Bandcamp, and on CD at their gigs.

Scrap Brain are made up of drum-destroyer Stew McLachlan, feedbacker and multi-instrumentalist Myke and front-lady- limelight exhibitor Angie Clarke.

Press Quotes

"I love Scrap Brain... glam-punk racket dressed up with semi-sexual Siouxie Sioux vocals."
- Last Year's Girl
 
"smoky glam rock sound that is definitely pedal to the floor material"
- Stephen Young, Leith FM

"one of the most distinctive and dynamic bands on the scene."
- Edinburgh Underground

"Scrap Brain are one of my favourite bands by far."
- New Found Sound

"Scrap Brain fizz with New York cool, think The Kills and Jon Spencer's bastard love child."
- mArk of Little Doses

"Fiery punk rock from Edinburgh"
-
Jim Gellatly

"This should have a million views, one of the best new scottish bands av heard. Such energy from a bass guitar!!"
- Where The Human's Eat blog

"one of my favourite live band[s] in Edinburgh at the minute... You won’t be disappointed."
- Alive and Amplified

"That is absolutely spot on... God bless you scrap brain."
- Mass Consensus (local band)
 
"Fast paced band touches of punk but probably more mainstream than traditional punk. Great vocally." 4 *s out of 5
- Vinyl Puppet

Press Releases



18 Mar 2011 (updated 2 Apr 2011): Edinburgh band Scrap Brain announce debut single launch event

Interviews




In The News






 
http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2011/04/third-brain-storm-event-on-7-may/

http://www.edinburghunderground.com/scrapsingle.html

http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2011/04/five-things-you-need-to-know-today-57/

http://www.jockrock.org/wp/scrap-brain

http://radiomagnetic.com/main-features/episode-129/

http://living.scotsman.com/features/Under-the-Radar.6741394.jp

http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2011/03/edinburgh-band-scrap-brain-launch-single-on-8th-april/

http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/03/24/debut-single-launch.html

http://peenko.blogspot.com/2011/03/gigs-news-and-sunday-night-blues.html

http://louderthanwar.com/blogs/new-bands-2011-edinburgh

http://www.edinburghspotlight.com/2011/03/review-underclass-single-launch-gig-the-bongo-club-26th-feb/

http://aliveandamplified.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/blog-2-0f-2-whatss-on-radio-playlist-160111/

http://reddogmusic.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/anti-folk-folk-off-edinburgh-underground-article/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/2011/jan/19/edinburgh-golden-hour-airport-expansion-waverley-market

http://www.edinburghunderground.com/antifolk.html

http://www.keithdedinburgh.com/2010/12/scrappy-dappy-do/

http://peenko.blogspot.com/2010/10/friday-freebies_08.html

http://www.music-news.com/shownews.asp?H=Scrap-Brain-win-development-deal-through-unsigned-band-competition&nItemID=36486

http://www.edinburghspotlight.com/2010/06/review-this-is-not-a-toga-party-2nd-june-bainbridge-presents/




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