As in most “music scenes,” everybody who is anybody knows everybody else. In Philadelphia, the same story rings true: we all play shows together, screw each other, get fucked up together, fight with each other, break up, splinter off, form new bands together, and hopefully somewhere along the way have some fun and actually make some cool music. The Scrags are proof positive of that last statement. Made up of lead singer William “Billy Taz” McGarvey (formerly of Philly legends the She-Males and Mama Volume), guitarist John Malloy (Flower Girl, Suktub), bassist Rick Wright (Crankcase), and dummer Jeremy Sustare (Flower Girl, Grisly Fiction, Underraga, Skeeter & the Itch, Suktub); the Scrags have all been around the block more than a few times, paying their dues in full, and their debut album shows it in spades. One With Everything comes off like a mixture of early Soundgarden and one of my all time favorite overlooked bands, The Fluid. This is hard and heavy, distorted psychedelic riff rawk with catchy-as- all-hell-hooks-and-melodies. Brian McTear (who had recorded and produced such bands as locals-turned-international-touring-rock-band the Burning Brides) turned the knobs on this scorchin’ slab o’ sound and this album just has that B-I-G rock sound that is missing in so much music today. Nothing is compressed on any of the songs, it was just recorded live in a big room with some talented rockers who got chops and know how to play. ’Nuff Said. This is the best debut album I have heard from any Philly band in many a year.
-Peter Santa Maria ©2004
Below is the One with Everything cd and their 1st release Ghetto Diamond. Thanks for the cds, flyers, etc Jeremy
01 – Swinging Chad
02 – Slow Fizz
03 – Wire
04 – Blur
05 – Ghetto Diamond
06 – My Hair
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01 – The High Kid
02 – Bad Party
03 – I Feel Fine
04 – Stripper
05 – In The Band
06 – Rollover
07 – Mother Mary
08 – Love Money Pussy
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