Scratch Acid
Just Keep Eating LP vinyl

Scratch Acid was born out of the early 1980s Austin noise punk scene. They deliberately eschewed the loud, fast rules of hardcore as everything they didn’t want to be and embraced a weirder, artier sound.

Prior to the release of their 1984 debut S/T EP, someone gave Touch and Go Records owner Corey Rusk a cassette of the recording, and he was instantly a huge fan. Rusk was immediately interested in releasing the EP and contacted the band to express his admiration. At the time, Scratch Acid had already committed to working with Rabid Cat Records, who released the band’s debut release S/T EP (1984) and their only full-length album, Just Keep Eating (1986).

The group quickly developed a riveting performance aesthetic, and, as the debut S/T EP made its way around the country via fanzines, college radio, and word-of-mouth, the band mounted short tours to the Midwest and the East Coast. After playing a total of 146 shows, Scratch Acid broke up after the long tour that followed the release of the Berserker EP (Touch and Go Records, 1987).

Since that time, the band have had many imitators, and many alternative bands have cited Scratch Acid as one of their influences.

NEW / Released in 1986 / Reissue 2025

Tracklist:

A1 Crazy Dan

A2 Eyeball

A3 Big Bone Lick

A4 Unlike A Baptist

A5 Damned For All Time

A6 Ain't That Love?

B1 Holes

B2 Albino Slug

B3 Spit A Kiss

B4 Amicus

B5 Cheese Plug