The Scaramanga Six is the brainchild of headstrong siblings Paul and
Steven Morricone. Not in any way like your conventional mindless
rock-star filth, The Morricone brothers appear more like a pair of
polite and softly-spoken, yet viciously intense and sadistic nightclub
bouncers. Raised in the Westcountry seaside resort of Weston-Super-Mare
on an education of Stranglers records (by elder brothers) and Tony
Bennett records (by their Mum), the young Morricone twins discovered
there was much fun to be had in crooning and shouting in equal measures.
The Scaramanga Six was finally realised in the dark & drizzly
backdrop of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire where the band still lurk to
this very day.
TyrannoPop? Luxury Rock Noir? Schitzophonic Splattercore? – whatever
you want to call it, this suave and enigmatic unit have carved their own
scenester-defying niche since the mid-90’s as the most unique and
creative underground rock band in the UK. Every one of these individuals
is hell-bent on assaulting the ears of the unsuspecting with intense
and preposterous rock and roll music. Add ‘prolific’ to their wild
claims – over the last decade & a half, the band have relentlessly
embarked on a rampant recording spree. The average gestation period for a
Scaramanga Six long-player is approximately 2 years – ‘The Terrifying
Dream’ is the title of their current (and eighth) studio album, for
which The Scaramanga Six decided to use the fantastic PledgeMusic
platform to find and release with a hugely successful campaign. For
their previous album, ‘Phantom Head’, The Six made an ambitious
pilgrimage to Chicago Illinois to record with the best engineer in the
world, Mr Steve Albini (Pixies, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, The Stooges, Shellac
etc etc) in his own Electrical Audio studio. To get that authentic
‘Albini sound’, the recordings were all done completely live with
minimal overdubs onto 2” tape using all analogue equipment and the bare
minimum of post-production.
But hot on the heels of ‘The Terrifying Dream’, The Six are currently
holed up in their secret underground base preparing a barrage of new
material for their ninth studio album, which promises to be the most
uncompromising, bloated and lavish offering to date. It seems The Six
are entering a zenith of creativity, despite committing the music
industry cardinal sins of mostly being over 40 and being around for over
a decade.
The self-styled ‘evil pop group’ have been tearing a hole in the arse
of the live circuit over recent years with their incendiary rock
rituals including key slots at many UK festivals (headline set at Leeds
2007 on the Introducing stage). Their previous few albums have
pulverised the minds of critics and also seen releases across
Scandinavia, the Germanic countries and Japan, all through the band’s
own infamous label – Wrath Records. Bookings at some of the big European
festivals have also transpired (Hove Festival, Norway and Peace &
Love, Sweden). All the while they have been building up and grooming a
legion of die-hard crackpot fans ready to creep out from under logs or
something and support the band wherever they play.
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