Scary Mother (also styled as Scarymother) were an Australian rock band. They were formed in 1990. Anthony Brown on lead guitar, Tim Burcham on drums, Andrew Gillespie on lead vocals and Toby (Tobias) Messiter (ex-Wildland) on keyboards. They released a self-titled three-track extended play in August 1992 via
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival M ...
' distributor MDS.
Scary Mother supported
Faith No More
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in April and May 1993. The Australian group's first single, "Lord of the Flies", was issued to coincide with the tour and was produced by
Festival Records
Festival Records (later known as Festival Mushroom Records) was an Australian recording and publishing company founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1952 and operated until 2005.
Festival was a wholly owned subsidiary of News Limited from 1961 t ...
.
Australian musicologist,
Ian McFarlane
Ian McFarlane (born 1959) is an Australian music journalist, music historian and author, whose best known publication is the ''Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop'' (1999), which was updated for a second edition in 2017.
As a journalist h ...
, described how, "
hey
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* Hey (band), a Polish rock band
Albums
* ''Hey'' (Andreas Bourani album) or the title song (see below), 2014
* ''Hey!'' (Julio Iglesias album) or the title song, 1980
* ''Hey!'' (Jullie album) or the title s ...
played a brooding, melodic brand of rock fleshed out by sweeping, atmospheric keyboard flourishes and barely restrained passion. Frontman Andrew Gillespie's vocals were likened variously to Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and The Cult's Ian Astbury, which was a good indication of heirmusical gambit." Brown, Gillespie and Messiter formed progressive rockers, Floating Me, in 2009, with
Lucius Borich
Lucius Borich (born 1971) is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer for the band Cog (band), Cog, and previously the drummer in funk metal band Juice (Australian band), Juice and in The Hanging Tree (band), The Hanging Tree as well a ...
from
Cog
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and Jon Stockman of
Karnivool
Karnivool is an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band ...
.
Band members
* Tim Burcham – drums
* Anthony Brown – guitar
* Andrew Gillespie – vocals
* Toby Messiter – keyboards
* Dorian West – bass guitar
Discography
Albums
Extended plays
* ''Scary Mother'' (1992) –
MDS
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* Brazilian Ministry of Social Development
* Mennonite Disaster Service, a disaster relief volunteer group
* Movement for Socialist Democracy (''Mouvement pour la Démocratie Socialiste''), a former politi ...
Singles
*"Lord of the Flies" (1993)
*"Who are You?" (1993)
*"Looking Down" (1994)