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band founded in 1989 by Tommy Christ and Glen Cummings, after their Long Island, New York hardcore group

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, cross-dressing, and giant chickens. Their most popular single "Don't Call Me Dude" was a top-twenty pop single in Australia. The video received regular rotation on

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''. In 1993, Cummings parted ways with the others and moved to Nashville, founding the group Stone Deep. Christ, Neider, Brogna and Boyko wrote and released Scatterbrain's third release, a seven-song EP titled ''Mundus Intellectualis'' (1994). The band stopped writing, recording, and touring altogether in 1994. In 2007, Christ, Neider, Brogna and Ludichrist drummer Dave Miranda reunited to perform several Scatterbrain / Ludichrist reunion shows. Cummings did not participate.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Charting singles

References

External links

Scatterbrain MySpace page

Tommy Christ website
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