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S.C.U.M were a South East London-based post-punk/art rock group. Its members were Thomas Cohen (vocals), Bradley Baker (machines, press), Samuel Kilcoyne (keyboards), Huw Webb (bass), and Melissa Rigby (drums). The band previously included Ruaridh Connellan (drums) and Joseph Williams (bass, media). S.C.U.M took their name from Valerie Solanas' manifesto, SCUM Manifesto, an ironic reference to the all-male band before Connellan's dismissal and replacement by Rigby.〔''Q magazine'', "New to Q: Introducing the month's hottest talent...S.C.U.M", Issue 301, p. 39, August 2011, Simon Goddard〕 ==History== S.C.U.M formed in early 2008 with its initial line-up consisting of Thomas Cohen, Bradley Baker, Samuel Kilcoyne (founder of the Underage club nights and the festival spin off as well as the son of Add N to X's Barry 7), drummer Ruaridh Connellan, and bassist Joseph Williams who left early on in the band's career due to his desire to become a barrister.〔 S.C.U.M's debut single, "Visions Arise", was released on Loog Records on 15 September 2008.〔(S.C.U.M. - Visions Arise ). @ Discogs.〕 Since then the band have toured extensively across the UK and Europe to a growing fan base and released three exclusive digital download tracks called (SIGNALS ). While S.C.U.M were travelling across Europe performing shows, they were taking studio time in each city they visited to record new works specific to each location. The music documented their sonic journey and acted as an audio visual scrapbook of the bands travels and musical progression. S.C.U.M have recorded a series of "SIGNALS" in Warsaw, Poland; Berlin, Germany; Paris, France; and Athens, Greece. S.C.U.M "SIGNAL (4) ATHENS" will be released later this year. Paris was the most extreme of these with the band describing it as a painting of their minds at the time. Cohen later said, "'Paris' was the one that started it; I just remember taking to bed one night after contemplating the early Dada artists and the lyrics came to me in a screen of emotion signals". They were featured and interviewed in the April 2010 edition of ''Mojo''.〔http://cover.mojo4music.com/Item.aspx?pageNo=1810&year=2010〕 S.C.U.M. were chosen by Portishead to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival that they curated in July 2011 at London's Alexandra Palace.〔(ATP: I'll Be Your Mirror London )〕 On 18 July 2011, the single entitled "Amber Hands" was released by Mute Records and was described by Pitchfork as "the mammoth first single from the London shoegazers".〔(Releases. ) mutedotcom.wordpress.com.〕〔(S.C.U.M. - Amber Hands. )〕 The band recorded their debut album with producers Ken and Jolyon Thomas whose production credits (individually and together) include David Bowie, Public Image Ltd, Sigur Ros, and Psychic TV among others. The album, ''Again Into Eyes'', was released on 12 September 2011 via Mute Records and received generally positive reviews with a 7.3 rating from aggregating website, AnyDecentMusic?.〔(S.C.U.M. release their debut album 'Again Into Eyes' ). -hangout.altsounds.com.〕 On 11 December 2011, Thomas Cohen and his girlfriend Peaches Geldof announced their engagement. Geldof announced on 5 January 2012 that Geldof and Cohen were expecting their first child. Their son was born in April 2012 and was named Astala Dylan Willow Geldof-Cohen. Cohen fought speculation that he would leave S.C.U.M and has fought against accusations that his life with Geldof would see him sell out his hipster image. On 27 August 2012, Rough Trade exclusively released what they dubbed a "lost EP" by the band. The limited edition run of 300 7" vinyl was recorded at 1-2-3-4 HQ studios in East London and intended as a self-release. However, due to a mix-up at the pressing plant, the vinyl went missing. A recent clear-out of a storage cupboard revealed the metalwork for the pressing and it was returned to the band who approached Rough Trade about releasing it. On 12 January 2013, S.C.U.M. announced via Facebook that they were splitting up after their long hiatus. They also made hints of solo projects to come soon. In June 2013, it was announced that former members Melissa Rigby, Huw Webb, and Bradley Baker had undertaken a new project named Astral Pattern. The dream pop band released a first single, "Sitting in the Sun", and that an EP titled ''Light Poems'' would be released shortly.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「S.C.U.M (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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