Scratch Acid - Just Keep Eating

From the Austin, Texas noise punk scene. Scratch Acid deliberately avoided the loud, fast rules of hardcore as everything they didn’t want to be and embraced a weirder, artier sound. With members of The Jesus Lizard, Rapeman, Big Boys, and Tad. Scratch Acid made the ‘S/T’ EP in 1984 and this ‘Just Keep Eating’ full-length LP in 1986, both originally released on Rabid Cat. ‘Bezerker’ came out much later on Touch & Go. Maximum Rock ‘N’ Roll: an assortment of powerful, gritty rockers mixed in with a few artier numbers. A more rootsy rock approach is evident here, and the overall variety makes it recommendable.