Scarymother

How or when the group Scarymother came about with their classically trained multi-instrumentalist bass player we simply don't know, but hopefully, as with features we've run in the past, someone from the band's past will get in touch with us over time and impart some more facts for us to share.So Scarymother was born, two singles were released in 1993, the aforementioned "Lord Of The Flies" and "Who Are You". With great major label interest from day one the band had signed early on to ATI and released another single, "Looking Down", in 1994, along with their debut long player, "Tai Laeo". In the midst of all that were the now legendary FNM support shows and other headlining spots, particularly in Melbourne and their hometown of Sydney.All this is rather amazing considering there are two things I hear constantly from people when the subject of Scarymother is broached. "Best Australian hard rock song ever", is the prevalent quote, referencing the band's 1993 single, "Lord Of The Flies". And those really into the song and the band know the single version is actually a more powerful rendition than that which appeared on Scarymother's 1994 album, "Tai Laeo". Another comment comes from only those who were able to catch one of Scarymother's all too rare live shows, specifically their support tour slots with Faith No More on their 1993 Australian tour. Common consensus amongst seasoned Australian hard rock fans was that Scarymother blew Faith No More off the stage more than once on the tour. And lastly, when describing front man Andrew Gillespie's vocal performances, "a dirty, deeper and meaner Eddie Vedder" sums up most comments. Eddie Vedder being one of the biggest stars to emanate from Seattle around the time with Pearl Jam as part of the grunge movement. It could be summised that Scarymother's fame was so fleeting that with the death of grunge came the more premature death of Australia's version of the genre.And that was the end to the Scarymother story. We'd never hear from them again. As for what the former Scarymother guys are up to these days, we can only really disclose many details about one of them as the rest we've not had any communication with and are unaware whether they're keen for us to reveal too much about in terms of their whereabouts and such as, for all we can ascertain, they're out of the public eye. Scarymother - Lord of the Flies Scarymother - Looking DownScarymother - Who Are You?