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Scanner Freaks

Enjoy Your Music Life!

About Me

We are Scanner Freaks!
We like to play music!
We like the music we play!
We like you to come to shows!

Seriously, listen to the music, come to a show (any show really-support local music!) and there you go. We all listen to quite a bit of different music. It influences us! You influence us! Thanks! This was swell! Glad we shared this moment!
We are proudly a DIY Band.

We Didn't Say This:
"Their songs are short but sharp, instantly memorable melodic shout-alongs riding a razor's edge of buzzsaw guitars and rhythms bounding relentlessly forward. It's a sound that hearkens back to D.C.'s late 80's post-hardcore past, without suffering in the comparison"- Ian Buckwalter, DCist.com
"Maybe the most exciting young band on D.C.'s rock scene... And while Scanner Freaks calls itself a post-punk band, it's not that angular guitar post-punk exhausting the airwaves. The emphasis is on punk -- CBGB's through Dischord's heyday. This is a noisy band with a touch of psychedelic garage rock."- Matthew Stabley, NBC4.com
"With little more than a year and a dozen shows under their belt, this post-punk quintet is already stirring up quite a reaction in the District. While their sound is rife with comparisons to D.C.'s hardcore progenitors, these Freaks manage to graft their own mix of sweaty garage rock and snarling punk shout-alongs into their two-minute tunes, reminding Washingtonians what it's like to have fun with rock 'n' roll. " - Hilary Crowe, The Eagle Online
"Fuck the Scanner Freaks!" - The New Dumb
Bands We've Played with:
Official*
Supreme Commander*
Unabombers*
Destruct-a-thon
Adam West*
The Holy Fire
Millions
The Cadence
Antelope
Librarians
Meet the Speakers
the Omega Band
Schoolyard Heroes
Teeth of Mammals
The Velocet
Maple
Tartufi
The Horrors
The Vita Ruins
The Jaguar Club
Gaslignt Society
Monkey Brawl
Jelly Sharks
*denotes a pending show
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Member Since: 1/28/2006
Band Website: scannerfreaks.com
Band Members: NEXT SHOW:

WE ARE:
Derrick-Guitar
John-Guitar
Jake-Bass
Kurt-Drums
Zak-Vocals



Influences: Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Fugazi, Hoover, Tanner, Jawbox, Jawbreaker, Blue Tip, Iron Maiden, The Stooges, Misfits
Record Label: DIY
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Fall Time Fun Fest!

So - here's the skinny on the next few months - AKA  The FALL!We begin recording sessions this Sunday - we're all pretty excited about that - after the whole recording process is done, we should ...
Posted by Scanner Freaks on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:51:00 PST

Show Reviewed - NBC4.com -DC Scene

Check it out HEREPretty cool stuff.
Posted by Scanner Freaks on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:13:00 PST

RETURN!

Hello Gentle Readers,After a short hiatus we return to the stage Saturday the 22nd.  It should be great.  I know we are seriously looking forward to playing with some awesome bands:  Th...
Posted by Scanner Freaks on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:34:00 PST

Some Stuff!

    Just wanted to take a moment to thank all you folks who made it out to Fort Reno and the Red and the Black last night for our last two shows.  Without you folks coming out, the...
Posted by Scanner Freaks on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:40:00 PST

DCist.com Three Star Review: June 27th 2007

Check it out here
Posted by Scanner Freaks on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:55:00 PST

Summer Time Update!

Hey All!Well, we are looking forward to the rest of the summer, as we have some exciting things on the horizon.  First - as you may already know we will be playing Fort Reno with Antelope and the...
Posted by Scanner Freaks on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:06:00 PST

Fort Reno Update

Hey all!  The Fort Reno schedule has been announced!  We are happy and excited to say that we are playing with DC's own Antelope and the Omega Band. Both are great bands and should be checke...
Posted by Scanner Freaks on Thu, 31 May 2007 10:14:00 PST

Hey Peoples! -About Adding-

I hope you are all doing well!I just wanted to address something in regards to Myspace.  There are quite a few bands/promoters/spammers out there who's primary goal is to add as many people to th...
Posted by Scanner Freaks on Thu, 24 May 2007 03:18:00 PST

Ft. Reno!

Well we have been extended an invitation "to join us on the big red stage this summer" (Thanks Amanda!)For those of you who don't know, that means we will be performing at one of the Fort Reno shows!!...
Posted by Scanner Freaks on Mon, 07 May 2007 10:12:00 PST

Featured Song

So we were featured on a site called redfizz to a generally receptive public...Feel free to go check it out, rate our song if you like, say whatever you want... that's the fun!Enjoy! ...
Posted by Scanner Freaks on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:37:00 PST