The recording was released as a B-side on the Afghan Whigs' Debonair single, and later appeared on a promotional CD The B-Sides/The Conversation and on the remastered ' Gentlemen' At 21. Our double sided holiday photo cards will be the talk of all your family and friends. The Whigs also recorded a cover of 'Ready' from Scrawl's He's Drunk with Mays sharing vocals with Greg Dulli. Marcy Mays appeared as lead singer on 'My Curse' from the album Gentlemen by the Afghan Whigs. The band was then signed their first major label deal with Elektra, for whom they released two albums, Travel On, Rider, and Nature Film. It was engineered by Steve Albini (around the time he produced Nirvana), and released on the Simple Machines label. They recorded their next album, Velvet Hammer, in 1993. The song's vulnerable-yet-sturdy theme is so fitting for Scrawl that it would be easy to mistake it for a Mays original. Their next release, a seven-track EP called Bloodsucker, was released on the Chicago-based Feel Good All Over label (then reissued on Simple Machines Records).ĭrummer O'Leary left the group in May 1992, and was replaced by Dana Marshall. The band's crafty folk-punk is served up with rare emotion, closing out with a biting version of 'I Need You' that is just as gripping as Eurythmics ' original. Background group or band Origin Columbus, Ohio Genre Indie. The founding members were Marcy Mays (vocals and guitar), Sue Harshe (bass guitar), and Carolyn OLeary (drums). filed for bankruptcy in 1990, the band placed a successful bid to purchase back their master recordings during an auction held during the label's Chapter 11 proceedings. Infobox musical artist Name Scrawl Img capt Scrawl in a promotional shot from 1989. Their first album, Plus, Also, Too, was released in 1987 on the No Other record label. Their first show, in the summer of 1985, was a 20-minute opening spot for the Meat Puppets. The following year the band was signed to the ill-fated Rough Trade Records U.S., for whom they released two albums, He's Drunk (produced by Jim Rondinelli) and Smallmouth (produced by Gary Smith). The founding members were Marcy Mays (vocals and guitar), Sue Harshe (bass guitar), and Carolyn O'Leary (drums). Their first album, Plus, Also, Too, was self-produced (with Andy Izold) and released in 1987 on the local label No Other Records. The founding members were Marcy Mays (lead vocals, guitar, songwriting), Sue Harshe (bass guitar, backing vocals, songwriting), and Carolyn O'Leary (drums).

Scrawl was an American indie rock trio based in Columbus, Ohio, and active from the mid-1980s.

Scrawl band