User talk:Baltasound

Sea Scouts formed in Hobart in 1995, following Tim Evans' ending of his previous band Mouth. Firstly comprising of Tim (vocals, guitar), Zach von Bamburger (vocals, bass) and Monica Fikerle (drums), then Tim, Zach and a drum machine, this lineup released $100 000 Mammal (no label,1995). Zach left and was replaced by Alex Pope (vocals, bass) and Andy Hazel (drums), before Sara Libero took the drum stool and they recorded the album Pattern Recognition (Choozy/Unstable Ape 1996). Within weeks of it's release Sea Scouts toured estern Australia supporting Pavement and made inroads, building on the reputation of Mouth. Months later they again left Hobart to support Archers of Loaf, before returning to the lineup of Tim, Alex and Monica and moved to Melbourne. Once there they set about establishing a formidable live reputation, supporting Mogwai and other international acts, and realeasing another full-length CD Beacon Of Hope (Patsy/Unstable Ape, 1998). Sea Scouts gathered a reputation as a formidable live act, due to their thunderously intense sonic force, though they used the same instruments and even effects pedals, the Sea Scouts sounded like no one else. Alex's riff-heavy, high-pitched bass was glued to Tim's guitar through masses of disortion, volume and a rigourous rehearsal schedule. The often snare-free drumming underpinned an almost Moe Tucker-like tom-heavy simplicity that counterpointed Tim's lyrics of alienation, social injustice and small-town Tasmanian nightmares born from poverty in winter and a willful ignorence of technical ability. Following their split in 2000 Tim moved on to front Bird Blobs, Alex returned to Hobart to front Vodka Party, and now terrifyingly good metal band The Ruins while the prolific Monica joined Love of Diagrams and Baseball.