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SCARCE --"DEAD BLEAUX" (Official Music Video)

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Uploaded by on Apr 23, 2009

Directed by: Habib Semaan

www.myspace.com/scarcetheband
SCARCE is:
Chick Graning
Joyce Raskin
Joe Propatier

Title of track is "Dead Bleaux"
copyright 2008 Scarce, LLC
Album is Tattoos and Parades

"Dead sexy Scarce sounded like all those parts of R.E.M and Bowie no one is supposed to like. Scarce had such passion and self-belief it hurt." - Everett True, Live Through This American Rock Music in the 90s

"On a lesser night Scarce were a fine rock band; on a good night they were a force of nature." - Brett Milano, Boston Phoenix 10.07

IT'S LIKE THIS...Scarce was a genius, dead sexy band from Rhode Island. Scarce—a trio comprising Chick Graning, Joyce Raskin and a series of drummers who never remained long enough to catch their names—a band that fired imagination and moved as if possessed by their libidos, who took all the bits that David Bowie and R.E.M left out and mutated them into a searing, mesmerizing whole. Fugazi once snagged a plectrum bassist Joyce had been using, claiming theyd never seen so much blood on one. Chick was straight out of the Marcel Marceau school of expression. His grimaces, the way he thrust his guitar into the air, his leaps & bounds, were inspirational. His silken shirt & jacket didnt just get soaked. Little rivulets of sweat would continue to form on his back an hour after Scarce had finished playing. Scarce were so cool; they would grab hold of all the cracks other bands fall through & make something of them.

In 1995, following a support tour with Hole in Europe and on the verge of seriously breaking it big with their debut album Deadsexy, Chick suffered a brain aneurysm and lapsed into a coma for several weeks. He recovered & astonishingly, Scarce kept going as a band till 1997, playing two major US tours—even though this meant Chick relearning all his guitar parts and vocals from scratch. But the strain of his illness took it's toll on the band and they went their separate ways.

BACK TO THE FUTUREWriting a book about the band called, Aching To Be led to Joyce contacting Chick, and then to Scarces re-forming, ending nine years of silence. Songwriting is already under way for a new album, and Deadsexy, along with previously unreleased material and pre-A&M demos is now available on iTunes. With no expectations but to savor being a real band again, and no one to answer to but themselves, Scarce finally have the happy new beginning they deserved all along.

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  • That was some sweet ass fighting by Zac and Oliver FRANK.

    Haha. They got your name wrong.

  • woops... Oliver will be famous by the new name in Hollywood :)

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  • so exciting to see this video after having watched Scarce live many years ago.

  • Oh, this was awesome! What fun, major applause to all involved! Excellent! :)

    ps (my favorite part was when the girls pushed Joe off the drum kit & riser bwahahahahaha) :D

  • Beautiful *-*

  • LOVE IT!

  • Durfee high!

    Woot Woot!

  • SOOO Much.. XDD

  • i love you mr. b

  • Bravo 7ebo

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