Scary Mother (also styled as Scarymother) were an Australian rock band. They were formed in 1990. Anthony Brown on lead guitar, Tim Burcham on drums, Andrew Gillespie on lead vocals and Toby (Tobias) Messiter (ex-Wildland) on keyboards. They released a self-titled three-track extended play in August 1992 via

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' distributor MDS. Scary Mother supported

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in April and May 1993. The Australian group's first single, "Lord of the Flies", was issued to coincide with the tour and was produced by

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for 'already gone') in May 1994. Note: McFarlane gives drummer as Tim Buchanan not Burcham It was produced by Rick Will for ATI/Mushroom Records/ Festival Records. Australian musicologist,

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, described how, " heyplayed a brooding, melodic brand of rock fleshed out by sweeping, atmospheric keyboard flourishes and barely restrained passion. Frontman Andrew Gillespie's vocals were likened variously to Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and The Cult's Ian Astbury, which was a good indication of

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musical gambit." Brown, Gillespie and Messiter formed progressive rockers, Floating Me, in 2009, with Lucius Borich from Cog and Jon Stockman of Karnivool.

Band members

* Tim Burcham – drums * Anthony Brown – guitar * Andrew Gillespie – vocals * Toby Messiter – keyboards * Dorian West – bass guitar

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

* ''Scary Mother'' (1992) –

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Singles

*"Lord of the Flies" (1993) *"Who are You?" (1993) *"Looking Down" (1994)

References

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