Time for the next edition of Metal Anarchy’s “new music showcase,” the feature where I introduce you to artists that readers of this site may find interesting. This time I have a Q&A with Scandal Tree.
METAL ANARCHY: Tell me a little about your band:
SCANDAL TREE: Scandal Tree was formed by founding member and drummer Dano aka Rip in 2019. Since this time it has morphed through several line up changes but has kept to its original idea of not confining ourselves to a specific genre or sound. We are a collective of different musical tastes, backgrounds, experience and ideas which makes our writing process somewhat exciting, unpredictable and the end results pleasantly surprising!
METAL ANARCHY: Who are your main influences?
SCANDAL TREE: As mentioned before we all come from a varied background of musical influences.
For myself I (Dano) love the 90s Grunge, Hard Rock sounds into the Alternative genre of the 2000s, but my main influences had been GNR, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and INXS.
Grant would say AC/DC and that he was heavily influenced by their “Powerage” album.
Joe would say the Models a post Punk/New Wave band from Australia with specific reference to their album “The Pleasure Of Your Company.” They have a New Romantic cool and a toughness in their sound that could only come from Aussie music. He also has huge respect for The Police and many others… Joe is a font of knowledge about some of the older styles of music embedded in grass roots Blues Rock and other eclectic musical movements over the years.
Peter would look towards an act like The Living End from Australia but he also loves old school Van Halen from the David Lee Roth days.
Huck would say Cold Chisel in particular their “Circus Animals” album but he also loves bands like Avatar that bring an element of theatre to their performances.
SCANDAL TREE: What is your latest release and why should readers of this site check it out?
METAL ANARCHY: We released our debut album, “Never Look a Gift Foot in the Mouth” along with “Tooth Fairy,” “Ava Don’t Cry,” “Skin in the Game” and “Twenty-O-Six” all with weird,trippy mind provoking, and emotional vid clips.
Readers should take a listen to our songs because they tell stories against a back drop of musical compositions that are dictated to only by these stories rather than a specific genre or fitting a song idea that’s round into a square hole.
We let the story guide us and allow our sense of musical knowledge to show us the way. Each song takes you down a path of discovery in amongst a backdrop of sinister, dark, sometimes cryptic and disturbing themes around addiction, lust, adultery, financial hardship, political turmoil, murder & mental derangement and the list goes on…
Our songs are guaranteed to drag your listeners in and get them hooked. They’ll be singing “Yum Yum Yum Yummio” and “It Don’t Seem Like” all on a subconscious level without much thought or control it’s just that catchy!
METAL ANARCHY: What can people expect when they go to your live shows?
SCANDAL TREE: Possibly some costuming, a wardrobe malfunction…. Maybe some crazy antics from our frontman Huck and his sidekick Joe the bassist who takes up the persona of a mischievous kid brother. Mostly fans get an authentically genuine, engaging, and high energy show that can have one on a roller coaster ride of feelings. It’s just a good time and about having fun!
METAL ANARCHY: Where do you see your band heading in 5 years?
SCANDAL TREE: That’s a tough one! Hopefully we’re all still alive and writing; & enjoying the creation of music. I don’t think you could ask for any more than that as anything else is a pipe dream. It’s all for nothing regardless if you don’t have the passion.
So in 5 years time I’d (Dano) say keeping the passion alive. On a grander scale it’d be nice in under 5 years that people discovered our music and propelled us to the big stage and global tours to bring people the energy and emotion of our music in a live setting.
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