The Scene Is Now

The Scene is Now is a New York City-based avant-garde no wave jug band from the 1980s.[1] Its founding members were Dick Champ, Philip Dray, Jeff McGovern (also of Mofungo), and Chris Nelson.[2] Influences included the Holy Modal Rounders, The Fugs, the no wave noise music bands DNA and Mars, and the traditional Americana of Bob Wills and Hoagy Carmichael.[1]

The Scene Is Now
OriginNew York City
Past members
  • Dick Champ
  • Philip Dray
  • Jeff McGovern
  • Chris Nelson

Their songs, most of which are compiled on the album The Oily Years, tend to be somewhat rough, lo-fi recordings. Their song Yellow Sarong was later covered by Yo La Tengo for the 1990 album Fakebook.[3]

Thurston Moore called the band's sound "drunken sailor music" as a compliment.[4]

Discography
  • Burn All Your Records (Lost, 1985)
  • Total Jive (Lost, 1986)
  • Tonight We Ride (Lost, 1988)
  • Shotgun Wedding (Lost, 1991; released only on cassette due to a lack of funds)[5]
  • The Oily Years (Bar/None, 1995)
  • Songbirds Lie (Tongue Master, 2004)[6]
  • Magpie Alarm (Tongue Master, 2011)[6]

References
  1. https://www.forcedexposure.com/Artists/THE.SCENE.IS.NOW.html The Scene Is Now at Forced Exposure
  2. Gross, Philip (February 2001). "The Scene Is Now – Philip Dray Interview". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  3. Bracy, Timothy; Bracy, Elizabeth (2012-10-12). "Yo La Tengo Albums From Worst To Best". Stereogum. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  4. Champ, Richard (2015-05-13). "Remembering a post-Longhorn friendship with Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore". The Current. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  5. Margasak, Peter (1995-12-21). "Too Much Too Soon". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  6. "TM - New Releases".


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