S.C.U.M

S.C.U.M

S.C.U.M is a London-based post-punk and art rock group active from 2008 to 2013. The band takes its name from the 1968 feminist manifesto Society for Cutting Up Men. It forms in late 2007 and is based in South East London.

Career

The group releases its first single, Visions Arise, in 2008, with production by Tom Cowan of The Horrors. Drummer Ruaridh Conellan leaves the band and is replaced by Melissa Rigby in November 2008. The line-up also includes Webb and Baker. After the change in personnel, the band releases its debut album Again Into Eyes, which reaches number 192 in the UK albums chart. The album includes the singles Amber Hands and Whitechapel.

Later activity

The band splits in early 2013. Afterward, Webb, Rigby and Baker form the trio Astral Pattern.