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]
DiscographyEdit
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]
^Gross, Philip (February 2001). "The Scene Is Now – Philip Dray Interview". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved 2021-02-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Bracy, Timothy; Bracy, Elizabeth (2012-10-12). "Yo La Tengo Albums From Worst To Best". Stereogum. Retrieved 2021-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Champ, Richard (2015-05-13). "Remembering a post-Longhorn friendship with Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore". The Current. Retrieved 2021-02-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Margasak, Peter (1995-12-21). "Too Much Too Soon". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
scene, scene, york, city, based, avant, garde, wave, band, from, 1980s, founding, members, were, dick, champ, philip, dray, jeff, mcgovern, also, mofungo, chris, nelson, influences, included, holy, modal, rounders, fugs, wave, noise, music, bands, mars, tradit. 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 NowOriginNew York CityPast membersDick Champ Philip Dray Jeff McGovern Chris NelsonTheir 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 EditBurn 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 Edit a b https www forcedexposure com Artists THE SCENE IS NOW html The Scene Is Now at Forced Exposure Gross Philip February 2001 The Scene Is Now Philip Dray Interview Perfect Sound Forever Retrieved 2021 02 18 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Bracy Timothy Bracy Elizabeth 2012 10 12 Yo La Tengo Albums From Worst To Best Stereogum Retrieved 2021 06 01 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Champ Richard 2015 05 13 Remembering a post Longhorn friendship with Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore The Current Retrieved 2021 02 18 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Margasak Peter 1995 12 21 Too Much Too Soon Chicago Reader Retrieved 2017 12 19 a b TM New Releases This article on a United States experimental music band is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Scene Is Now amp oldid 1077378439, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
