The Scaramanga Six
| The Scaramanga Six | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Huddersfield, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, art rock, rockabilly |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Wrath Records |
| Associated acts |
Being 747 Graham Coxon Cardiacs Eureka Machines The Sisters of Mercy Kava Kava The Pigeon Detectives Spearmint The Disclaimers Landspeed Loungers Roger's Trout Farm |
| Website | www |
| Members | Paul Morricone Steven Morricone Julia Arnez Gareth Champion |
| Past members | Bill Bailey John Gulliver Emma Calvert Jem Bowden James Agnew Jenny Harris Stephen Gilchrist Anthony Sargeant Chris Catalyst James Kenosha |
The Scaramanga Six are an English rock band. Originally formed in 1995 and based in Huddersfield, the band currently consists of founder members Paul Morricone (vocals, guitar, various other instruments) and Steven Morricone (vocals, bass guitar, various other instruments) plus Julia Arnez (guitar, vocals) and Gareth Champion (drums).
The Scaramanga Six are noted for their aggressive live act and their flamboyant and theatrical songs, which have made them a significant band on the Leeds rock scene. Entirely self-managed and self-releasing (via their own Wrath Records label), their independent business practices and active promotion of other artists has seen them hailed as "the closest we'll see to a British answer to Fugazi" and described as "working entirely outside the indie scene, let alone the actual industry." The band also have a distinctive visual identity and style thanks to Paul Morricone's self-directed promotional films for the band, via his own Poison Pen Films and Thunder & Lighting companies.
Nominally and originally a sextet, the actual band lineup over the years has varied between four and six members. The ten former Scaramanga Six members include Stephen Gilchrist (leader of stuffy/the fuses, drummer for Graham Coxon) multi-instrumentalist Chris Catalyst (The Sisters of Mercy, Eureka Machines, Robochrist) and James Kenosha (drummer for Duels, producer for Pulled Apart By Horses, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Lone Wolf, Club Smith and Grammatics).
The Scaramanga Six play a tuneful and carefully arranged mixture of heavy rock, vocal pop, rockabilly, garage and crooner songs described as "intense-yet-aloof rock operas" (Drowned In Sound) and "B-movie chic combined with real musical muscle" (Kerrang). They have also been described as "a British Queens Of The Stone Age." Influences cited by the band themselves include The Stranglers, Cardiacs, The Cramps and Tony Bennett. Their song lyrics are characterised by themes of dark humour, desperation, tongue-in-cheek self-aggrandisement, criminality, "the drudgery of everyday life, work and office politics", and human/animal behaviourism.
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