The Mad Scene

The Mad Scene

The Mad Scene is a musical group based in New York City. Core members are drummer Hamish Kilgour, formerly of The Clean, and guitarist Lisa Siegel.

Career

The band was founded in 1990 in Auckland, New Zealand. They were originally called Monsterland but had to change the name upon moving to NYC the following year because there was already a local band of that name. [cite web|url=http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/archive_site/bands/general/madscene.html|title=Flying Nun Records New Zealand - The Mad Scene|accessdate=2007-12-02] They released an EP "Falling Over, Spilling Over" in 1992 on NYC label Homestead. Hamish's former label, New Zealand's Flying Nun released the band's debut album "A Trip Thru Monsterland" in 1993. cite web | url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=mad_scene |title=TrouserPress.com :: Mad Scene: | accessdate=2007-12-02] . After some personnel changes the band signed to Merge and a second album "Sealight" was released in 1996 which is regarded as their best work. .

The band opened for The Clean at NYC's Cake Shop on December 1, 2007, where they were joined by Yo La Tengo's Georgia Hubley on guitar. [cite news|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/47414-photos-the-clean-times-new-viking-new-york-ny-120107|title=Photos: The Clean / Times New Viking [New York, NY; 12/01/07] |publisher=Pitchfork|accessdate=2007-12-06|date=2007-12-03|coauthors=Matt LeMay and Christine Tadler]

Discography

*"Falling Over: Spilling Over" EP7 Homestead 1992
*"A Trip Thru Monsterland" Flying Nun 1993
*"Sealight" Merge 1995
*"The Greatest Time!" EP Merge 1995
*"Chinese Honey" EP Merge 1996

External links

*myspace|themadscene|the mad scene
* [http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=45 The Mad Scene] Merge Records profile
* [http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/archive_site/bands/general/madscene.html The Mad Scene] Flying Nun Records profile
*Pamphlet from Cake Shop show: Pages [http://www.archive.org/download/TheMadScenePamphlet/madscene1.png1] | [http://www.archive.org/download/TheMadScenePamphlet/madscene2.png2] | [http://www.archive.org/download/TheMadScenePamphlet/madscene3.png3] | [http://www.archive.org/download/TheMadScenePamphlet/madscene4.png4] | [http://www.archive.org/download/TheMadScenePamphlet/madscene5.png5] | [http://www.archive.org/download/TheMadScenePamphlet/madscene6.png6] (png)

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