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'''S.C.U.M''' were a South East London based [[post-punk]]/[[art rock]] group. Its members were Thomas Cohen (vocals), Bradley Baker (machines, press), Samuel Kilcoyne (keyboards), Huw Webb (bass), and Melissa Rigby (drums). The band previously included Ruaridh Connellan (drums) and Joseph Williams (bass, media). S.C.U.M take their name from [[Valerie Solanas]]' manifesto, [[SCUM Manifesto]], an ironic reference to the all-male band before Connellan's dismissal.<ref name="q_08_2011">Simon Goddard. ''[[Q (magazine)|Q magazine]]'', August 2011 #301 issue. New to Q. Introducing the month's hottest talent... S.C.U.M., p. 39</ref>

== History ==

S.C.U.M formed in early 2008, with its initial line-up consisting of Thomas Cohen, Bradley Baker, Samuel Kilcoyne (founder of the Underage club nights and the [[Underage festival|festival spin off]] as well as the son of [[Add N to X]]|Add N to X's]] Barry 7),<ref name="q_08_2011"/> drummer Ruaridh Connellan, and bassist Joseph Williams who left early on in the band's career due to his priorities, which lay in his desire to become a barrister.<ref name="q_08_2011"/>

S.C.U.M's debut single "Visions Arise" was released on [[Loog Records]] on 15 September 2008.<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/SCUM-Visions-Arise/release/1527731 S.C.U.M. - Visions Arise]. @ Discogs.</ref> Since then the band have toured extensively across the UK and Europe to a growing fan base and released three exclusive digital download tracks called [http://www.viceland.com/music/2009/04/scum-launch-their-signal-on-viceland/ SIGNALS]. While S.C.U.M were travelling across Europe performing shows, they were taking studio time in each city they visited to record new works specific to each location. The music documented their sonic journey and acted as an audio visual scrapbook of the bands travels and musical progression. S.C.U.M have recorded a series of "SIGNALS" in [[Warsaw]], [[Berlin]], [[Paris]] and recently in [[Athens]]. S.C.U.M "SIGNAL (4) ATHENS" will be released later this year. [[Paris]] was the most extreme of these; the band described it as a painting of their minds at the time. Cohen later said "Paris was the one that started it, I just remember taking to bed one night after contemplating the early Dada artists and the lyrics came to me in a screen of emotion signals". They were featured and interviewed in the April 2010 edition of ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''.<ref>http://cover.mojo4music.com/Item.aspx?pageNo=1810&year=2010</ref>