HISTORY

SCSI was formed at the beginning of 1999 when the remaining members of Brown (Tim Hills, Dom Smith and Tim Mason) met superb guitarist Adam Goodfellow, who had recently moved into the Cirencester area and was looking to rock out as much as possible. We then met drummer Jeremy Norburn and SCSI was born. We practiced at Kemble Air Base in a small house we rented, the noise began and we were soon playing out locally, starting off in a typically styled local - the Riverside pub in Lechlade. In the early days we were playing a wide range of songs from the romping war song Headline Story to the more subtle, yet still funky, Butt Bald. As the band developed its distinctive style a new drummer was found in the form of Andy Hughes from Cirencester-based punk band The English Disease. With him came added flair and a new direction for the band – the standard had been set.

However, after front man Dom got married and moved to the depths of Somerset , a hunt for a new front man began. A hunt that would take 5 years before the new, perfectly honed SCSI could finally be unveiled. After continuing on with several different singers, including brief spell with female vocalist Laura Boverniser, Matt Poole (the original vocalist and guitarist for aforementioned band Brown) was brought into the band. For the first time SCSI were beginning to sound really tight as a band and were getting closer to the distinctive style you can hear today.

Then, out of the blue, Tim Mason went AWOL. Missing from practice for weeks at a time, and with no means of contacting him, eventually Si Messenger (one of the founder members of Dilated) stepped into the breach and in at the deep end, switching his guitar for a bass and providing a solid rhythm section for the band, where he has remained ever since.

Tim’s brother Pete Hills also had a brief spell with the band - adding in scratching, keyboard and sound effects, but it was not to be as he left to pursue other projects. Pete is now playing solo acoustic guitar and is also a talented drum n bass DJ, playing out in Cheltenham and beyond under the name Hijinx.

By this point the SCSI set list had developed to include songs like Right In The Now and You Are Not Alone. SCSI was starting to write tracks we felt we could be proud of and we definitely managed to get the crowd going when playing live. Playing intimate gigs at venues like The Tin Can Club and the Two Pigs, we were starting to feel the set coming together. This, along with massive support from the crowds, spurred us on to put more time and effort into the project. When Matt left Andy took over his role as lead vocalist, whilst continuing to play drums. Despite his brilliant voice however, he was reluctant to leave his kit and front the band, bringing in Huw Parry as a replacement vocalist.

It was now 2002, soon after this SCSI went into the recording studio for the first time, resulting in a six track mini album (self titled). Pleased with the results of the recording SCSI began gigging around Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, playing at The Vic in Swindon and The Corn Hall in Cirencester along with many others, as well as headlining the Riffs Bar Festival.

By this point tensions had started to grow between Adam and Huw, and with the lack of input by Huw into the music, Huw quit, leaving SCSI back with the dilemma of having no front man. This time Andy stepped up and took on his new role as SCSI front man, replaced on the drums by Rich Watson. The album was re-recorded with the new line-up, but this too was not to last. Rich eventually proved not to be quite the drummer we were looking for, and Andy also left for pastures new – more specifically South East Asia and then Spain !

Whilst on the hunt for a new drummer Tim met a young man by the name of Matt Denham. This was back in December 2004 and Matt has been with the band ever since, using his distinctive hard-hitting style to help redefine the SCSI sound. Our final incarnation was completed with the introduction of Matt Murdoc as our new vocalist. A talented singer with a classic grunge edge to his voice, he has proved himself to be an immensely valuable addition to the band, both as a singer and a songwriter. With new material currently being recorded and several major SCSI events imminent, it really is a case of watch this space!