Searching rec.music.industrial for "scar tissue" on Google Groups (http://groups.google.com) leads to some informative posts from the 1990s. below is a post by Jason Troy, replying to a request for recommendations on which Scar Tissue CD to buy first.

Original thread is here.

July 18, 1999
posted by: Jason Troy

*whips out all three Scar Tissue releases and starts to listen*

TMOTD

12 tracks and 13 "devices" The devices are short bursts of rythm/drumming/texture drones/screeches that range in lenght from 12 seconds to the longest one which is 1minute and58 seconds. The idea is that you put your cd player on shuffle and these little devices scatter themselves between the regular tracks randomly and add incredible chaos and diversity. It really works.

Warning though. These devices are very harsh and experimental. Much like the ritualistic/experimental side of powernoise/dark ambient etc. If you dont like your music harsh, you probably wont like this cd. Many of the beats can at times sound like the "harsh" stuff from the first Gridlock album.

But few tracks contain much in the way of soft melodies (ala the mentallo you bought). The emphasis is on creative drumming programming and beat patterns. Other then the tracks Subterrain and Cascade, nothing is really ment for the dance floor on TMOTD imo. Beat and rythm are present in globs...but it doesnt "feel" dancy. (which is good!)

Damn...the more i listen to this more im being blown away. This cd came out in 97 if im not mistaken....and if a band were to release something of this quality on Ant-Zen today, wed ALL know about it. I honestly think some of the tracks are that good.

Tracks like Membrane, Gravity, and In This Place have an "ethnic" "tibeten?" feel to them. (you know the place where the women wear the veils over their faces)

And other tracks are slow ambient pieces. Dark and full of chaos.

Highly recomended! But only if you can tollerate the Ant-Zen, Cold Meat, Dive ish stuff. (tough to compare bands to Scar Tissue though - another plus!)

Separator

Like Dayv says, its way more "puppyish" then TMOTD (splinterland, stance, soil, and choking on fate are VERY puppyish). 17 songs that are more structured then TMOTD. The same solid drum programming and beat patterns are present on every track. These beats are always upfront and "in your face." Not hidden behind synth melodies. No two tracks even remotely sound alike to me. The variety is surely there.

Very interesting intros and out-tros to the songs. Scar Tissue deffinately got that part right. And like TMOTD vocals are present on very FEW tracks. Vocal samples are everywhere however.

Excellent for that fix of puppy we all want. (not an insult to anyone involved with Scar Tissue.....the puppy comparisons are pretty obvious to me)

Rebuild

A very underrated remix album imo. Few people talk about it.....but then again few people talk about Scar Tissue to begin with. Again, the variety of sounds youll hear on this album are incredible.

The album booklet/insert that comes with the cd has an interesting description of each track and who remixed it. (great little stories behind what your listening to)

Stand out tracks include:
Subterrain mix by Daniel Myer of Cleen/Haujobb - This track acutally sounds like its off a Newt album to me.
Cascade mix by cEvin Key - Pure download chaos. This is what we will be listening to if we lived in the bladerunner time period and walked into an exotic stripclub/bar/tattoo parlor.
Scsix mix by New Minds Jonathan Sharp - Funky beat/melodies and its downloadish also.
Afekt - unreleased track. Incredible and bruttal ambient track. Militaristic drumming at the end. Harsh samples and panning sounds. :)
Lattice - new unreleased track. Dive/Suicide Commando/Imminant Starvation power noise type track.
Identified by Dental Records - Harsh haunted house screems with riffing guitar and ritualistic drumming. Uptempo track.

Hope this helps. Buy at least one Scar Tissue album and go from there. :)

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2nd REPLY

Just throwing in my spare change here. I second everything Dayv and Jason said about TMOTD. I love this cd, and I really enjoy this band live, too. I think you owe it to yourself to buy it (you may be able to find it used), throw it in the changer while you're kicking back reading your Sideline or Orkus mags, and see if it grows on you. If it hasn't taken root in your brain stem after a few plays, then it may
not be for you. Then you'll know of some other things that you need to be wary of, such as much of the ant zen offerings. But my advice is to give it a shot.

Joe