Biography
1. Scouts is a post-hardcore/pop-punk band from the North West of England.
2. Scouts is a quartet from Kansas City, Missouri that made a name for themselves in the region from 2007 - late 2009. After two rigorous national and multiple regional supporting tours Scouts found themselves being courted by a few labels and agencies in early 2009. In the Spring of ‘09 the band relocated to Kansas City from the buzzing college town of Columbia, MO and began pre-production/ recording demos. Later that summer the band eventually split due to touring restraints posed by some members, financial struggles, and the ever growing cliche; creative differences. The 2 years the band existed seemed to be a game of musical chairs around the two remaining founding members, namely, Singer/Guitarist Chris Thomas. The two years that lapsed between reincarnations of the band Scouts was anything but a hiatus for Thomas who rekindled the flame with original Scouts’ bassist Justin Olson, and later, guitarist Mark Penechar; as a band called Giant Radio. The trio immediately began writing and in 2010 set out on two Southern tours, but were unable to tie down a solid member in the drummer department. As Giant Radio began losing traction on a downward slope the name Scouts and it’s past triumphs began being tossed around between the three. It was only when Drew Van Horn took the reigns on drums did the quartet decide to revive the name Scouts. In September 2011, the band played it’s “revival” show to a sold out crowd in Columbia, MO; which served as a huge reinforcement of their decision. The quartet has strayed a bit from the chimmey crescendos and epic choruses it was once known for in the region, yet there is no way for Thomas to escape the melodic purity and ghostly shimmer of his voice. These four musicians hold true to their Midwestern roots and dialect, but show a promise of appeal beyond the streets of small Midwestern cities and dismal college towns. Their music as been said to have the strength of Shoegaze icons My Bloody Valentine, the lyrical credibility of Pedro the Lion/David Bazan, and the melodic purity of ‘Clarity era’ Jimmy Eat World.
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3. The Scouts were a surf / exotica band from from the late 60s.
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