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For a band who were always going to burn out before they faded away, punk infidels The Scare are sadly/happily/stupidly (delete as appropriate) calling it a day. Ending on a high with the undeniable brilliance and raw power of 2009′s OOZEVOODOO, drummer Samuel Pearton posted this message earlier today (15th June) on his Facebook…

“the scare announced it’s break-up after 7 long years of touring, craziness and all the rest of it. we are doing a last run of shows in July.. thankyou to everyone who ever helped the band, UK peeps totally included. hope to see as many of you as possible at the last shows.”

EMI, the band’s record company followed up with the press release below.

“It was a fun ride, it was a wild ride, at times it was a shit ride, at times you wanted it to never end type of ride.  But alas all good things must come to an end, and now it’s our turn.”  Kiss Reid 2010

I don’t think anyone that worked with The Scare or the guys themselves thought it would last this long… It was always destined to explode in some format.

The Scare who moved to Birmingham , UK when they were 18 quickly became the darlings of drink coasters such as NME and Kerrang magazines along with festivals such as Reading and Download both putting the band on their bill.

Below Par Records signed the band and released their debut album Chivalry in 2007 which was reviewed with mixed emotions, to which the band nearly issued this very same media release deciding that it wasn’t their time just yet.

The Scare then headed back into the studio with Daniel Johns to record and release their most defining work to date OOZEVOODOO, their sophomore album released in 2009.  It culminated all that had happened to them over the past 5 years and delivered them to this final moment now.

From playing on the Big Day Out tour in Australia, lead singer Kiss burning kids in the city of Brighton at 5am one morning to rave 9/10 album reviews in the UK and then not having enough money to get back over there, The Scare was always a juxtaposition that could never be resolved.

Kiss Reid, Wade Keighran, William O’Brien, Brock Fitzgerald and Samuel Pearton would like to thank everyone that helped them in their story to now and will be forever appreciative.

In a final last effort to take something once more, The Scare will be playing the following farewell shows:

Friday 9th of July – Sussex Inlet Tavern, Sussex Inlet NSW
Saturday 10th July – Rats at Colonial Hotel, Melbourne VIC
Friday 16th July – Night Eats Day at Grand Hotel, Wollongong NSW
Saturday 17th July – Annandale Hotel, Sydney NSW*
* Supports at Annandale – Zeahorse and Psychonanny

With all band members currently dividing their time in side projects, moonlighting in other bands, doing session work or hustling for tricks on Crown st, this probably isn’t the last you’ll hear from the boys.