Silver Scooter Calls It Quits

Making it that much easier for us to ignore them

After three albums and one EP, the Austin band Silver Scooter has officially broken up. Scott Garred, the group's singer, guitarist and primary songwriter, has decided to pack up and move to Portland, and return to school. The band's final show (until the reunion!) will be December 15th at the Hole in the Wall in Austin.

Back in 1996, Silver Scooter released a seven-inch, "Biting My Nails," and the singles "Ball of Yarn" and "Cup and String." After the release of their first two records, Other Palm Springs and Orleans Parish, the band received lukewarm-- even negative-- reviews for its most recent album, The Blue Law. Bassist John Hunt and drummer Tom Hudson will continue to work in Austin on other projects.

Posted by Alan Haworth on Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 1:00am