Our 13 seconds of fame, is our hope to keep this party going, We were lucky enough to be part of a ground braking project put out by Ratskin Records http://www.ratskin.org
Thanks to those guys the SCARAB flame is still going, small but going. Any way not only support us but also the rest of the bands that are in the compilation. Go visit http://www.ratskin.org/thirteenseconds.html check it out and buy the CD is only 9 bucks plus shipping (I think) and if you take the time to visit their page go and support the other bands in the label as well.
Remember our CD is available as well for only 5 Bucks, and there are limited copies.

Peace out for now,


Felipe

Many questions come to mind, Would he be able to afford to come back? Would he be so in love with Riverside that he will never want to come back? Would he go so far down to the border and forget his prove of citizenship, and never be able to come back into the country?
(Unless we hire a coyote form Blackwater)

That is why in this times of of love, peace and family BUY THE DAMN CD!!!
By purchasing our CD not only your are able to enjoy 12 remarkable tunes, or share them with the ones you love, but also helping us to keep our bassist in school. We do not want him to postpone his education due to the tough economic times. This will allow us to get back to the thing we love best, MUSIC!!!.
At the same time you are acquiring a LIMITED EDITION CD from the Bay area history during the-never-to-be-forgotten Bush presidential term.

You can buy it directly from us by e-mailing us ($5.
00 bucks plus shipping)
Or you can do it on-line by visiting http://cdbaby. com/cd/scarabmusic
You can get the CD or MP3 format.
You pick!!!!

Allow Scarab to enter in you hearts via the ear canal and enjoy this festive times along with us!!!!


Best,

SCARAB

After a unsuccessful year (at least for us) of playing around the Bay, we have decided to take what I call "mind-expanding-cultural-reconnection-hiatus" so for those of you beloved fans (yes!! you Ken, Testu, Marina and Trish) we hope to return soon to delight you with our new learned skills in the near future. In the mean time, please help us support our music by purchasing the CD, they are running out so you better get your own copy before CD players go out of stile.

See you in the sump!!!!

-Felipe

Hey everyone, Scarab's back in December.  Two shows:

Sunday, Dec.23 at El Rincon in SF

Thursday, Dec. 27 at the Beale Street Bar in SF

Hope to see ya. You've been warned.

hey everyone, just realized that i haven't posted anything about our last two shows.  both of which have been at that mecca of SF underground music, the beale street bar.  both shows went well (thanks to dave from psychokitty and rochelle from butcher for having us on each respective bill)....playing the most recent one made me really miss playing in scarab regularly and hanging out with the scarab crew.  before sentimental music starts to play, things get maudlin and i need a box of tissues, i will say that we will be playing again in december.  probably closer to the end of december when i make my way up to the bay.  in case you guys care there it is....and as of yet i have not burned in the hellfires of socal!! (at least in part because i live in a desert and it's hard to burn sand and rock).  if you're keeping score at home that's desert 1 fire 0.  viva scarab!! peace.  russ

In keeping with this tradition of reviewing almost every show we play, here it is. The scene: Tuesday night at El Rincon in SF, one of our favorite venues to play. Despite the lack of a sizable audience, this show featured some good bands. Pacuzo kicked off the night with an energetic set of no-wave/post-punk influenced rawk. I really dug what they were doing, especially with the horns and angular rhythms, I hope we play with them again some day. Psychokitty was up next. They played an exceptionally tight set of rock songs that at times reminded me of early Girls Against Boys.

Scarab hit the stage last. I'm glad the bands stuck around because that was essentially the remnants of the audience, in addition to our loyal Scarabitos (Tetsu, Ken, and Trish da T-bone). We played one of the tightest sets we've played in a while. Maybe due in part to the fact that Felipe hasn't touched his drum set and Mel her electric guitar in more than 2 weeks (we've been practicing solely for the acoustic shows). All in all, we sounded good. We should start practicing even less.

All the bands were nice people and fun to talk to. The good thing about being "underground" type bands is that most bands are out to support the others since money often isn't even part of the equation. Speaking of money....haha...please support the United Scarab Fund by purchasing a cd from us....$5+shipping (if you need it mailed). Email us at scarab_the_band@yahoo.com and Mel will be in touch with you about getting one. Thanx. Our next show is Sat. Aug. 18 at Ireland's 32 in SF. It'll be an acoustic show.

See ya in the ether.
uncle russ

As promised a while back, here are lyrics to 3 of our songs:

That Which Breaks to Pieces

They come from the West once more
Seeking riches from our shore
With minds fixed on greed and lust
Intentions not to trust
This land has tasted blood for so long
For ages passed the infidels have come

We'll die to keep the land that's our
Sands will drift but not for us

We'll fight to save what God has deemed the truth
Honor saves the lives that we lose
Though skies rain fire and mountains will fall
When they will perish we will hear His call.

When sands will settle one truth will remain
This land is ours forged in centuries of pain.


¡This Is My Crime!

Sin pensa en el futura
Entrando en un nuevo mundo
Nunca pense descubrir
Que no puede dejarte ir

Enfrentar muerte segura
Luchar mi unica opcion
Por una ilusion valedora
Que deje huella en la tierra

(interlude in English)
Illegal immigration with a fake ID
Riding on a van
Nobody to see
Escape from the law to fulfill a dream
Send my money home
Support their needs
This is my crime!
This is my crime!

Y no my voy a dejar
Sin antes decirte a ti....¡Lucha!



Speed II Stop

You can't wait
To get ahead
Show yr speed
Display yr strength
Born with the instinct
Tear off the line
Race to the redlight
Waste no time

(chorus)
Show me up
Leave me in your dust (2x)

Time won't wait
Cut me off
You mindless fuck
Be the death of us all
Life in the fast lane
Leaves wreckage behind
Come to yr senses
Yr still trapped in line.

(chorus)

What's up everyone. We played our first ever "acoustic" show on Saturday in Campbell, CA. I think overall it went alright....we probably could tighten up the sound a little but not terrible. Most of the crowd at Orchard Valley Coffee was either in a coma or busy on their laptops downloading tips on growing petunias from the Better Homes and Gardens website. They might have been playing Donkey Kong....or one of those newfangled "video games" the kids play nowadays. The funny thing is that some people came in to watch us because they heard a song that interested them. However, the second we played a new song, they got up and left. Perhaps they were simply waiting for their non-fat extra hot light foam latte to be made.

Anyway for those of you who care to know, I will be moving to Riverside, CA at the beginning of September to attend grad school at UC-Riverside in Ethnomusicology. As a result of this selfishness in my academic endeavors, you all will have to suffer the fate of not having as many Scarab performances. We intend to continue to play when we can, however shows may be few and far between (probably revolving around when I can make it up to the Bay Area). Scarab will also continue on as a recording project so as to further our quest for world domination (hey who can fault us for this dream...we live in America right?)

Our next show is this Tuesday Aug. 7 at El Rincon in the SF Mission. There aren't many show's left so come out if yr not doing anything. By the way, the Corpse Flower is about to bloom.

see ya in the bottomless pit.
russ

What's up everyone,

It was a busy weekend for us. We played 2 shows in the city, one on Saturday night at Brainwash Cafe and the other on Sunday night at Ireland's 32.

It's always nice to play at Brainwash, although the stage area tends to be a very tight fit for us. Something about playing a show with washers and dryers and people doing their laundry is invigorating for me somehow. The show went well, at least for us. I showed up at about 9pm and caught a couple of songs by the Deadly Surfinatics, who sounded good. However, I hadn't eaten since I figured I'd be getting a free meal at Brainwash and by the time I showed up the kitchen had closed. Anyway, we took off to get burritos in the Mission.

When I returned, the place was raided by blond party girls. Apparently the second band, Kinetix, is from Denver and apparently brought that city's entire blond party girl population. I don't have anything against blond girls but these girls definitely fit the vacuous dimwitted blond stereotype. We figured that these girls would not be staying long once we took the stage since we had a similar blond exodus at one of our other shows. Mel, Mark and I all took bets on how many songs it would take to drive them out. The answer: zero. They left long before we even started. Anyway, it was great to see some of my co-workers (and former co-workers) from ABC School come to the show. I think we played pretty well for them....as they made up almost all of the remaining audience. My co-worker Edith concluded our set with rousing renditions of "Row Your Boat" and "Put Your Finger In the Air". She's new to guitar playing so I figured we should give her an audience.

On Sunday night we played at Irelands. Turbo Justice and the Rockinauts kicked off the night with some rock from the nether regions of the universe. Their drummer wanted to take his shirt off but the owner of the bar, Brendan kindly told him to put it back on. By the way, Brendan's a really cool guy. I don't think he has many loud rock bands at his place but he let us play anyway. We were up next, technical problems with Mel's guitar pedals ensued. After cutting out during the first 2 songs she ended up playing the rest of the show sans effects pedals. Just raw fuckin Marshall amp distortion. Furthermore, apparently one of our vocal mics was barely audible. Despite this pile of shit heaped upon us, I feel our set was pretty good. Chola, with a new drummer, ended the night with a strong set.

Thanks to everyone who came to the shows, especially to Ken and Trish (who came to both). Our cd, "In Difference" is out and we will be playing again on July 13 at Kimo's and July 14 at the Stork Club to hopefully sell 4 more copies of it.

See you guys at the next couple of shows. Buy a cd from us....It's only $5!!!! (plus shipping if you want it snail mail) If you want one, email us at scarab_the_band@yahoo.com
Russ

Wasssup everyone. Well, we finally have our cd out, it's entitled "In Difference". We named it that because that seems to be a comment we get when people hear us play....."Oh you're one of those 'different' bands". Maybe people are politely saying...."Oh yeah, you fuckin suck"....which I'd rather they say. Anyway, we're celebrating our "difference" and selling our new cd at the following shows this weekend:

Saturday 6/30/2007 9:00 PM - Brainwash Cafe
1122 Folsom St. @7th
San Francisco, California
Scarab, Kinetix, The Deadly Surfinatics
FREE!

Sunday 7/01/2007 08:00 PM - Ireland's 32
3920 Geary Blvd at 3rd Ave
San Francisco, California
Scarab, Chola, Turbo Justice and the Rockinauts
$3

And Mel did an interview about the band with SF Voice, read it hear:

http://www.sanfranvoice.com/category/san-francisco-bands/

see ya in the bottomless pit.
russ

ps. if you want to buy a cd via snail mail ($5+ shipping), email us at: scarab_the_band@yahoo.com