Scarfo
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added use of scarfo tracks on deceptive 50 compilation
'''Scarfo''' were a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Rock music|rock]] [[Musical ensemble|band]] formed in [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]], [[England]] in 1994 by former art college students [[Jamie Hince]] (vocals, guitar), [[Nick Prior]] (bass), and [[Al Saunders (musician)|Al Saunders]] (drums). The band moved to [[London]] where they played many gigs, attracting the attention of [[Fierce Panda Records]], who issued their debut single, "Skinny" in 1995. They then signed to [[Deceptive Records]] and their self-titled mini-album was released in November of that year. They released several singles over the following three years (two of these - "Alkaline" and "Cosmonaut No. 7" - making it into the UK top 75), and the album "Luxury Plane Crash" (1997)
"Alkaline" and a cover of [[Elvis Costello]]'s "I Want You" (as a bonus track), were included on "Deceptive 50" (Jan 1998, Deceptive, Bluff050cd [CD]), a compilation CD released by [[Deceptive Records]] to celebrate their 50th release.
[[Jamie Hince]] went on to release "The Glue Hotel Tapes" mini album as Fiji on Impresario Records (Feb 2004, Impresario Records, Impcd003) and a single, "Pillshop", also on Impresario (Nov 99, Impresario, IMP004 [7"]). He is now the guitarist in duo [[The Kills]].
==Discography==
===Singles===
*''Skinny'' (May 1995, Fierce Panda, NING08 [7"])
*''Tunnel Of Love'' (Dec 1995, Deceptive, BLUFF022 [7"])
*''Bingo England'' (Apr 1996, Deceptive, BLUFF028 [7"]/BLUFF028CD [CDS])
*''ELO'' (May 1997, Deceptive, BLUFF041 [7"]/BLUFF041CD [CDS])
*''Alkaline'' (Jul 1997, Deceptive, BLUFF044 [7"]/BLUFF044X [7"]/BLUFF044CD [CDS])
*''Cosmonaut No. 7'' (Oct 1997, Deceptive, BLUFF053 [7"]/BLUFF053X [7"]/BLUFF053CD [CDS])
*''A Year From Monday'' (Sep 1998, Deceptive, BLUFF064 [7"]/BLUFF064CD [CDS])
===Albums===
*''Scarfo'' (Nov 1995, Deceptive, BLUFF017LP [LP]/BLUFF017CD [CD])
*''Luxury Plane Crash'' (Jul 1997, Deceptive, BLUFF045LP [LP]/BLUFF045CD [CD])
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