Uit de Austin, Texas noise punk scene. Scratch Acid deliberately eschewed the loud, fast rules of hardcore as everything they didn’t want to be and embraced a weirder, artier sound. Met leden van The Jesus Lizard, Rapeman, Big Boys, and Tad. Scratch Acid maakte de ‘S/T’ ep in 1984 en deze ‘Just Keep Eating’ full length lp in 1986, beide oorspronkelijk uit op Rabid Cat. ‘Bezerker’kwam veel later uit op Touch & Go. Maximum Rock ‘N’ Roll: an assortment of powerful, gritty rockers mixed in with a few artier numbers. More of a rootsy rock approach is evident here, and the overall variety makes it recommendable.