Secret Scurrility
Abandon all hope if ye be a land-lubber!Genre Sea Chanteys Band Created 3/23/2009 Total Sales 40
Band Bio
The marriage of punk and sea chanteys might not be an obvious one, but if you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Plying the high seas in search of adventure has a tendency to lure those with anarchic lifestyles and much the way Irish folk music flows easily into punk motifs, so does the wonderfully bawdy genre of sea chanteys.
This all being said, welcome to the mad cap world of Secret Scurrility.
Being scurrilous is to be vulgar and even a little evil. These boys are both, and they really don't keep it much of a secret. The music is loud and raucous. The cacophony of sound they produce is a mixture of traditional sea chanteys (all punked up) and original takes on the sea farers life.
The boys were brought together on a cross atlantic voyage aboard the last galleon in service. In the back room of "the Rusty Scupper" (a small tavern on the Cornish coast) they made a blood pact to bring mayhem to the masses through the medium of music.
Secret Scurrility is fronted by D. T. Shakes, a diminutive one legged mariner who hops and hollers around the stage like a banshee on mescalin.
Pierre Luc la Ponterveax provides the angst on guitar and overdriven, over effected mandolin. "Jolly" Roger Morgan adds penny whistle and accordian, while Jack "the Moth" Robbins and "Left Hand" Lou comprise the rhythm section on bass and drums respectively.
Having recently been signed to Uncle Duff Records, Secret Scurrility is planning a tour of port towns and watering holes throughout the world to promote the release of their debut disc "The Dread Pirate Roberts".
Look for a show near you!
Band Gear
This band doesn't own any gear!
Albums / EPs
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Intensity In Tent City: a Sweet reLeaf Benefit
Date Released: 2/3/2010
Tracks: 11 Even drunken sea curs like Secret Scurrility hate to see human suffering. Shakes & the lads pulled into Santo Domingo on the Dominican side of Hispaniola and tore up a live set of new tunes. The following morning, they took the UDR chopper to the other side of the island and hand delivered the proceeds to the Red Cross, sticking around for a few days to help with the relief efforts. "just tryin' to help wit the basics, food & bloody shelter man!" -D.T. Shakes |
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King Sham
Date Released: 9/23/2009
Tracks: 11 D.T. Shakes & the scurrilous scalliwags from Secret Scurrility are up to their usual drunken shenanigans. "King Sham" is some what a return to their roots-sped up, punked out sea chanty's that go best with a full tankard and a well built wench. Check out "Used To Love Rum..." and hear Shake's playful jab at Axl's pomposity and crank up the new version of a Scurrility classic-"Sweet Home Somalia" recorded in the ballast of the Bonham Bonnet by Frey produced by Zandergriff Miggs |
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Danger!Danger!Danger![Live Under the Big Top]
Date Released: 6/24/2009
Tracks: 10 The rum-breathed brigands put on quite the spectacle at the Under the Big Top Carnaval of Musicophilia, and while their set included many long time fan favorites, they also unveiled a handful of new tunes which only served to stir up the crowd even more. Here are 10 previously unreleased songs recorded live Under the Big Top by Frey & the MobileFile. Todays episode brought to you by the letter "R". Feast ye ears on this! |
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Eye Eye Cap'n
Date Released: 4/26/2009
Tracks: 10 With a chest full of loot and hold full of rum, the scurrilous scalliwags in Secret Scurrility have stormed the beaches to bring you this new deck full of pillaging humor and drunken ramblings with just a pinch of sea salt for good measure. Feel the roll of the swell and hear the creak of the beams as this disc transports you to a place where law & order are suspect and the code of the privateer prevails. |
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Sweet Home Somalia
Date Released: 3/26/2009
Tracks: 5 The piss-drunk seafarers are at it again. Pushing out this EP quickly so they can embark on their spring tour of port towns and watering holes. Uncle Duff Records presents, "Sweet Home Somalia" by Secret Scurrility. This EP is also available as a vinyl 12" maxi-single for those of you still spinning tables! Avast! Fill up yer tankard and partake of the madness. |
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the Dread Pirate Roberts
Date Released: 3/23/2009
Tracks: 6 With tales of looting, pillaging and all manner of sordid activities Secret Scurrility present their debut EP "the Dread Pirate Roberts". It is everything you would expect from this lurid band of jackboot wearing scalliwags. Check it out and feel the burn of salt water splashed in your eyes. This is a new paradigm in music. Just as the original punkers defied the sparkles of disco and glam, Secret Scurrility is set to blow apart the current state of music. |
